Whenever you get pool supplies, the instructions say x ounces per 1,000 gallons or something similar. So how many gallons of water does my swimming pool hold?
There are a lot of sites on the internet that tell you how to work out your pool volume. These easy to use pool volume calculators from the Pool Wizard make life so much easier.
You just put in the measurements and it spits out the answer. I tested it out and it consistently gives ‘clean’ results to the nearest 100 gallons. I found this very nifty, after all, who wants a result like 11,489 gallons. It seems unwieldy and unnecessary to have such an accurate result as opposed to 11,500 gallons, which is just as good when it comes to swimming pool volume and chemical dosing.
The Pool Wizard site have also made provision for those who use metric values. You put in the measurements in meters and it gives metric pool volume results (in cubic meters) as well as the conversion into gallons.
I think the volumes are given in US gallons, though they do not say. Perhaps I’ll send them a note and get them to confirm (or deny) this.
Tags: gallons , convert , measurements , pool volume , volume calculators
February 18th, 2008 at 13:33
Thanks for pointing this oversight out to me Larry. The pool water volumes are all given in US gallons and I have had the pages updated to reflect this information.
February 22nd, 2008 at 18:29
Wonderful pool volume calculators there.
Thanks so much for finding this gem of a website. I have gone and ordered a Pool Wizard too. I’ll let you know how my pool does with it.
February 23rd, 2008 at 17:09
Wow! That really is easy pool volume calculating. I like the clean results it gives for gallons. Would be nicer if there was a thousands spacer or something.
February 24th, 2008 at 17:59
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July 30th, 2009 at 05:17
Thank you for sharing this I think is going to be very useful to many people when it comes to calculating pool volumes I know that it is going to help me out a great deal
April 18th, 2010 at 13:07
Wow, Great article! I’m sure tons of people have this question every day. Especially if you just moved into a new house and were never told how many gallons your pool was. Keep up the great work!
May 21st, 2010 at 20:34
Couldn’t be any simpler!!
I love this site I tell all my customers to check out.
May 22nd, 2010 at 21:51
I write the capacity on the inside of the control box with a black permanent marker. This is good for people like me that seem to forget things easily.
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June 2nd, 2010 at 15:57
A simple pool volume measurement tool we have used is length x width x average depth x 7.5. This will give you your pool volume.
June 8th, 2010 at 19:22
This is good advice for residential and commercial applications
October 31st, 2010 at 07:40
at home we have a kidney-shaped swimming pool that is well maintained, i love swimming on it all day long “
June 24th, 2011 at 08:42
Excellent website, swimming pool calculations are not always as simple as we’d like to think. Variation in depths and bespoke requests can have an effect on swimming pool volume water.
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