New Intex Easy Set 15' x 48" owner - first time pool guy

[burmjohn]

Tested tonight.

TC:5
CC:0
PH: 7.2
TA: 50

Added some baking soda and borax tonight, will test again tomorrow.

Any suggestions what to do to hold the tube up, the weight is bending the liner down a little, the stress is prob not good for long term use. - Pic below:

[Watermom]

What about putting a tall stake or shepherd's hook (like you put a hanging basket on) or something like that to drape the hose over to support it? They probably wouldn't put a picture of your setup on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens, but I think you're right that the stress can't be too good for the liner over the long haul.

[BigDave]

I had a 15' Intex for 3 years and my neighbor used it for a year after (until the mice ate it in his shed) and the connector looked like that the whole time - i think it looks worse than it is. The first year, I did prop it up with a stake for a japanese beetle trap 'cause it looked bad to me but a couple times the Kids shoved the whole pool dangerously close to the steel post so I removed it and let the hose hang.

[burmjohn]

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out a good safe way... I do have the sand filter coming tomorrow so maybe on the platform I could build something to hold those hoses up better. I did my last dose of the dichlor tonight, so I should have my CYA level where it needs to be and start using bleach. PH was at 7.4 last night, I'm going to test tonight to see where everything else is. We had a ton of rain yesterday.

[PoolDoc]

membership upgraded. ben.

[burmjohn]

Thanks Ben...

New filter is in, and now I only have to run it about 6 hrs a day...


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Test from this morning:
FC:3 pH:7.4 TA:60 CYA:30 Temp:84

I'd like to get the CYA up a tad more.

[PoolDoc]

Looks good -- that's what we want the pool water in Intex pools to look like!

[Watermom]

Yes, to bringing CYA up some. Water looks beautiful and inviting!