above ground pool

We have a 16x32 above ground pool that came with our house when we bought it a couple years ago so true age of pool is unknown. Last summer I noticed a 2 small leaks due to the ground being wet and water level dropping and ended up patching a few places in the bottom of the liner by using a...

Hello fellow TFP members! The wife and I picked up a used Intex 18' Ultra XTR AGP back in July from someone in our neighborhood that was moving. I spent a fair amount of time cleaning it up. It was absolutely disgusting when we went to pick it up. There were literally tiny fish / tadpoles living...

Hi, first time pool owner. We got an 18’ round metal above ground pool. We also got the stairs that curve and are plastic that fills with water and sand. I’m trying to close my pool for the season and reading the manual for the stairs says either take out or leave in the middle of the pool...

We had a red oak fall and crush our 24' Esther Williams pool that had been installed in 1997 (which except for faded paint was in perfect condition). The pool came with the house when we bought it, so now we're entering the land of first time buyers. We live in New York near Lake Ontario, so...

Hi all, I have read a few threads from a while back about insulating an above ground pool. I work in the energy efficiency industry and this seems an absolute no brainer. Even it’s often said most is lost through the surface, obviously that changes once you have a blanket. So yes blanket first...

Need help identifying and removing this purple spot/stain. Is only around the edges of the pool. I have a saltwater pool with good readings. See last picture for results.

We recently put in a 24 foot pool due to our village code we have to have a fence around it so this is what we’re looking at so far we still have lots of work to do but I can’t do all of the work so I am getting some assistance form my engineer father to help me figure out how to create a pool...

Hi! We are in the process of getting a new 24ft round pool set up :) and I just tested the tap water that we will be filling it up with. CL- .5 pH- 8.2 TA- 170 Can someone advise on the best chemicals/amounts to use for starting up? The pool is about 15,000 gallons. We will not be using...

I have a bestway pro max steel 15'x42". I plan to kill the grass, level the dirt, but then is the fatigue mats at harbor freight or the foam boards a better option? I was thinking I needed to do a 16ft circle just to make sure the pool is not on a ledge but it seems like the 15ft is the top...

Our previous "upgrade" This year we opened to a clear pool on 5/08, yet again, LOVE TFP!! (picture attached, literally all I had done was remove the winter cover, which you can see in the background, you can see the pump & filter were not hooked up yet) But we happened across a great deal for...

Hello, will be getting a deck built around my above ground pool soon. I am most likely going to be going with a composite type decking. I know that this type of decking gets extremely hot since it will be sitting in the sun. Wood is not much better either. Was wondering if anyone had any...

Hi all , I’ve had a 14” above ground bestway pool for just under a year - and I left it to stew over winter (here in cyprus we have a 3 month winter and then it’s back to warmer temperatures) due to the pool cover being shocking and keep blowing off. When I started cleaning it was a green algae...

16x32 above ground pool, all levels perfectly balanced including ph, hardness, chlorine and free chlorine. It’s been crystal clear and beautifully blue all summer. Had almost a week of really high temps and then a lot of storms and rain. Shocked it and kinda at a loss now? Is it the beginning of...

Good morning everyone, I am new here and just put up my Best Way 31'x16'x4' Pool. I purchased open box on Ebay. The pool is fine, did not come with damages. I tried to level the dirt the pool is on, Its not perfectly level but it isnt horrible either. It is sitting on a heavy duty tarp and some...

I just want to ask if you guys & gals can look at my test logs and lmk if I'm on track. The water looks & feels great, crystal clear. I'm super overthinking EVERYTHING 😆Because of what I learned from TFP w/my first pool, I do feel WAY more confident in what I'm doing this time. I have checked...

New pool arrived on Wednesday. We spent Thursday & Friday after work finishing site prep & leveling pavers. We have run into an issue with size of the pool and excess liner. We have to widen out the area of the whole pool so that there is not excess liner. Any suggestions on the best way to do that?

Hi there! My husband and I are purchasing a home in a rural area and now have the option to put in an above or semi-unground saltwater pool. We have had both a fiberglass (MO) and finite (TX) saltwater pool And thoroughly enjoyed them. We are excited for the option to put in an above ground pool...

First and foremost thank you to every contributor on this site. I’ve mined the old threads here and my pool is transformed! A piece of advice I see sometimes is “keep the chlorine at 20% of CYA” and I want to be sure that I am 1. Calculating that correctly and 2. That my pool qualifies for this...

Hello, I recently purchased an Ultra XTR 16x32x52" rectangular intex poo. I need a 6ft fence and my backyard has no fencing. I can put something on the pool. Are there any above ground pool fence options that work work with Intex? Thank you for any and all help! john

Hello, I am new to this forum and am hoping to get the opinion of folks who are more knowledgeable in pool installation and safety than we are. We assembled an Intex 32x16x52 pool this week. We did a lot of research before beginning, as we wanted to make sure we were doing things properly...

We just bought a Splash-a-round 30x18 above-ground pool for our back yard. It took me a while, but I finally got it completely set up. Here is a video showing the entire project, from beginning to end. The only things I really left out were the pump setup, the ladder build and the solar cover...

We just bought our pool and getting ready to run the electrical. The guys at the store specifically told me I need a 110v 20a twist lock GFCI connection. After realizing I have to run the GFCI protection at the box, I also realized I can’t find a 110v receptacle. The pump states it’s a 120v 20a...

Hi Guys! I'm new here :) We are in the very LONG process of building our inground pool so we bought a 16x48 vinyl intex pool for the summer. We put it up at the end of May and things have been great until last week. I will be honest, I have never owned any type of pool before so yes, I am a...

Hello! We had been given a 27’ x 54” deep AGP from my cousin. Set up was tedious but went well but now I’m having panic attacks! I am attaching pictures of our wall. The first pic is how the wall looked without water (and even with the first 5-10” in). The next pics are all what I woke up to...

New here. This is our fourth year with the pool, but this has been the most challenging year ever to get it clean and clear. We don't know what the heck is going on. I think we got behind on chlorine and are playing catch up. The pool has been cloudy with some green tint since opening it...

Hi. So we've set up our 15x48 Intex pool and were very diligent in leveling the ground. Once the pool was set up we went around with both a line level and an board with a regular level on top to confirm before filling and we were all set. Now that the pool is filled the water level is deeper on...

I have a 16’ round above ground pool. Went to drain the pool the other day (after no use for about a year) and it has algae or something stuck to the sides of the liner that doesn’t seem to come off with anything but scrubbing with a magic eraser. (Which would take days to scrub the whole thing)...

Hi all -- I've purchased a Hayward HeatPro 47,000 (HP50HA) that I plan to install myself [using a real electrician to run electric]. My question is: how far from the pool I can install it? Below is a poor visual that shows my situation. The pool pump is in rather plain sight between the pool...

Hi everyone. I’ve followed along for 5 years since buying a home with a 24’ round, salt water, above ground pool. I appreciate all of the help! We bought a replacement liner this year because we’ve had leaks the past two and could not repair the last one. When we removed the old liner, we found...