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When my kiddos were really little, we used the Swimways 1-2-3 system to help us teach them to swim. Swim lessons were also attended, but, the "Power Swimmer" life vest allowed them to gain confidence very quickly, and consequently they became good swimmers at a very early age. You can see the...

I needed to aerate my pool tonight and thought I would post a picture of the ridiculously simple way I do it. Y'all probably already know this, but I have never seen anyone mention it. So here ya go:

Hello All! Thanks to your excellent inspiration I installed my Hayward skimmer this morning. It went superb, and I was really pleased with how it all turned out. For my install I decided to go higher up the wall to preserve my water depth. I also adapted the skimmer to my stock Intex hoses...

After doing a lot of searching here on the site I was still unable to find a simple solution to hooking up a standard backwash hose to my Intex sand filter. No offense to anyone who has offered some of the solutions, but they we just not to my liking. That said, I discovered that Intex sells a...

Hi everybody ! I am thrilled with my new Ultra Frame and after only being open for 1 week can tell that I definitely want to install a thru wall skimmer. I have chosen the Hayward SP1091LX as many have already used this successfully. But I digress. So where have you all located the new...

Hello All: I would just like to say thanks to everyone here for your knowledge and assistance with my introduction to pool care in our rather humble pool. I was fortunate enough to have found this site and acquired a great test kit before getting started. The result has been a crystal clear...

Just wanted to give two thumbs up to Jason for making the most excellent pool calculator available in the app store for iPhone. I downloaded it yesterday and am enjoying how well it works, and also how it is a quick reference guide to the basics of BBB and chemical use/application. It was nice...

Hello Everybody: Thanks to the great advice already received from you nice folks here at TFP my new pool is clear and doing well. I do have one question though as I do not yet have the experience to know what is the norm. Now that my CYA level is stable and present I am finding that I lose an...

Hello Everybody! First let me say that I am having the most enjoyable time reading about all of your experiences here at TFP ! I've learned a great deal too. Thanks! So, the Intex AGP is a huge hit with my kiddies and is getting very heavy use from them and every kid in a 5 mile radius that...

Hello Everybody :) I opened my new 18'x42" Intex Easy Set pool last Thursday which was immediately after filling it as my kiddies just couldn't wait. Prior to filing it I received some excellent start up advice from FPM in another thread here on the board as follows: This advice made alot of...

Hello Everybody: I'm a first time pool owner thanks to a great sale on the above ground pool listed in my sig. I stumbled onto this site after doing a little web research before getting started and am both very thankful and overwhelmed! I don't know a thing about taking care of a pool and...