If your above ground pool burns through chlorine no matter how much you dump in, the missing piece is almost always CYA stabilizer. Cyanuric acid protects chlorine from sunlight so it actually has time to sanitize the water instead of breaking down within a few hours. This article covers what CYA does, the 30 to … Read more
Closing an above ground pool too early does almost as much damage as closing it wrong. The rule I follow on every closing is simple: do not close until the water is consistently below 65 degrees Fahrenheit, because algae keeps growing in warmer water even after you add winterizing chemistry. Once the temperature is right, … Read more
If you just filled a new above ground pool and you are staring at five different chemical bottles, the order you add them in actually changes how well each one works. On every install, I follow the same startup sequence: total alkalinity first, then pH, then calcium hardness, then cyanuric acid, and chlorine last. Skip … Read more
Above ground pool cloudy water almost always comes down to one of five separate causes, and each one needs a different fix. Low chlorine, high pH, an imbalanced calcium hardness reading, a filter that has stopped doing its job, and combined chlorine that has built up past 0.5 ppm all produce the same milky look … 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