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Hi Everyone! I’ve had an Intex 48x15 round pool for 3 summers now. The first year was a complete disaster and then I found this forum and the second was better and this summer was great! Clear water, I felt like I knew what I was doing! However, the legs and poles of the pool are very rusted...

My pool is partially under a tree and I have quite a bit of small debris that seems to float on the pool surface and sink to the bottom. I've been vacuuming on demand, which seems to be 2 times per week. I've installed a skimmer which seems to catch a very little bit of debris. Because it...

I started off with a new Intex 15' x 48" circle pool last summer. It came with the smallest pump, 637R, which pumped around 1,000 gph (I think). I installed a much larger pump - Intex 633T, which pumps 2,500 gph. I'm going to purchase an Intex skimmer which attaches to 1 of the 2 strainers...

I've drained and scrubbed the pool after algae took over over the winter. The water is clear ( no chemicals yet) and is still filling. However, I just noticed algae is in the hoses and pump. Do I need to clean these with bleach solution before running the pump? If algae is in the hoses or...

I have algae in my above the ground 5000 pool. I've purchased the Taylor TF-100 test kit, a vacuum, and new filters and I thought I was going to SLAM the pool, but the CYA was over 100 and I followed the advise of your site and just drained the pool. It's almost drained (30 hours and still...

I purchased an above ground pool in July - it was great until 2 weeks ago when algae suddenly took over the pool. I've read how to slam the pool and I'm ready to try that. However I don't think the pump that came with the pool is an adequate size. It is a Intex Model 637R. On the Intex...