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

[BigDave]

Beautiful install; it looks like the picture on the Intex box!
The gray plastic "sail" may be intended to be installed on the ladder inside the pool to prevent swimming under the ladder and getting stuck under water.
How are you planning to add CYA?

[Watermom]

He states in his first post that he is going to use dichlor for awhile which will give him the needed CYA. (I had to go back and reread to find that info as well because I, too, had forgotten his plan.)

Regarding baking soda additions --- each half pound will add about 10ppm to your alk. Don't try to get to your target with one big dose. Do several small ones instead waiting a few hours between additons. I'd probably add a lb. at a time.

Dave --- I bet you're right about the gray sail thing. Makes sense.

[burmjohn]

Thanks.

I added a about a pound and 1/2 this morning, I'm going to test it later tonight. Went in again today, wow it was nice after doing some yard work!

[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.