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I was wondering if any of you have a poolside changing area/cabana area? I was thinking about making one. The kids and their friends all summer long come in the house after being outside just dripping. So I thought if I had an area from them to change outside that would really help. If any of...

I'm getting my intex 26 footer hard plumbed on Monday and I'm adding a thru wall skimmer. I'm going to be loosing about six to eight inches of water height because of it. Do any of you that have already done this ever regret putting a thru wall skimmer rather then have the extra height? Just...

Hi I'm getting a 3000 gph 1 hp 120lb intex sand filter. I'm wanting to put in a thru wall skimmer and hard plumb it using 1.5 inch schedule 40 piping. So my question is what would I need to hook up this pvc piping to the intex sand filter? Thanks in advance Mike

I just opened my pool and it's nearly black it's so dark green. Should I drain or try and clear up. I prefer to try and clear up as it's not cheap refilling the pool. If I try any tips on the best way? Mike

I have a lot of trouble with leaves getting in my pool. In fact all summer long you'd think it was autumn by the amount of leaves in my pool every day. I'm considering getting a leaf net cover but before I spend the money I was wondering if these work and if any of you recommend them Thanks Mike

Hi Not sure if this is the right spot to post this or not. If not, I'm sorry in advance. My wife was reading tonight about the many things you can use the original Dawn dish detergent for. One of the things said to squeeze it in the middle of the pool and it will cause all the old sun screen and...

Hi not sure if this is the best place to place this on, but thought I'd let you know that I found liquid chlorine at Walmart for fairly cheap. One gallon with 10% chlorine in it is $2.50. Less then a gallon of Walmart brand bleach with 8.25% chlorine is $2.95. Just thought I'd let you all know...

Hi everyone I'm filling up my 26 ft round above ground Intex ultra frame pool for the first time. I started filling with hose yesterday around noonish. It's now near 8 in the morning. It still is about a third filled or maybe even less. It's not leaking. I walked around it all yesterday...

Hi I have a newer Intex ultra frame 26 ft round pool with the two small intake holes. I was wondering if I could just cut one of the holes out and put a normal size intake connector and then just close off the other small intake hole? Would this work? And if so how would a guy close off the...

Hi Everyone Has anyone had any experience with a Blue Wave Easy Pool Step with Ladder? I'm planning on buying a used one tomorrow. I currently don't have a deck, but was hoping for one a bit later on this summer. Can this be mounted on a deck as well?

Hi All I have a 26 footer Intex ultra frame pool for setup this next spring. I have been wondering about adding a chlorinator to this pool. My worry is that I have read that this can cause rust throughout the frame of the pool. What's the general thought of using one on an ultra frame pool on...

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Hi I wanted to get my 11y son a remote control boat for pool. But most of the RC boats go so fast, I don't see them as good choices for our AG pool. Does anyone know of a good choice for a RC boat for an above ground pool that's around $50? Thanks Mike

I've had my pool for two years now. I've read thru the pool school a few times now. I have the TFP recommended test kit. Here's my question. I test for FC daily. Normally when kids are finished swimming around 7ish in evening during summers. Pool school says its normal to have to add 2-3 ppm of...

I am assuming this will be too small, but thought I'd ask anyways. I just got an Intex 26 foot ultra frame pool. The guy I bought it from had a new 12 inch 1/2 hp sand filter he bought for the pool. He said he was going to hard plumb it next spring, but had to suddenly move. Will this be big...

Hi if you see at the bottom I have an 18'x48" ultra pool. It's currently being stored in my garage. My question is I have a chance to buy a 26'x52" Intex ultra pool from a guy. It's a great deal. Is it possible to store this outside if I wrapped in a tarp? I don't have anymore room in garage to...

This summer for what ever reason it was like autumn everyday. As fast as I could clean the pool from leaves they were back. It started around July. All neighbors trees. Anyways the cover that came with pool has never worked properly. Is there anything any of you would recommend that would be...

I noticed today that from inside the house that it looked like waves in the pool. I had the pump running. Just cleaned the filter last night. The filter is making like a pulse of bursts of water while the water is also coming out like normal in between the bursts of water. The extra bursts of...

Hi All I was in our above ground 18 x 44 inch intex ultra frame pool last night and noticed where the middle seam meets the edge as the liner starts to slope up the seam seems like it's coming undone. It's shaped like a "T" top part is starting to open. Any suggestions on how I can fix this...

Hi All I have been noticing that Walmart, Target, even Amazon are not selling a lot of the ultra frame above ground pools anymore. Like the one we have, intex ultra frame 18x48 in pool or the larger ones either? Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I had hoped to move up to the 26'x52"...

Hi I'm not sure if you are willing to help or not, but my pool only came with a vacuum that you hook the hose upto on one end and on the other is a mess sack. When all the dead algae has settled to the bottom. Every time I go in the pool now it stirs up and goes back to being green and cloudy...

Hi all I've been doing good all summer. Then last week we had a week of storms. Around Tuesday the bottom filled with leaves. On Saturday I notice a discolor coming from around the leaves. When I went to vacuumed up the leaves the whole pool got cloudy green and has stayed like that. I have left...

Hi all The pool guy told me yesterday that I need to "shock" the pool once a week no matter what. He suggested that I use Shock n' swim as the kids can swim right after and not have to wait 24 hours after the shock. But if I'm testing every day and putting bleach in every evening to keep my...

Hi everyone I threw the floating chlorine tablets away. I add the correct amount of bleach (Walmart brand 8.25 sodium hydrochlorite) in the evening per the pool calculator and in the morning I'm at a good 4 which the pool calculator says is my goal. In the evening when I check again it's down to...

Hi everyone. I'm new to most of this still. I have a new above ground pool and when I go to test the chlorine of the water and put the drops in the water gets darker after say a minute vs right after I put the drops in. Should I go by the color of the water right after I put the drops in, or go...

Hi everyone We will be putting our above ground intex 18 by 48 ultra pool up on Saturday. How soon do we need to start putting the chemicals in and checking on them? Should we always keep the chlorine floater filled with the hockey pucks in also? Thanks Mike

Hi everyone I'm knew here. I have tried to do a search on this forum for this, but didn't see anything that full answered my question. I was thinking about getting a Intex Krystal Clear Saltwater System for my new intex ultra 18'x4' above ground pool. My question is if I would buy this does it...

Based on the the thread about pool water being too hot. How does a guy like me who doesn't have a creative bone in my body build a fountain off my intex ultra 18'x48" pool? Sorry if this has been mentioned before. Mike

Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum. We have had one of those intex 12'x32' floating ring type pool last summer, but if all goes to plan this spring we will be getting a 18'x48' untra intex above ground pool. I have been doing a lot of reading on this forum. I'm sure I will have lots of silly...