Search results

Well this year the catapillers have been in full force. . . The traditional vacuum really is a pain in the rear and I am having to do it several times a day until the caterpillars change stages . . .so I had removed the submersible pump fountain since I opened a return doing the in wall skimmer...

Ever since putting in an in-wall skimmer (I did hydrotools widemouth mod on intext 16x42). . I am noticing I frequently now have to bleed air out at my intex 2650 pump/sand filter. I do this by slightly unscrewing the lid for the strainer basket on the intex pump until it bleeds out then tighten...

Got around to Installing thru wall hydra tools wide mouth skimmer today . . Here's a few bullets if yer interested: 1) I'm hard headed so I didn't drain my pool to install it. It was a few inches low - around 11,12, and 1 o'clock on the stock return out of the water. This made several screws...

Hey, was looking at the parts that came in the box and had a question about the return eyeball. Did you set it in with the wider hole inside then screw on the little threaded ring? If so, is the eyeball suppossed to loosely spin around? I haven't figured out to make the position of the eyeball...

I have seen mods where people added fountains and thought they looked great. I was jealous so I wanted one too. However, my delima was I didn't want to be running the sand filter pump while kids playing in pool. This may change when I add an thru wall skimmer this weekend. Anyway, back to the...

First time pool owner. Have a 16x48" intex ultra frame, 1500 gph pump/A filter, and saltwater setup. Kept getting sediment collected on the bottom the pool. Stir it but it would just go through the hand skimmer. Was about to order a sand filter with bigger pump so I could vacuum also as my setup...

Hello, First of all let me say that I have read all over these forums and many other resources attempting to learn pool chemistry. My situation is as follows: Intex 16x48" pool. 1500 gph filter/ pump. Intex salt system. I filled the pool over 3 days with my well. When it was all said and done, I...