Green water, cloudy water, and chemistry that will not hold steady are the most common reasons pool owners give up on their pool. This category covers target chemical ranges, the weekly routine, troubleshooting using the SLAM method, seasonal opening and closing, and the safety requirements most owners overlook. The above ground pool maintenance guide explains the CYA-dependent chlorine targets that generic advice usually gets wrong. It is the reference to bookmark once your pool is up and running.
Test strips and a liquid test kit are not interchangeable tools for an above ground pool, even though most owners treat them that way. Test strips are built for a quick weekly check on a pool that is already stable. A liquid test kit is built for the moment something is wrong and you need … Read more
An above ground pool weekly maintenance routine is the difference between a pool that stays clear all season and one that turns green within two weeks. It is almost entirely about consistency, not complexity. This guide lays out the specific weekly tasks in the order they actually work, including the pump run time above ground … Read more
The correct above ground pool chemical target ranges are the same six numbers used for any residential pool, but the packaging that comes with most above ground kits does not always print them accurately. This guide lays out the six parameters that actually matter, free chlorine, pH, total alkalinity, cyanuric acid, calcium hardness, and combined … Read more
Above ground pool chemistry has one correct set of target ranges, but the guide that came in the box with your pool doesn’t always agree with it. This guide explains where that disagreement comes from, using pH as the clearest example, and routes you to the exact target numbers, the weekly routine for testing and … Read more