If your asking me I only used the Intex B adapters with clamps and built up the connections with some tape since my hose was alittle to big
How good or loose do the Intex hoses fit onto the existing Summer Escapes skimmer and wall exit pipes?I'm in this same boat. I just purchased the 18x48 Summer Waves pool and the Intex Krystal Clear Sand Filter Pump for Above Ground Pools, 2450 GPH System Flow Rate, 110-120V with GFCI. I have no experiance at all with setting these things up but I see now that the filter doesnt quite go onto the pool. I have been browsing the internet and I have been seeing some sort or valve attachment, people cutting holes into the bottom of the stock filter canister and cutting holes into their pools. After a few hours of trying to figure it out I considered just paying someone to do this for me. If someone could please provide step by step intructions with pictures I would be eternally greatful.
How good or loose do the Intex hoses fit onto the existing Summer Escapes skimmer and wall exit pipes?
I had the older style Summer Escapes skimmer and, like above, just used a few windings of electrical tape to increase the motor output diameter for a tighter fit in the Intex hose and a standard hose clamp on the Intex hose. (Because the Intex filter needs the Intex hose screw-on clamp.
My return fitting did not need the tape. (But also needed a hose clamp.)
I ended up using a couple of these. They were easy to use, they come in different sizes, and they have them at Lowes or HD.
http://www.supplyhouse.com/Fernco-1...Coupling-Cast-Iron-or-PVC-to-Cast-Iron-or-PVC
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I have tried these:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hose-Conversion-Adapters-kit-for-Intex-1500gph-and-2500gph-pumps/148576388
And these:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Intex-Hose-Adapter-B-GAME-1-1-4-mpt-x-1-1-2-mpt/510623323
And they are too small to fit over the factory parts on the Summer Waves pool. I made the mistake of filling the pool before researching and now I've got a 2,100 intex sand filter and nothing adapting. I'm honestly to the point of letting water run out and cutting out for the intex factory outlet the sand filter came with, but I don't know what I would do with the factory summer waves skimmer. Is this really that complicated?
Is there not just a part I can buy that will go over the factory Summer Waves parts to the Intex sand filter?