Recent content by zea3

Unfortunately Intex liners are the structural support of the pool. The metal frame is to prevent the big bag of water from sagging and spilling its contents. A patch on the bottom seam isn't likely to hold in a high stress area. If your metal frame rust free and in good shape you can get a...

Hi p3haps and welcome to TFP! The rust you see on the inside wall is caused by microleaks, such as around the skimmer opening, and condensation between the wall and liner due to the difference between air temperature and water temperature. Wall foam might prevent that but I don't know. You...

I think there would be more risk of a seam failure at that point. The weight of the water will be pressing down and out trying to seek level and the seam is already under stress at that point. I think it would be safer to go just above or just below the seam.

That definitely looks like heat gun damage on the right side of the liner failure. Was this a diy installation? If so you may not have any recourse other than buying a new liner. If a "professional" installed this then I would be after them to replace the liner. Foam coves did not cause...

Hi, welcome to Tfp! I'm sorry you are having issues with your pool build. Hopefully when he comes out and sees what you see y'all can reach an agreement on what should be done. We have several members with fiberglass pools that may be able to offer some opinion on what should be done. @Texas...

You must drain this pool ASAP. It will burst the next time you have a strong rain, wind, anything that causes the water to have a lot of motion. Each gallon of water weighs 8 pounds, and the water is constantly pushing downward and outward with equal force. The physics of water is that it...

Sometimes the caps on top of the uprights have the pool brand information printed on them. Any pictures you could send would help us identify your pool. A liner that is too small might not have enough stretch to fit and a liner too big will have folds and wrinkles.

Do you know the brand of your pool? Some older AGPs used odd sizes and proprietary equipment.

How brittle is the liner? You can try to patch over the holes, but those are on high stress areas. Cut a round patch an inch bigger around than the hole and apply it and let it set. Then cut a larger round patch and put it over the top of the first patch. Since these are in high stress areas...

You'll need to decide if you want to have an automated system or if you want to operate it manually. There are people on this site that are more experienced with automation that can help you make those decisions. @Jimrahbe

You should be able to switch over to salt water to add a salt water chlorine generator, but first the pool needs to be clean and balanced. What are you using to test your pool water and what are the current test results?

An unheated, solid wall pool enclosure won't do much if anything to keep the water warm. An enclosure with screened sides will cut down on the amount of debris blown into the pool. Either type of enclosure will likely keep the pool cooler due to the shade it provides. A solid walled enclosure...

You are getting close to drain territory if your CH is that high. The no drain acid wash will raise the CH levels since it will put any calcium deposits back into solution. Lowering the CH to 250 with pH maintained between 7.0-7.4 will probably give you the same results as an acid wash and...

If you don't have water use restrictions or restrictions on where you can discharge pool water a large sand filter is probably the easiest filter to use and maintain. You will waste more water when backwashing the filter but as long as you keep your chemicals balanced you won't need to do a lot...

What are your current CH and pH test results?