I have chronic pain so the pool is good for me, especially with pools not opening possibly this summer because of Covid. However, we've had a really hard time with our above-ground pool, and spent way too much on it so far.
When we moved into the house it hadn't been used for a while, so needed a new liner. I found TFP and did pretty well that summer maintaining the water.
Then we kept having problems with vacuuming, never being able to get all the leaves/debris, so we bought a new pump and hose as they were pretty old from the original owners.
We followed all the directions with the hose/vacuum, and it would just seem clogged repeatedly so I'd turn it off while my husband was in the water and we'd disconnect it, look for leaves, etc. but it was fine. I found other tips and tried those as well, making sure the hose was full of water before connecting to vacuum head, etc.
That didn't seem to take care of the problem, so I couldn't stay on top of maintaining clear, safe water.
So we left it alone last year, and are debating about trying again or just being done with it. It's a swampy green mess, and our water source (pump) is currently not working either. So we'd need to get that fixed to even fill the pool to have enough to run the pump, but I'm not sure it's worth it.
I really don't know why the vacuum still isn't efficient, and don't know anything else to try differently this year.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Thank you
We have a round 24' above-ground pool with an Index 2,800 GPH Sand Filter Pump
When we moved into the house it hadn't been used for a while, so needed a new liner. I found TFP and did pretty well that summer maintaining the water.
Then we kept having problems with vacuuming, never being able to get all the leaves/debris, so we bought a new pump and hose as they were pretty old from the original owners.
We followed all the directions with the hose/vacuum, and it would just seem clogged repeatedly so I'd turn it off while my husband was in the water and we'd disconnect it, look for leaves, etc. but it was fine. I found other tips and tried those as well, making sure the hose was full of water before connecting to vacuum head, etc.
That didn't seem to take care of the problem, so I couldn't stay on top of maintaining clear, safe water.
So we left it alone last year, and are debating about trying again or just being done with it. It's a swampy green mess, and our water source (pump) is currently not working either. So we'd need to get that fixed to even fill the pool to have enough to run the pump, but I'm not sure it's worth it.
I really don't know why the vacuum still isn't efficient, and don't know anything else to try differently this year.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Thank you
We have a round 24' above-ground pool with an Index 2,800 GPH Sand Filter Pump
