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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.

I bought ours used and it was an algae farm, too. I just put the hose into every hole on high-stream, turned it on each side and blasted it out. When we took it out of our pool last summer, we didn't have the same problem again.

Yep, but get online at the end of summer and see if there are any clearance sales on pools. There may not be this year, but it's worth a shot.

I have a 16' x 48' Intex XTR and a Confer Model 7100X ladder that I would like to secure to the ground. My entire backyard is blacktop, so the pool is set up on foam insulation boards and foam puzzle floor mats. Trouble is, all that foam makes the ladder unstable. I thought about adding...

We had a 14x42 Summer Escapes(now called Summer Waves) pool for years. I only upgraded to the Intex XTR for the larger size since the kids got bigger. The Summer Escapes/Waves was a good pool once all the upgrades were done(intex sand filter, intex hoses and fixtures, etc.) When we switched...

I had to replace the return on my Summer Escapes/Summer Waves brand to a Large Intex return. It was easy and not expensive. You'll need an adapter/reducer to go down to the Summer Waves pool hoses, but, again, easy and inexpensive.

I would also suggest getting someone to come out and get a quote to install, survey your yard to make sure you CAN put a permanent pool in. My girlfriend was going to do the same and she has a HUGE backyard. Turns out, because of underground pipes, electrical lines, etc..she couldn't put a...

Ok, well, the trees are gone. We cut those evil minions of the devil down(Black Walnut) so now I'm wondering if a wide mouth is what I need? What's the benefits of the wide mouth vs not a wide mouth? I guess where I'm having the most difficulty is that to install the Summer Escapes skimmer, I...

Oh, wow. Guess I'm gettin gold, Allen. Thanks. LOL

I have a 16x48 Intex XTR. I had been using the skimmer off the old Summer Escapes 14 foot pool, but it collapsed and cracked so I need a new one skimmer to replace it with. Thanks, everyone.

How so? Mine is kind of diagonal and my SWCG works fine. I'm having a hard time understanding how the position of the air jet valve would interfere with the SWCG.

It's something I would do too, that's why I asked. LOL.

You don't have a choice. You have to put it on. But, keeping the cap on it stops the aeration process. If yours has failed, take it off and check the oring on the bottom and whatever seal is inside it to see if it's dirty or broken. The oring can probably be replaced pretty easily by a trip...

Can you possibly link to whatever videos or sites you used to help solve this problem? A few people have had it and would appreciate learning what you have learned. Thanks!

Did it work?

I had the same problem with my outdoor hose as you. So I had to buy the Deluxe maintenance kit that came with the skimmer plate and vacuum head. It's just an idea, might or might not work but, You could leaving the garden hose attached to the vac head, but removing it from the bib on the...