Recent content by PJBear

I was wondering if it would be an advantage to purchasing a second butterfly gasket and installing one of these gaskets on each side of the pool, rather than cutting the original gasket in half with a razor blade? Any thoughts? It's not a lot of money in the long run. Thanks, PJ:confused:

We have the steel frame Intex (see below), and we never cover our pool over the winter up here in Western Ontario. We get too much snow and wind. We do drain the water below the lowest hole first and take in all of the pumps, etc. We leave the sand filter outside but remove the gauge as it...

We put a Gorilla Pad on top of foam boards.. up 4 years.

There are usually lots of Intex ladders available. Look on Craigslist or Kijiji or local swap sites. Even ask on these sites. Someone is bound to have one.

We use our Christmas rope lights around the deck railing. One floating no Intex light as well.

Our pool is on a sand bed but we added the blue foam insulation panels, taped together with Gorilla Tape, then overlayed with a Gorilla Pad...we have the nicest pool bottom ever! We got the idea on this forum! Everyone loves our pool!

If the pool isn't going to collapse, then go ahead and empty it. If you don't empty it, get cleaning! Brush and skim, brush and skim...and if you have any way to vacuum, do that too. Don't expect your sand filter to clean a mess. It is to filter fine particles, not leaves and algae. Good luck!

Love your pool! Great job levelling and keeping it sparkly! I did not use a cover this winter (our first winter with the pool) as I was worried all of the snow load would pull the pool down. It worked fine.

We left our pool up last winter. It made it through just fine. We live in a very very snowy part of Ontario and last winter the entire month of February was so cold that the kids were not allowed to go outside for recess. I did purchase a really good winter cover and then decided against...

Laura, Go to Canadian Tire. They sell liquid chlorine for $3.99 a jug. It is 12% chlorine. This is a very good price in Canada. Not sure where you live in Canada but this is the price in midwestern Ontario. We add a cup of this a day and we have a very sparkly pool. How long do you leave...

Thanks everyone! Lots of great ideas. I will go out an purchase a backwash hose and either use a hose clamp or a zip-tie. I think I can rig something up using your ideas. PAGirl, thanks for the almost hose. You are so sweet! Hope everyone gets lots of swimming in this weekend! PJ

I have an Intex Ultra Frame with the sand filter and pump combo. For other owners of something similar, what hose or setup do you use when backwashing? I have a black hose with an end that fits inside the outlet but due to the water pressure I have to hold onto it the entire time. There MUST...

Could it be dust/dirt from a busy road or blowing off the land?

Is there any way that someone could be sneaking into your yard and using/abusing your pool? Have you considered purchasing a more permanent type of above ground pool?

I went out and measured on the ground, centre to centre and I came up with 45"-46". Good luck.