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We leave it going year round. I just reduce the number of hours a day the SWG runs since demand goes down. I pretty much ignore it and it runs itself.

In my opinion this one is better. I have it and love it. Comes with the adapter to connect to the Intex inlet. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX9XPZJX?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

What skimmer did you have that was able to smoosh flat and not crack and what was the pump rating? All of the skimmers I have had for above ground pools are rigid pvc type material that will not flex, only shatter.

For low water level, this is not true unless you have a float valve in the skimmer, like with an in ground pool. Without that, if the water drops below the skimmer, it will suck air even with another suction port.

My vote is to leave it as-is. All it will do is take away skimming power from the skimmer and I don't feel the side wall port does anything meaningfully for filtering. My current pool came with a 1,000 gph filter pump and it skimmed poorly. I upgraded to the 2,500 gph intex cartridge filter...

I feel like it isn't going to be a problem. The coating is robust and the wrap is loose, so air gets in there. Our last ultra frame at the old house was a salt pool and a couple years into it there were no signs of rust. I only expect a few years out of these anyway. Haha, Georgie. He...

Off topic... your pool and yard looks so good. Where did you get those clip on cupholders?

Sorry. I did try yesterday and kept getting an error. It worked now. :) The pool is 14x42. Circumference is 44 ft. I bought a 36"x50' roll on Amazon. No cuts for height, only cut length. The wrap shades the whole thing except between the skimmer and inlet. Too hot to work on detailed cutouts...

In addition to installing a fountain on the pool inlet, we also wrapped the pool in reflectix-type bubble foil stuff. We put the stuff in our RV windows while they are being hit with direct sunlight, so it occurred to us to do the same for the pool. We bought the right sized roll from Amazon...

It isn't a degree or two for us. Water temp before was 92 at 3pm when we swim. After, at the same time, is 86. Huge difference. The first week we had it, we ran the pump 24x7 to cool overnight and get it down. Now I only have to run it about 10-12 hours to maintain. I did one other thing to...

In my opinion, no difference. Look at the inlet fitting that came with the Intex 2500. It's narrower than the intex hose that came with it. I have the same pump and only the skimmer, no extra suction port. Tons of flow! With my previous pool a few years ago, I found little value in having the...

I have a Rhino pad sitting in my Amazon list for next year's setup. 80 bucks for the 15 foot round one. Looks pretty good to me.

Fixed the link. :)

This is a little video of it in action. This is with the Intex 2500 gph pump. The fountain is at 50% fountain and 50% bypass for circulation. If I goo 100% fountain it's like Bellagio in the pool, haha. Fountain video

Since my pool is getting so hot, I searched threads for awhile and didn't see much of anything talking about attaching to Intex without a trip to home depot to rig together a connection. I found one on Amazon that fits both standard threads and also includes an adapter for Intex fittings. The...

The above ground pool we have now is the first time we have had multiple holes in the bottom. We looked for patches that can be applied underwater. Home depot had gorilla and flex tape, makers of flex seal. I was talked into the flex tape. It did a good job of sticking initially and the tape...

I just got my new kit today and the speed stir isn't the same as what I got with my first tfp kit in 2012. I hope it is as good as that one and holds up. It worries me to see this thread now that I have my new kit.

CJ, I didn't have this issue when i had an Intex with the Hayward skimmer and more powerful pump. That was a square skimmer opening and 1,600 GPH pump whereas this pool has a round skimmer opening and 1,000 GPH. The bummer about a round opening is that when the water level goes much past 1/2...

Why two suction ports in addition to the skimmer? On my previous pool with the Hayward skimmer, I only had one and didn't even use it very much. It seemed to work better for us to leave suction as almost completely skimmer. But, the pool was setup right at the drip line of a live oak, so we...

Thanks for sharing. It looks great! I like the deck and lighting all around.

Great point, and I like the perspective. Thanks

In the past, I had an Intex where I installed the Hayward skimmer. That was several years ago. This weekend we got a Funsicle with a built in skimmer. It's the same as the summer waves pools. A round skimmer opening. A lot of the small spring tree junk isn't getting sucked in that great. I...

All is fine. :D Those are some pretty wild guesses. I really wish it was the lottery scenario, but no such luck! I broke down the Intex pool in 2016 to prepare for selling that house. It was a patio home and the pool took up a lot of space that likely zero buyers would be OK with. After...

I use Edge for everything at work. I usually clear all history except for cookies and it fixes 99% of work application problems, which i did already this morning.. This afternoon I did cookies and it fixed it. Thanks!

Thanks for the link. I remember that now that you showed it. :) The site issue i'm having is that when i click pool school on the left navigation bar, it just goes to the main sit page. on the pool school icon on the main page, it stays on the same page. www.troublefreepool.com/blogs. Am I...