FAQs & Guides: Above-ground pools

[hrsdennis]

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FAQs & Guides: Above-ground pools

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Hey Mods, Any chance of getting together a FAQ sticky for this forum? It would sure be helpful. I would be happy to work on it, pulling the best questions and matching with the best threads that answer that question. If done correctly, it would save us all a lot of time. In going back over the the last thirty or forty pages of information here, so much has been given in the way of advice. Really good discussions and helpful tips. This is truly a great place to find useful help.

Dennis

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EDIT by Watermom:

Dennis approached us with this idea and we all thought it was a great suggestion. Below is the Above Ground Pool FAQ list he put together. We really appreciate all the time he spent going throught old posts in the AG forum compiling the best threads and grouping them into categories. Also, a thanks to 'gonefishin' for his help with formatting the final list. Having all this information within one thread will be invaluable to a lot of AG pool owners. Many thanks!!

Watermom


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Accessories- Lights, ladders, steps and cleaners

Dark Buster Light
Automatic cleaner advice
A good discussion about automatic cleaners
Robo Kleen cleaners
AquaBot Pool Rover
Holding down wedding cake steps
more about weighing down steps
another weight discussion
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Base and cove - Sand, concrete, foam and preformed pool

Happy bottom and preformed pool cove
Styrofoam or sand
Do we need Happy Bottom?
Coving and wall foam
Preformed pool cove
Plastic before the sand cove
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Consumer report - check here before you buy

Buying an above ground pool
Doughboy or Esther Williams
Steel - Aluminum - Resin ?
Walls - Aluminum, galvanized or copper?
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Filtration - Size, type and trouble shooting

How long to backwash?
Advice for buying a new pump
Hard plumbing
Air in a sand filter
What size pump and filter?
When to change the filter sand?
Cartridge or sand, a good discussion
Backwashing a sand filter
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General pool advice

Draining a pool
Just an example of the wisdom that can be found here
Water loss from evaporation
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Heating - Everything related to keeping your pool a little warmer

Solar Panels
Good advice about solar panels
More solar panel info
Solar covers
Solar panel troubleshooting
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Installation - Tips and advice

Photos - Oval pool installation
Blocks, leveling and oval pools
The ongoing question, blocks or no blocks?
All of us installing an oval pool
Installing a center drain
Question about leveling
Leveling the ground
Building a pool with our help, good things to be learned here
Is deeper better?
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Liners - Where to buy them and how to install them

Temperature and liner installation
Where to buy a liner
Installation pics and advice
Matt4x4 tips and advice for installing a liner
More places to buy liners
Another installation method that works well for deep ends
Some pics of what you don't want and how to fix
A few thoughts before you order your liner
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Metal Frames and easy set pools

Easy set pros and cons
Intex frame pool
More good reading about portable pools
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Repairs - Liners, walls and other stuff

Repair small hole in wall
Sometimes it's just this simple
Finding holes in a liner
Finding a hole and patching
Termites and liners
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