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    Cladding an Intex Pool with timber

    The wood won’t touch the liner and the carpenter will build it so that it can be taken down in sections should I need a new Intex pool. I had a timber pool before. The kit cost £4000 and I had to build a concrete base. At least with an Intex pool I don’t need a concrete base and the whole build...
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    Cladding an Intex Pool with timber

    Has anyone actually covered their Intex pool with wood cladding? I was thinking of getting a timber pool but the liners on the Intex pools are much thicker. I have a carpenter that can build a frame round it and clad it so that it is totally weather protected. Would be interested to know if...
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    Tiny puddles under the corners of new Intex 18 x 9 Rectangular Pool

    Well impressed with the UK agent for Intex. They have agreed to an end of season warranty so I can continue to use the pool until the end of the summer. I will then have to empty it and cut the logo out of the liner and send them a photo. They will then send me a replacement liner. They have...
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    Tiny puddles under the corners of new Intex 18 x 9 Rectangular Pool

    I have checked the fourth corner and it is slightly wet on the underside of the liner but this one does not drip. I found a couple of reviews on Amazon where they had the same problem but it stopped after a few days and never happened again. It must be coming from inside the pool as the water is...
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    Tiny puddles under the corners of new Intex 18 x 9 Rectangular Pool

    The brand new pool was put up a couple of days ago. Once filled with water, small puddles had appeared under three of the corners. Initially I thought it was from the light rain shower we'd had that morning. I dried them up but they were there again a few hours later. This is happening on three...
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    Put Intex Pool up today and it has three leaks in it!!

    So annoyed. I paid for someone to put the pool up for me (the same guy that built the base) as I have a back injury. I filled the pool up and added the salt and then I noticed three tiny puddles of water under three corners of the pool liner!! They must be very small as it was several hours...
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    EVA Interlocking Foam Pads under Pool

    My 18' x 9' Intex Ultra pool is going up later today on a smooth and level concrete base. I have some EVA Interlocking Foam Mats (1 cm deep) that will be going under it. I assume it would make sense for these to go under the legs as well?
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    Intex with solar on a budget

    I'm just down the road from you in New Milton :) I have bought the same pool. Concrete base done today. Pool going up next week.Timber cladding in about 4 weeks. Which solar panels are they and how good are they? I have been looking at PoolSolar by Paramount Pools as they, apparently, work in...
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    Intex pool inground??

    I used to have a part sunken Plastica timber pool but got rid of it a few years ago and filled the hole in. I have just bought an Intex Ultra 9 x 18 frame pool and tomorrow the hole is being unfilled and the Intex pool will be erected on the original concrete base. I am hoping to build timber...
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    Intex ultra frame bottom suggestions

    I have a concrete base and I have bought some EVA foam interlocking gym mats to go on top of the base and under the liner. Will be putting it up on Friday, subject to weather.
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    Insulation on the concrete base

    I have a concrete base that is slightly inground from a previous pool. The base is currently buried under rubble and topped with gravel but I am having all this removed next week to expose the base. The top of the base was quite bumpy where the builder used the wrong concrete mix so it was...
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    Can you use solar heating with saltwater systems?

    I also phoned an online pool company asking about solar heating panels by PoolSolar and they told me it was not recommended to use them with saltwater systems. If I can used them then that's great and I will go ahead and get some. :) Thanks for your help.
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    Can you use solar heating with saltwater systems?

    Intex Solar Heating Mat for Above Ground Swimming Pools 47 - Pool Heating Says not suitable for saltwater systems on this site.
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    Can you use solar heating with saltwater systems?

    Because I noticed the Intex solar mats can't be used with saltwater systems but it doesn't say why not. I have been looking at different makes and none of them say anything about salt water. I phoned an online supplier and they said it wasn't recommended to use solar panels with saltwater...