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I have a Summer Waves pool. (Basically Intex.) I have a Hayward skimmer and a 1HP Hwayward pump with sand filter. Three times this year, the hose that comes from the skimmer has popped off at the pump, causing me to lose water down to the bottom of the skimmer opening. I've tried it with and...

I have an 18x48 Summer Waves metal frame pool. Basically an Intex. It came with a through the wall skimmer/pump combo that I upgraded to a Hayward through the wall skimmer with a sand filter and 1HP pump. When we set the pool up, we positioned it so that the pump and everything was close to...

I have a 48" Summer Waves pool (basically Intex). Right now we're using the flimsy ladder that came with it. I found a set of sturdier steps on Craigslist with the lock, which I would love. (I currently take the ladder out so my kids can't get in it.) The steps are for a 52" pool. Can I use...

Water is still cloudy but I think we're getting there. FC: 14.2 TC: 14.2 Combined chlorine: 0 PH: 7.3 Hardness: 45 Alkalinity: 33 CYA: 44

The crappy pump went on our Summer Waves pool. Of course it was while we were away. Finally got a sand filter/pump set up the other day and had a green pool. Listened to a pool store guy's suggestion (I know, I know) of adding a certain amount of "shock." The green went away literally...

I have an 18x48 Summer Waves pool with the submerged pump in the skimmer box. The crappy pump broke, which was to be expected. I just bought a used Hayward 1HP sand filter/pump combo. I'm trying to engineer the pump to the pool. Hoses aren't exactly the same size and I've been to the plumbing...

I have a Summer Waves 18X48. The pump is awful and barely works, which I knew going into it. I thought we could limp it along for the first year though, but it's truly awful. I'm hoping to buy something secondhand, but I also want to make sure it's the correct thing. Honestly, reading...

I had a popup pool a few years ago and never really got the hang of the chemicals. I really thought that this time would be different, but it's not. I have a 18X48 that we just finished filling yesterday. I do have well water. (That's why it took so long to fill. I didn't want to run the...

I just found this forum the other day, and I should have come here before I even bought my Toys R Us pool. I had algae, got a "green to blue" kit from Walmart, and promptly realized that I don't have the type of pool/vacuum to be able to get the waste out. TFP suggested a siphon, and I've now...

I have a cheap Intex metal frame pool. It is 15X4 and holds 4400 gallons. We woke up after a storm and it was green. So I got a "green to blue" HTH kit from walmart. It said to put the shock in, then put this other stuff in (it was kind of clumpy and looked like clay). Then let it circulate for...