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Above Ground Pools
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After replacing the heater core, every few years, I insisted that they install bypass valves so that I didn’t could run the filter without running water with bad PH through the heater core. We’ll see how many years we get from this heater core.
i cant afford this. still havent hopped in... 2 year old girl is digging it
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Our bromine feeder is after the heater and before the water re-enters the pool.
I’ve seen him with one and it is ferocious. He takes his melons seriously.
My parents have a deck built around theirs. They just drain it. Below the skimmer thingie and put a cover over it in the winter. They also use a solar cover to heat it.
ok its actually 64F... just feels like 50... weirdly my 2 year old doesnt care. i think she might be a witch
So for some reason after the debacle we had (spelled out earlier in this thread) my wife convinced me to get another, smaller, above ground pool. It’s a 12’ intex sitting on the new pad we poured.
The issue is the chemical balance. I feel like I’m trying to take care of a 20,000 gallon pool. I can’t get a free chlorine level to stay more than like a half a day.
I started using granular chlorine (mixed well with a push broom) and algaecide. I used some ph down based on some junk ass test strips but ultimately had to drain the pool because of my dumbass putting holes in the liner next to some landscaping blocks. I bought some better test strips and found the ph was ok. I googled and found the chlorine and algaecide might be antagonistic with each other, so I settled on trying to get the chlorine balanced first but it isn’t happening. I filled it using Ankeny tap water.
Any suggestions?
The issue is the chemical balance. I feel like I’m trying to take care of a 20,000 gallon pool. I can’t get a free chlorine level to stay more than like a half a day.
I started using granular chlorine (mixed well with a push broom) and algaecide. I used some ph down based on some junk ass test strips but ultimately had to drain the pool because of my dumbass putting holes in the liner next to some landscaping blocks. I bought some better test strips and found the ph was ok. I googled and found the chlorine and algaecide might be antagonistic with each other, so I settled on trying to get the chlorine balanced first but it isn’t happening. I filled it using Ankeny tap water.
Any suggestions?
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The kids use the pool for probably 3 hours a day on average. I’ve been cleaning the filter every 2-3 days for the last couple weeks because I realized that’s how often it gets gunked up.
If I leave the pool for a day or two with the pump running the test strips will read nothing. The only time they’ve ever read any FC is the morning after I added the chlorine.
I added enough chlorine two nights ago to read ideal on my test strips yesterday morning. By last night, it was reading zero.
I just added chlorine about a hour ago but the chlorine will be reading by .5 in the morning and nothing by tomorrow night. I had the same readings when I added it two days ago.
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In CR there a great spa store that does detailed water testing. Find one in Ankeny that has a spin water tester … take your tap water you would use to fill the pool, and your no FC pool water.
