How do you determine how many gallons are in your pool?

Answer 1

You need to specify what shape the pool is.

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If the pool is circle shaped, then you could use the Volume of a cylinder formula:

Volume= Pi * radius squared * height (This should give you an answer in cubic inches)

231 cubic inches is one gallon

Make sure that you measure your pool, then convert it to inches for the radius and the height.

Note* The radius is only half of the diameter. The diameter goes straight through your pool. If you're not familiar with this, look up the area of a circle.

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If your pool is rectangular then use the Volume of a rectangular prism:

Volume= length * width * height (This should give you an answer in cubic inches)

Make sure that when you measure your pool, you convert whatever you got into inches before you use the volume of a rectangular prism formula.

231 cubic inches is one gallon.

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For pools with different shapes, the formulas are much more complex, most pools fall under the rectangle/square/circle shaped category.

If your pool does have a perfect square shape, meaning every side is equal, you could use this formula:

Volume= s cubed.

s= sides

cubed= To the third power