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It's just a smallish above ground pool. I'd be willing to bet the pump/filter is probably more suitable for a spa than a pool... If there was a way to buy just a strainer basket to attach to the pump, I'd be up for that. The best part of the whole deal is though that just this last week we've...

So I pulled the winter cover off my pool last weekend. This is only my second season with a pool, so somethings are still a little new to me. I pulled the pump out of storage and hooked it up, topped off the pool, and put the automatic floor cleaner in. It's one of those 'clicker' types that...

So, I finally got my solar panels assembled with hard plumbing, no leaks. Been running it the last several days just fine. Started it up this morning, just fine. It's this kind of solar heater. Went out a couple hours later and some kind of critter managed to poke/chew holes in several...

I'm not sure what drove me to hard plumbing it. Could have been the leaks where the hose clamps were supposed to 'clamp'. Don't know if it was the clamps, the plastic hoses, or the fittings, but I could not for the life of me get the to not leak with the heater. Maybe running the heater in...

Doh! :mrgreen:

It flexes a bit, but its really not that bad. There seems to be enough flex in the pipes that they can handle it. I could always just cut the pipe and use some of those black rubber connectors, like I used to connect the output side of the filter to absorb some of the flex. That being said...

Good advice. We have a pretty dry climate out here in the desert, I'd imagine the solar cover would help with the evaporation as well. I like the idea of running them in parallel. Sure would increase the flow, i'd imagine. Wouldn't be that big of a change. Just a couple more sections of...

Wrapped up the plumbing this morning. Sure is good to have the pump and filter running again. Here's a pic of the plumbing. Not the prettiest, but at least it's not leaking, and nothing managed to chew a hole in anything last night... Pool temp was 70 degrees this morning. It usually rises...

I found a similar flexible union at Lowes today. Black rubber, 1 1/4 -> 1 1/4 with good quality hose clamps on each end. I managed to re-plumb the pool with 1 1/4" pvc pipe, and the best part is, no leaks so far. Throughput seems much stronger/more flow than with the flexible thin plastic...

Looks like a little slope there in one of the pics? How about renting a trencher and running a french drain around the pool, (Covering with gravel) and running a drain off down slope? Maybe some sort of a 'leech field'?

Ahhh, I see. Perhaps this is my solution.... At least I can probably jury rig something like this.... http://www.troublefreepool.com/viewtopic.php?t=8527

Well, decided to dabble our toes in having a pool, and purchased a soft sided above ground pool from CostCo online earlier this year. After one mis-step in setup, I leveled out a patch of desert, built a little retaining octagon of pressure treated wood, filled it with sand, tamped it down and...

Yup. We had a drop of about 3 inches on our 20' round AG pool the first time we put it up. Kept trying to convince my self it would be alright, but when it was getting closer to being filled, well, it looked like it wanted to 'roll' down hill. The posts had a definite 'lean' to them. Had to...