This year we are replacing a 7 year old 18 foot round Intex that the legs rusted out. The new pool I have is the Intex with the dual intakes, those intakes are a smaller size connector and for now I want to use the in pool skimmer. I think I can cut into the liner the larger style intakes but both hoes go to a T with the smaller connectors, kind of a mess. What options can you tell me, I was thinking of eliminating one of the intakes with a plunger valve and just using one.
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You’ve got lots of options. You can just leave the smaller suction holes as is, and use the hoses and tee supplied. I believe there might have been an included plunger valve to connect the smaller hoses with the pump.
You can certainly plug one of the suction holes. That’s what I did, since I have a skimmer.
You could cut cut the holes larger and use 1.5” fittings. That’s also what I did.
Here is my set up. I decided to use flex hose and PVC to make my own tee and to connect to the pump.
You can see where I plugged one of the suction holes, but first I cut it larger. If I ever decide to use it, it will already be 1.5”.
You can certainly plug one of the suction holes. That’s what I did, since I have a skimmer.
You could cut cut the holes larger and use 1.5” fittings. That’s also what I did.
Here is my set up. I decided to use flex hose and PVC to make my own tee and to connect to the pump.
You can see where I plugged one of the suction holes, but first I cut it larger. If I ever decide to use it, it will already be 1.5”.
I like your setup alot, what did you use to plug the hole? My skimmer that I took off the old pool has adapters so I can use the Intex hoses so I have to figure a way to get everything connected.
Is the adapter the plug screws into an Intex part or aftermarket or do they make a cap that screws onto the 1.5 intake.