Intex pool

[rick2012]

Thanks again.
I'll be finished with the tractor work of leveling the yard and will be spreading sand and laying down plastic in preparation for the pool.

[rick2012]

Finished leveling, should've found a transit somewhere

So far i've got about 4 inches of water in the pool and it seems to be about 1 3/4" off level. Hope this isn't going to cause problems, maybe it'll settle some?
The fire dept in the city doesn't fill pools anymore so I'm held to my well which looks as if it will take about 4 days to get the 14500 gals I need. I also bought the 'aqua chem filter plus' from lowe's thinking it was sand and put in and wet 25# before I realized it, I haven't put in anymore. Any new info or thoughts on the 'filter plus' stuff? It's very course and in the morning I'll be going to get some sand.

I thought about using 75# of sand with 25# of the filter plus on top, any thoughts from anybody on this?

[PoolDoc]

Aqua Chem is the BioLab / BioGuard low-rent brand. BioGuard chemicals are (in my opinion) a "Rambler" (or maybe, a "Suziki" or "Edsel") product at Rolls Royce prices: expensive, but not so good. AquaChem has "Rambler" products at "Rambler" prices . . . cheap, but not so good.

I don't know ANYTHING about there filter goo. But based on what I know about their OTHER products, I'd get out the shop vac!

In general, we've seen NO benefits from any of the sand alternatives, and some have created definite problems.

[rick2012]

It's going to take about 7 days to fill my pool with my well pump. Is there anything else besides bleach addition that I need to do during this waiting period?

[PoolDoc]

Use dichlor, if possible. It will add BOTH chlorine AND stabilizer:

24 lbs PoolBrand bagged shock @ Sams Club
Kem-Tek Dichlor 22 lbs @ Amazon

But, use those links -- most dichlor sold retail today (Costco, Walmart, Kmart, Lowes, pool stores) is a blended MESS. Until you are an expert label inspector . . . you need to try to get it either from Sams or using the Amazon link.