Newbie, looking to hopefully join the AGP owner ranks

Hello everyone! I'm glad to find this forum!! My better half and I have decided we want a pool. Neither of us have ever had pools so we are thinking a AGP may make the dive into pool ownership a little easier on us. We agreed that we didn't want to spend a ton of money before we experimented a little to see 1. If we can handle the maintenance needed, keep the water adjusted correctly, and 2. make sure we will use the pool and enjoy it on a regular basis. So I've started doing my homework. Right now I'm considering a Intex Round Metal Frame 24 that is 52 deep. And I've got a couple of questions. First off, how deep can you have the water in this pool? The ad I'm looking at states the pool will hold 12,481 gals of water. When hubby computed it out, he came up with a different figure. Our concern is that a 52 deep may only be say 44 or so inches deep. Can any of you let me know how high I can actually fill the pool? Second off the ad I'm looking at for this same pool also has a 2500 Gal Filter Pump. This appears that the pool I'm looking at is not a complete filter system from my very limited knowledge. Can anyone advise if I need another piece or if this is sufficient for the pool? I'll stop there, but I've got tons more questions. Thanks in advance for all your advice, I can tell from my reading this forum has a wealth of pool knowledge!

Hi, Rottie, and welcome to the Pool Forum! You are going to love having a pool! I can't tell you specifically about the volume of this particular pool, but will tell you that typically for most AG pools, the water depth is about 4 inches lower than the wall height. Regarding the pump --- I'm going to let one of the equipment gurus advise you about that.

Sounds like you are learning a lot and getting yourself educated ahead of time. Good for you! Don't forget to also read on our sister website www.poolsolutions.com for lots more good information.

Do yourself a big favor and go ahead and order a good test kit so you'll have it when your pool is ready. Having that kit makes everything about pool maintenance so much easier. The one we recommend is the Taylor K-2006 or 2006C (same kit, larger bottle of some reagents). If you buy it through the Amazon link in my signature, the Pool Forum makes a little money on the sale which helps us keep this form online. Only buy if the seller is Amato Industries, however. Some other sellers are substituting the K-2005 which you do NOT want. If Amato isn't listed, wait a day or two and try again. They seem to restock pretty quickly when they sell out.

Hope you enjoy being a part of the forum.

Thank you Watermom!! I have a good feeling that I will love having a pool. Both of us work out of our house so I'm looking forward for hitting the water when the work whistle blows at quitting time! LOL I'm trying to learn as much as I can, those numbers in the pool ad threw us a bit. My hubby is a mechanical engineer so he always has the calculator out and I'm a software project manager so between the two of us, we have a huge analytical mindset here and really do our homework before we make decisions like this. I think I'm really going to learn a lot here and I'm excited to be a part of the forum!! :-) Thanks for the advice on the test kit, I am sure I will be picking one up long before we get the pool.