r/AboveGroundPools

I just got a house that comes with a 10,000 gallon above ground pool. It’s my FIRST TIME owning a pool. Recently, My Chlorine feeder ran out of Chlorine tablets and I think that’s what started the algae bloom. I added 2 bags of shock and 2 tablets of chlorine. Chlorinator is set to 1/2 feeder. Water Jets pointed downwards in pool. It’s been about 2 days and the pool is still cloudy green. I brushed the walls and floor and steps. I have a water clarifier but haven’t used it yet. What am I doing wrong? I’ll add pictures

It says that it’s compatible with 1.5 inch and 2 inch, I have a 1.5 inch pool tubing and it’s just not connecting. Do I need a 1.5 to 2 inch double male sided adapter? Please help I’m new to all this and more than a bit lost.

Hi! I need some advice or pointers. I bought the bestway pool from Facebook marketplace. The lady had it up for one season (last summer) then upgraded. Pool was in great condition when we got it.

My husband leveled out an area, put pavers flush with the ground & then set up the pool. The legs aren’t completely in the middle of the pavers for everyone so I’m not sure if that will be a problem.

The water level is off a little in one corner. I’m paranoid about it collapsing or frame busting all of a sudden. If it did it would flood out our neighbors porch and yard bc we are in a hill up from them.

Lmk what you think! Pics below.

Bought our house in 2020 with an above ground pool, didn’t know anything. Just as I was learning the ins and outs the pool collapsed. 😳.

3 yrs later we have finally replaced it. I bought (24’ and 54” deep) online and then had it installed. So back in business and buying pool stuff, but ya when you jump in… Whoohoo!!

Still gotta fix the gap and seal the deck and build a little roof for the pump area, etc
Edit for size.

I have an 18 ft round pool that sits about 16 in from my deck. I’m looking for a safe but nice looking pool entry system. Something that can be removed when covering the pool. Right now I have steps inside the pool and they’re secured to the deck with tie down straps that I cut and screwed down. The pools visible in one of the pics are remnants from the original step ladder combo that came with the pool. They were attached to the deck. I can’t find that anywhere or I’d buy new ones. They started cracking after 2 summers and were narrow.

I’m not sure what I am doing wrong. The filter has been running 24 seven. In the last several days I have added a couple gallons of liquid chlorine, green to blue and the pool has 3 inch tablets. The water is still green. How can I fix this?

Hello,

So as the title states, my Intex pool pump/salt water system has a crack in the housing. As you can see in the picture there is no temp fix for this I think. I contacted Intex and am currently awaiting approval for my claim since it’s covered. So what are my pump options to keep my pool up and running that can possibly be used with the current sand filter ?

Side note I do have a separate salt water Intex system I can use but still would need a pump. The pool is a 15’ round by 48” high.

Thank you,

Rob

We have a 14 ft 3700 gallon pool and came home after our week long vacation to a green pool. We checked levels with both strips and the Taylor drop kit before leaving and everything looked good. Even added some extra chlorine just in case. We’ve had the pool about a month and not had any issues yet. But we are using the dinky pump it came with.

Here are my questions:

1. Is shock all we need to do? I vacuumed out and skimmed off as much solid debris as I could.
2. Do we need to add liquid chlorine along with the shock or any other chemical?
3. Any general thoughts as to what we should have done differently before leaving to prevent the green? We have another trip in a couple weeks and want to avoid this happening again!

Swim spa -1800 gal…just drained, cleaned and refilled to get rid of this bit obv failed. Have tried Chitosan Clarifier, SpaTime Water Clarifier, new filters so far no success.
TA 80, PH 7.6, FC 4.5 Any idea what this could be?

I have made some groundwork for my Intex Ultra XTR rectangular pool with small stone and sand, and on top XPS isolation under the pool and stone pavers around the pool. Looks nice I think.

Now the pavers are 0,5 inch LOWER than the isolation. Is this a serious problem to have the support legs lower than the pool? Ideally I would like to avoid adding additional support ontop of the pavers as it would not look nice.

We got about 3.5 inches of rain in about 30 minutes the other day. As I was cleaning the pool today I realized that a section underneath the pool had been washed away during the flooding.

My question to y'all - what can I do to prevent this from getting worse. The divot is about 12 inches long by 4 inches wide. Do I need to build up soil around the pool to create a sort of drainage ditch?

hello beautiful people of the internet! we’ve had a heck of a time getting our above ground up. after numerous setbacks, I’ve reached this point. the bottom seam is on the cove all around but I’m concerned about how the walls look. I also don’t seem to have much overlap. any advice is appreciated

It's about 20'x14' in that dirt area. Not perfectly level, but easily can be done. We'd likely enter from the rock path.

No kids, just two adults looking to cool off and relax. I have power available nearby as well for filter/pump, etc..

I've seen some Intex for a couple of hundred bucks, but also more fancy looking for 4-5x that price.. We don't need fancy..lol But are these cheapo pools even any good?

https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Rectangular-Filter-Ladder-Ground/dp/B07F3QF4KX?th=1

OR

https://intexcorp.com/above-ground-pools/metal-frame-rectangular-pool-set-14-9-1-4-x-7-2-5-8-x-33/

I understand some of the higher price covers all of the extras as well....but worth it for a grand?

We just bought a 24x52 intex ultra xtr to set up. I am currently looking at what chemicals do you use when you first start setting up. I saw this on amazon and was curious if it was useful? I know once we get it started you are suppose to take a sample to pool store? I also have poolrx and ionizer in my cart as well as a skimmer. Am i on the right track?

edit: quickly fixed! Just leaving this here for anyone else in the same situation like my dumbahh 🤦‍♀️

First time pool owner and of course something like this happens before 4th of July. This morning I went out to replace my pool filter but I forgot to plug up the pool so a bunch of water came out. I was able to plug up the pool so it stopped and then proceeded as normal. But now my pool filter wont stop leaking. I have the small filter that came with the pool. Nothing looks broken or cracked, the only thing that stands out in the light gray lid on top isnt secure tightly like how it use to and no matter how much i twist the dark gray piece tightly, its still lose. What am I doing wrong??