Sand and cartridge filters both clean your above ground pool water, but they ask something very different of you week to week. A cartridge filter needs pulling out and hosing down every week or two. A sand filter mostly just sits there until the pressure gauge tells you to backwash it, which takes a few … Read more
Sizing a pump for an above ground pool comes down to one number: how many gallons per hour it needs to move to turn over your entire pool volume in 8 hours. Horsepower doesn’t answer that question, GPH does. This walks through the exact calculation for the common above ground pool sizes, shows where the … Read more
The pump and filter are the life support system of an above ground pool, and when they’re undersized, nothing else compensates, not chemicals, not vacuuming, not a better cover. This guide covers the three things that actually determine whether that system is doing its job: whether the pump is sized correctly for your pool’s volume, … Read more