Pool Measurement Help Needed!

[Joe Garcia]

When I bought my home I was told that the pool was 15x30 at 12K gallons. Years later I measured myself to find out my pool is 14x28 so now I'm clueless about volume being the pool slopes into the deep end. I saw on another thread that Pool Math had (has?) a volume calculator, but I don't see it on my version, which is about a month old.

MEASUREMENTS

14x28 with beveled corners
Three steps in the shallow end
First 14 feet of length - 3.5 feet depth
Second 14 feet - gradual slope from 3.5 ft. to 6 ft. depth

I hope this helps.

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

Scroll to the bottom of the page to Old PoolMath Webpage

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

If you want to more accurate, take a look at this...

A Chemical Way of Calculating Pool Volume

There is a way to use pool water chemistry to calculate pool water volume without using the traditional geometric calculations. The geometric formulas are fine for pools that are traditionally shaped. However, when pools do not fall into these convenient shapes, a chemical method can be used...

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[Joe Garcia]

That's a really in depth article. I just have to make sure I have enough of the required chemicals and I'm going to give it a shot. Thanks!

 

[IceShadow]

(3.5+6)/2 * 14 * 28 = 1862 ft3 = ~14k gallons

Good starting point for the test.

 

[Joe Garcia]

I'm not a mathematician, but could I ask how you arrived at this formula?

 

[IceShadow]

(Deep end depth + shallow end depth) / 2 = average depth

average depth * width * length = cubic feet

google gave me a translation for cubic feet to gallons