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Go to any home improvement store (lowes, home depot, menards) and look for the expanded foam, NOT the small foam bead type foam. Owens corning is a brand of xps, not the trype. Johns manville and others make it as well. Thickness wise, i cant say what size to get, but its recommended to get...

As your pool is green, your filter is working properly and that is why your pressure rises so quickly. There is so much algae in your pool that the filter quickly gets clogged by it. You can start slamming now and just keep backwashing your filter as needed. The faster you start on your slam...

What kind of pool pump and filter are you using?

I did not know pvc could turn pink when heated. Or would that discoloration be due to the glue and dyes in the glue and primer?

One thing you did not mention was your pool chemistry numbers. If you could post your pool testing kit and your most recent numbers we can get you better guidance as to what is going on with your system. Also adding your pool and equipment to your signature would be helpful too. Welcome to...

Those pool pumps are not designed to take the lid off of them while they are running. Those small pump filters are just big enough to push water back into the pool while using gravity to pull water down to the pump from the suction side. When it is running and you have good flow to the pool...

Nice, i didnt know if the dye or antibacterial additives would be an issue.

What type of dawn soap? Antibacterial? Heavy duty? Clear? Ive never heard of doing that but i may just try it out when i get home from vacation

So if his MD valve is wide open currently, would you suggest he tries to close it most of the way? In my mind that would increase the amount of water the skimmers pull so in essence they would have better pull to draw debris into them, as long as water level in skimmer mouths are near proper...

You really arent going to want to put the pool on the grass alone if you leave it up for over a week. If the grass isnt dead, enough light from the sun and water in the ground will keep it from dying fully, and it will be a risk to grow up thru the liner bottom of your pool. Put a tarp or...

That is going to probably be a tough one. There isnt really any specific indicators on that to help identify. Do you see any numbers or lettering on there? Those could help if you do.

I have a 10 foot round pool that is similar. Your pool should be fine at 1 inch out of level.

From what i can see on your side wall leg supports, they have a slightly odd shape and its causing it to look like they are leaning in. They have what looks like a fade inwards from the top down to the lower third of leg where they flare back out. Just my thought on it.

Id make them pay for the water since they are the ones NOT installing the liner per the liner manufacturer's specifications. Theyd also be eating the cost for the preformed coving as well. How lazy are their installers? Let alone the massive amounts of money they have sunk into liners this...

As was suggested, you can try the garden hose attempt. However i dont see that working so well. Your best bet to get the center pipe and laterals in the proper locations os to take all the sand out and relocate the stand and laterals. This would also be a good time to inspect the laterals...

My apologies. Im good at inserting foot into mouth!😜😜😜😜😂😂😂

Sure thing. I have an intex 2500gph cartridge filter so i had a good idea what was going on. Glad to help

Hes asking what happens to clay when it gets wet. It isnt a good material to put under the pool as when it gets wet it turns into a slimy mushy mess and wont stay where you want it to.

Those pavers are flush with the ground and you dod say you put some pool noodle between the liner and paver block so i dont see any issue with liner rub from the paver. These intex liners are pretty robust from what ive done to mine.

I think they are referring to the air bleedoff valves on your pump and filter itself to close once the air has been purged from the pump and filter. Dont think they mean the actual valves between pool and pump filter system. Those intex pumps have several air bleedoff valves and drain valves...

I would think it would be a safer idea to put 2nd paver behind the ones you have now. You dont want to try to put dirt back wehre they are now as that could lead to the new paver placement shifting to unlevel as you refill with water. If that happened it would make your pool more likely to be...

From what i have read from others who have moved pools or had to drain them, they are not able to restretch after draining if they were allowed to get too dry.

You dont have to go underground with hard pvc pipe. I dont have a swcg, but my intex pool and pump are hard piped with pvc. I will try to snap a pic for you tomorrow. Its storming here so cant go out.

I think the OP is looking for some close up pictures to the connectors to figure out how to plumb it together

Was the liner the original one or a replacement? From what ive read here, if it was the original one most likely it will not be able to restretch to use again. May need to get a new liner, but hope some with more knowledge will chime in.

Sounds like your backwash is being done long enough. Does your pool stay covered all the time or is it open? My little pool gets dirt and debris in it just by sitting there with no breeze. Bugs, pine needles, dirt, etc. I think yours gets some that way as well. if your pool has a good...

I dont know the correct answer as it seems the manufacturers of the filters say something different than those that package the DE. From what ive read on different threads about DE is that there are different ways to do this, but not sure which is the correct way of doing it. Then again, maybe...

If you are going by actual weight for your DE use, then you are adding way too much. If you use any cup other than a cup designed for DE then you will incorrectly add DE to your system. That blue DE cup you have should be the cup you use to add DE to your system after a full teardown or after...

You say you are doing a slam? If so, you are killing a lot of algae. From what others state filters clog very quickly during a slam as the algae is dead and getting scrubbed off the walls and floors and other parts of the pool and stirred up in the water so it is getting pulled into the...

I clean my intex brand type b filters with a garden hose that had a flat spray pattern to clean the pleats. Works well and i can use the filter for several weeks and rotate thru my 6 filters for the season changing out the filter once a week and cleaning it before putting it to back of rotation.