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    Confer A frame ladder is an algea farm - will drilling more holes hurt/help?

    We have a confer A frame ladder with the raisable, lockable steps. The steps have two holes on top - so water get in but doesn't flow. It also doesn't come back out when removed from the pool at the end of the season. We just completely took the ladder apart and have been soaking in...
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    sharkline vs aqualeader

    I'm looking at 3 local pool stores. One sells sharkline. One sells aqualeader. One sells pools by a name that only seem to lead back to that pool store. The Sharkline I was looking at has steel top and steel side supports. The Aqualeader has resin top and resin supports and seems...
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    Plugging 2nd intake on Intex pool

    We had a 2014 intex with a single intake. I kept the intake and output pieces for it from the liner when we got rid of it (I have no idea why - nostalgia?) I have seen people mention plugging one or both of the intakes on the new design pool. What do you plug it with?? Am I...
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    Non-intex SWG for intex pool? (ie SimpleSalt)

    We had an Intex ultrafram 18' X 48" for 5 seasons. No problems the first 4. Things were dicey the 5th. Never got the water clear. I don't think we ever got the chemistry right. I suspect the SWG was the problem. Frame rusted through and we threw the pool out this spring planning to...
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    Has intex quality dropped?

    Last year was our 5th (I think?) summer with our intex ultra frame 18' pool. Frame is getting rusty and I think our salt water chlorinator has stopped working. Now we're at a cross roads of replacing the Intex or putting in a "real" pool which would be tied to a bigger project of replacing...
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    New belt "belt loop" design on intex pool (and no safety rope at bottom?)

    We've decided to go with an Intex pool (18' x 48") and set it up last night and were baffled by the new belt loop design around the outside (which is not mentioned in the video or pictured on the box). It seemed putting the belt loops on the inside would make the pool stronger but this seems...
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    Trying to understand upgrading pump on intex or pro series

    Hi - newbie here and very confused. I want a pool for the backyard for me and my kids to play in. I've gotten a permit from the township so that is good. I am trying to decide between an intex ultra frame 18' X 48" or a pro series 16' X 48". When my oldest was a toddler, we tried one of...