r/AboveGroundPools

first winter closing using just a net for debris. colorado is very windy and I spent way too much time fighting the traditional cover last year.

last summer I built the pool, this summer I built the deck. looking forward to next summer now that the setup is finally complete. cheers everyone 🍻

This is my husband and I’s first season with an above ground pool. We closed it a few days ago. We used a device in the middle to elevate the cover in hopes rain water would run off, but no matter how we adjust it it’s not working. My husband thinks there has to be a solution. I’ve told him just to pump it off the cover but he “doesn’t want to do that every single time it rains”. What do you all do to remedy this?

Has this ever happened to anyone? Why did this happen? We bought our home last November so this was our first summer with the pool, and I guess we need to get rid of it…

How do I remove this cap to connect my bonding lugs. Every way I start to pull it starts to break.

For a month or so my test strips have had this odd, not fully saturated color results. I'm attributing this to the pH being somehow really out of whack. I thought it was low so I added 7oz of "pH up" about 3 hours ago. The test strips looks about the same.

It can be difficult to tell in photos, but I would describe the color as "pale red"

1. Is my pH off the scale on the high side or low side?
2. If high side, is muriatic acid the quickest way to adjust?
3. Is this the correct order of adjustment:
   1. get pH on the scale and close to optimal
   2. Adjust alkalinity (if needed)
   3. Adjust chlorine (if needed)
   4. Repeat in small increments until everything is back in range