Recent content by Mike89

I haven't seen it asked in thread so I'll ask it. How long are you running your filter each day? I've had a pool over 8 years and for me the thing that has affected my water the most was the filtering/circulation. I'm running my Intex 18' x 52" deep (7000 gal) pool on a 16" sand filter and I run...

I'm not interested in cutting in a side skimmer. I take my pool down each year cause the California sun/weather just beats up the material pretty bad and I'm not prepared to deal with taking down a side skimmer too each time. Plus I don't want to sacrifice pool depth and cutting a hole that big...

Replaced my 18'x52" Intex with a same size new one. Old one just gave out (material fatigue). Not at all happy with the new dual inlets that Intex came up with. Hoses, black embedded sleeves, and clamps are very hokey and have to put a platform where the dual hoses meet outside the pool because...

Forgive me if this has been asked before but I didn't see it. I originally had the Intex 18x52 Ultra Frame pool for about 6 years. It finally gave out and I bought another one, the same thing. After I look at all parts, I see this one has dual outlets and my old one only had one. To make matters...

For each year I put up the pool in the summer, this is what I go through. When I first fill my 18 x 52 Intex pool the water has a tinge of green to it (just the way the city water is). I put in a package of shock it and the next day the tinge of green is gone but also all the chlorine. Water...

Went this way. Got rid of the restricting Intex valves (even though the ball valves are also restricting down to about an inch going through) and went with 1 1/2" spa pvc flex pipe (got it at Lowes). The stock Intex hoses are barely more than 1" on inside. Getting rid of them and the Intex...

Changed out the old interconnecting hose to PVC

What fitting did you use to connect to the pool? Hard to tell from the pictures.

Well after searching, the best option for me seems to be from this vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVaH5if3ZK0 Just what I was looking for, a way to screw on to the existing Intex threads on the pump and then go from there with PVC. The only issue I had with that vid is I could not find...

I have the Intex SF20110 Sand filter/pump (2650 gpm) that I bought about 3 years ago for my Intex 18' X 52" pool. Recently my interconnecting hose about 20" long split. I had a spare regular 4' pump to pool hose that I put on to keep it working. Turns out Intex doesn't have the right hose in...

Still haven't got around to doing the pvc hard plumbing on my Intex 18' x 52" Ultra Frame. Still reading about it that's as far as I've got (going on my 4th summer with the pool taking it down after each summer). If I do it I won't do the cut in skimmer though. For same reasons as already...

I take my pool down each year and store it (3 years now). I see here a lot hard plumb their above ground pools and cut in outside skimmers. That makes me think a lot leave their pools up year around cause it seems taking it down each year would be more difficult dealing with hard plumbing and...

I'm surprised that in discussions about installing one of these, no one talks about the result of losing 4 or more inches of depth in the pool. That's a lot to me in a 52" pool. Either some people haven't thought about losing that depth (until they actually install it) or don't mind the pool not...

I have the Intex Ultra Frame 18'x52". I am thinking about putting a Hayward outside skimmer to replace the over the edge Intex skimmer (if I could get up the guts to cut the liner, heh). The existing skimmer bracket is really flimsy and has broken on me from fatigue. Finding that over the edge...