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@Newdude Joe Dirt ain't coming out this season until it's a full blown requirement! He and I have had words.... :ROFLMAO: He would like to enjoy retirement. Scouring Facebook and eBay! Why the heck didn't I think of that?! Duuuuhhh - Good Call @Mdragger88

AWWWW YEAAAAHHH! My faves chiming in and confirming what I was afraid - full replacement. Bestway doesn't have them in stock... argh. I really want to replace them - structural integrity is a level 0 right now. @PoolStored I messaged the seller on those Amazon replacements - fingers crossed...

Hi Friends! I hope everyone had a lovely winter and getting geared up for POOL SEASON! I drug my little beauty out of the garage and got her all assembled. Seems I have some pool set-up amnesia as it took me longer to get this darn dang thing assembled this season. I have 2 arms that were...

Central Indiana - Menards $4.44/Gal after Rebate for 12.5%

I’m taking it down for the season… that’s the only reason I let it get this way. My plan all along was for it come down - if you read the start of the thread I was inquiring about taking it down. It needs a few repairs anyway… Otherwise I had been meticulous about testing and adding chems as...

Resurrecting this one. Haven’t had chlorine in the pool in almost two weeks - and frankly weather wasn’t warm enough for a good swim anyway. So SWAMP LAND here we come! It legit smells like a lake. 🤮 Sump pump is in and hanging off the bottom rung of my ladder. Once I’m below the intake/output...

Clearly I came back for the comments! And you ALL delivered 😂😂 @PoolStored I store it indoors. In my kitchen under this little cubby area thing. But… I think when I cleaned all the tubes this week with rubbing alcohol and laid them out to try… I may have run the dishwasher at the same time and...

The one time I remember to test my CYA after the sock method… and I take out my little tube and see this.. Ugh. All I can do is laugh and be glad it’s nearly the end of pool season.

Good call!! I have my Menards cash back vouchers!!!

What makes me most mad - Bestway doesn’t have replacements cross pieces. Jerks! I’d buy two new ones in a heartbeat! Replacements are $20 each and on Amazon they’re $60+ a piece. I’ve also scoured FB Marketplace and no one has top rails. Plenty of legs though!

I agree - definitely need rustoleum spray or anti-rust something or another. I’m sure I’ll have some rust to contend with when it comes down. I may just spray it all this fall before packing it away. I haven’t gotten up close to the frame connections well enough to know what I’m up against. I...

I have been keeping my test kit in a tote with extra hoses and pool filter parts in a shaded area of my patio. Whoopsies. I’ll move it in this evening. Probably makes clean up easier - I do wash the vials regularly in the kitchen and air dry them after a quick rubbing alcohol rinse. Chlorine...

Here’s where I’m at with taking it down… this Hoosier can get anywhere from 3” of snow to 3 FEET of snow. And sometimes it’ll snow in April… I’m also partially sinking because the feet slipped off the pavers during the fill. I have some wrinkles I’d like to get off the bottom as well. Not to...

Wait a minute. Does this guy mix rocket fuel?!?!?! :scratch:

This article will become your new BFF. Keeping your CYA and FC in check is critical. Based on CYA of 70, get that FC up to 8-10 on a daily read And if you're dealing with any algae - your SLAM level is 28. And here's the comparison of the test kits

So mine was nowhere near accurate…

I have a kitchen scale too - now I am intrigued if it's sensitive enough to pick up 10 mL of water...

I have read every nook and crannie I can about successfully taking down my AGP. I have watched YouTube videos and read other online forums. 5000+ Gallons of water feels like a lot to move through a garden hose. And will likely take me a couple days. Letting water out of the tubes/filtration...

You should always be maintaining enough FC that no matter when you test you are within range. If that means you need to overshoot the top of your target range for you CYA, then do so. What is your current CYA?

Yes - as long as it doesn't have any other additives. Make sure it's ONLY Sodium Hypochlorite. No smells. No "splashless".

I use my old little CYA squirt bottle to squirt in my 10 ml. Fill that little sucker just past the 7.5 mark and it's usually pretty dang close. The kids (with their freakishly good vision 🤓) tell me that I'm under or over... but I figure if we're off by drops, in the grand scheme we're not...