Recent content by DeRooZoo

We have an Intex sand pump as well, we had this happen earlier this week, super low flow when filtering. Backwashed for 5 full minutes, rinsed for just as long, all better now.

I'm new at this pool thing, so I could have just gotten lucky this year. I did notice that the legs on our moved like this until we started really filling the pool... then I had to go around the pool a few times to adjust the poles as we filled the pool. With regard to draining the 3"of water...

To answer your question on the wood grain, the legs should sit perpendicular to the wood grain. We have the same 9x18 intex pool, and we used the 16x16 2" thick riverfront pavers from menards instead of wood, for similar reasons... slow draining soil, and concerns that the wood won't last a season.

That piece of plastic is far from insignificant... like Wobblerlori said, that keeps the legs from sliding out too far... even with all that pressure of a filled pool. When you're talking about the legs moving when you seat them into position, is this happening before you fill your pool? During...

Welcome... fellow new pool owner in WI here... I'm a little south of you in Beaver Dam. This is indeed an awesome resource... we would have been SO lost without TFP. Great community, great collective knowledge here.

They are 16x16, 2"thick. Got them at Menards

You probably can. When we first started our filter, we had about 175ft worth of hoses and PVC running from our pool to the driveway approach (we had not chlorinated yet), worked just fine. If your pool is at a lower level, beware... when you disconnect your hose (or PVC) from the discharge, all...

We considered something like this at first, but then decided against it. PVC pipes have a fairly low weight bearing capability. A 1' section of 2" PVC can only bear 70lbs (Pipe Load Guide). Even if you have the weight distributed over 4 pipes (made in a square to rest a step on it), a 1x1 foot...

TBH, I would be a little concerned. While 3" does not sound like much, if you do the math, that is a lot of additional weight concentrated on one side of your pool... like about 625lbs of weight... and that's when the water stands still. If people are in the pool and the water sloshes around...

Even though it's a pain in the "you know where", if it were me, I'd be draining the pool to where I could safely move the legs and pavers, re-set the pavers, and re-fill the pool.

Like JoyfulNoise commented: check your local ordinances on the discharge of pool water. For example, we can only use the street gutters (i.e running it down the driveway) for dechlorinated pool water... for our city, dechlorinated means less than 1ppm. I do understand your issue... our pool is...

These are the pavers under the legs at the highest point of our lawn This is at the opposite side of the pool (lowest point in our lawn).

Fellow n00b here. First time pool owner in WI. Not sure what kind of pool you have, but ours is a metal frame above ground pool; the kind where the legs angle out from the pool. Instead of leveling the entire area of the pool, I sunk the pavers where the legs will rest so that the frame of the...