Above Ground Pool Pump Size Calculator: The GPH Math That Tells You If Your Pump Is Adequate

Above Ground Pool Pump Size Calculator

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 Stock Pump Call I Get Every Summer: What I Tell Every Owner Who Makes It

The Stock Pump Call I Get Every Summer

Every summer I get the same phone call: someone bought a 15-foot or 18-foot above ground pool, they are adding chemicals on schedule, and the water still will not stay clear. Nine times out of ten the problem is not the chemicals at all. It is the pump that came in the box, and it … Read more