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I downloaded the app today after 4 or so years of tracking info in spreadsheets. And yes, I spent the $8 to keep the info (I'll prolly export it later). I hit the toggle to track the filter pressure, but I've driven myself crazy trying to find the place to actually enter that information! A bug...

So after spending all week getting the pool clean, I come home today to turn on the pump and the switch is broken. I took the cover off the pump's electronics and the switch could be easily replaced (although I didn't see any on Intex's website) - but anyway, the switch is broken internally...

Well, I finally took my tarp off and the pool wasn't clean and clear like last year (I think my tarp has some tiny holes in it). Anyway, I drained the nasty water and moved the pool because I wanted to re-level the ground and piers the legs set on. Everything is level again, and we've moved...

For the last 2 years, upon re-opening my pool, I take the cover off and find a dead bird or two at the bottom. :puker: I'm guessing they see the holes in the liner where hoses were and think that it might make a good nesting place or something. Anyway, I need some weatherproof ideas to cover...

Back around the middle of July, my spider gasket failed, and running the pump/filter overnight would result in a 3-4 in water loss. The only way to stop the water was closing the valves near skimmer and the outflow. Intex doesn't sell just the gasket, and I have to replace the 6-way valve...

I need to replace my 6-way valve (because Intex doesn't sell the spider gasket), and Intex is out of stock for my valve. I've searched Amazon.com and Walmart.com, but can't find the valves there either. Is there somewhere else to buy Intex stuff? :hammer:

So early yesterday evening, I cleaned the pool, the water was a bit low, so I topped it off to where it should be, set the pump timer for 12 hours and left it alone. Apparently, there was a storm during the evening, and when I went out to look at the pool, the water was a few inches LOWER than...

The last two seasons, I've been using the HTH Conditioner/Stabilizer from Wal-Mart and all has been well. In spite of HTH's website saying my local wal-mart has it, I could neither find it in-store or on their (Wal-Mart's) website. So, I wondered what product you folks use for your CYA?

Okay, so closing time for my pool. The difference this year is that I added a Hayward skimmer, so I'm not sure which of the following I should do: 1) Should I drain the pool 6" below the skimmer, leave the skimmer in place (except plumbing) as well as leave the old return in place (The Red...

First and foremost, I want to say a big THANK YOU to all of you here at TFP! This year has really been the most trouble free summer with the pool so far, and it has been great. AND it couldn't have happened without the patient help and suggestions I've received here over the last few years (go...

In the pool. I dropped it while installing a Hayward through the wall skimmer. My pool is a lovely shade of green, and I can't see it. Blindly scooping with the net has hit the screw, but wasn't able to pick it up. I tested the remaining screws, and the are not magnetic (was going to try a...

Hey folks! As I slowly open our pool this year, I added a belt around the bottom to keep the legs in place. Anyway, parts of the belt rub against the liner. It doesn't look bad in this picture, but the other ratchet/clamp on the other side is worse. What can I put in there to relieve the...

Well, after what I considered a successful winter closing, the pool water stayed clear until a few weeks ago, when the storms and flooding came through. I hadn't opened the pool yet, because I was still taking a class. Anyway, a foot or more of swamp on top of my cover dumped into the pool when...

Any recommendations for which Hayward skimmer will work? Or does it matter? My pool is the 16x48 Intex Ultraframe. Hayward only seems to have 1 skimmer on their site, there seems to be more floating about on the internet. Hayward's site...

Clearly I have no business owning a pool... :( So, I'm closing my pool this weekend, I just vacuumed, had the chlorine at shock level, added some polyquat last night, and I'm draining the water... AND I'VE DRAINED IT BELOW THE LOWEST PORT THAT WATER GOES BACK TO THE PUMP. Someone please tell...

I think I have all my ducks in a row for closing the pool this weekend: I've gotten the covers in, pillow, polyquat, etc. I've looked over the article on winterizing the AGP, and it mentions securing a plastic bag over the sand filter. 2 questions: 1. Is this what most of you folks do? 2. Do...

Why does everything I read say to remove the leaf net before a hard freeze? I was planning on leaving my leaf net on throughout the winter because one of my trees drops leaves all. winter. long. It never ends. Anyway, was wondering if there was a reason to take it off?

This will be my first year to leave the pool up, frankly because taking it down and putting it back up are such a chore for a one-man (old man) crew... Anyway, I've read the bit in the Pool School about Above Ground Winterizing, and looked through a few pages of posts here, and I have some...

While I'm Lowe's trying to figure out how to cobble together something so my standard-fitting vacuum hose will work with the Intex fittings, I get a phone call and my wife tells me that water is shooting out of the pump across the yard. When I get home I can see water squirting out of the hose...

I vacuumed today because there was a lot of dirt in the pool from the past week (water was nice and clean... and cold!!), and I've really liked the filter/pump I installed at the beginning of the week (see signature). However, looking at the vacuum bag, a large percentage of what I vacuumed was...

After some dirt work and water spraying all over me (because I forgot to glue my pvc), I finally got my sand filter installed and really like the pump/filter so far. A lot more power than the 1500 gph cartridge filter/pump I was using. Anyway, I could have sworn I read here last year that with...

As you can see in my sig, I have the standard Intex cartridge pump that came with the pool. Today my wife brought home an Intex sand filter/pump that is .75hp and 2150 gph (model SF70110). All I've done so far is read part of the manual. :study: In my reading, I came across this piece of...

So I put about an inch of water in the pool to work out the wrinkles, and I noticed that even though the legs were straight, the bottom of the pool was not centered. If I continue filling, it will drag the frame to where center is - which will end moving the legs off my piers. It's too heavy...

I'm fixing to assemble my cartridge filter/pump from last year, and I remembered at the end of last year, I smeared Magic Lube on all the gaskets and rings and shoved them into a couple of ziplock baggies. Do I need to do anything to remove the lube before installation or is it okay "as-is"...

I took up the pool last year so I could "do it right" this year and then leave it up year round. Last year I used bricks for my piers. That didn't work well. Needed 2 bricks per pier, and each brick had to be level - it was a lot of work. [Edit: This year I'm going to put in 12x12 pavestones...

My liner is all powdered up, shoved in a big trash can, and I bought 3 c-clamps to keep the lid down nice and tight. 1. I read that some of you use/used desiccant packs in the trash can with the liner. Either I'm asking for the wrong thing in the wrong place, or both Wal-Mart and Lowe's...

So, looking in the manual about storage of the Krystal Clear 635T, and it said to coat the gaskets in petroleum jelly and store in an airtight plastic bag. 1) Isn't petroleum jelly rough on rubber products? 2) Isn't that going to be nasty getting off the gaskets next season? 3) Would...

Ok, so no water in the pool (haven't folded and stuff yet), so no testing needed. Clearly I'm low on a few chems in my TF-100, but I'm curious: am I good with just replacing/refilling the ones I need next season, or am I supposed to toss the whole kit and get a new one each season? What's the...

Today was a fail - I hoped to get the pool drained so it could air-dry tomorrow and I could pack it up before the rain comes tomorrow night, BUT I was bested by the water below the drain hole. In fact, my once "clean" pool apparently wasn't so clean - as the water kept getting lower, more and...

Because of time constraints and my job, I started draining the pool yesterday after a good vacuuming. The FC level was still about 5 yesterday when I started draining. Do I need to rinse the inside of the pool once it's drained? Does it even matter what the FC was at?