Recent content by bloodfromastone

Cool. Wood is a bad idea.

Okay, but, OP asked for opinions. I never said they wouldn't last. I also never said someone had to buy new ones every year. You'd have to have a set of clean ones ready to swap out for the dirty one(s), and then clean the dirty one(2) and set that aside for the next time the filter needs...

With all due respect, unless I'm misunderstanding, you said you didn't like how the 32 year old sand filter worked. Consider how old the filter was. Back 32 years ago, it probably was the best money could buy. Like all things, products improve. Is it possible that a sand filter made in...

I have mine set up on blacktop. A previous owner of my house had a wheelchair van and completely blacktopped the backyard for turnaround space. It's not a big yard. I have a layer of masonry sand, then a heavy tarp anchored into the blacktop, then I have a layer of old carpet that we tore...

Bad idea, probably. PVC is not wood.

Moved from HERE Do NOT? or Do? Or am I just misunderstanding what you said? Because you are supposed to attach the "elbows" and rails before the legs.

I'm thinking you're not understanding how that system works. The 6 hour chlorinator and 7 hour pump times would result in a 7 hour total run time, not 13. Being familiar with Intex and how poorly they explain how their systems work, I'm not even sure you CAN set the pump to continue running...

I have a thought. Maybe it's already been asked and answered and I missed it, but you said you got the pool 6 years ago and that you've been cleaning the filter 1-2x a day. Is the filter cartridge 6 years old? They should be replaced every 3 to 5 years. Have you gotten a new one?(two would...

That would be strange since it doesn't go there. There is an large o-ring that goes around the outer lip of the lid itself so that when you put the lid on, it will be between the outer lip of the lid and inner lip of the basket. It should not be on the plastic ring that screws the lid down...

Looks like your guy's first mistake was ADDING dirt/sand to the low side. Nope. Dead wrong. When setting up on earthen ground, REMOVE dirt from the high side, never add to the low side. Second huge mistake is no pavers or boards. Also, with these pools if you're going to use any sort of...

Soft sided pool's top rails are NOT designed to hold ANY weight. Whomever is standing or stepping on them needs to stop. Today. Right now. And never do it gain.

Is the plastic ring that's inside the basket that secures the basket to the housing screwed on tight enough? What does the o-ring look like? It's possible that it's gotten old and brittle/cracked and shrunken, therefore not functional anymore? (best practice to wipe every piece of rubber...

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New skimmer in. Working great. Needed NO adapters for the intex hoses, surprisingly. Was even able to install the hayward eyeball into the pool instead of the intex "aerator" return with no adapters, just an extra flat washer, and that's working great too. Much better than Intex's fixtures...

It just screws off. Use a cloth wrapped around it so it doesn't scratch, and some channel lock pliers. But, that water goes out, not in. It does make it hard to see if the water is clear, though, when you backwash.