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That figures. Found the date of purchase and it's about 3 years old now, and the manual says 2 year warranty. Of course.

I have an Intex AGP with sand filter and SF70110 (Intex) pump. The filter and pump are either 2 or 3 years old (can't find receipt at the moment). The pump is normally plugged into a heavy duty extension cord (probably a no-no but the only way I can do it) to an outlet on my porch. The pump...

Hmm, I had not seen those before. It looks like most people are using them in conjunction with a robot cleaner but I guess it could work manually. Mixed reviews, though, on that one, lots of breakage and saying it doesn't fit standard hose? Thanks for the idea, though; I'll look around more.

Have had this AG Intex pool about 8 years now and have never been happy with vacuuming. I use a standard head bought from Amazon or Home Depot, etc. and the hose is hooked directly to the intake that goes to my pump. The intake has a screen which collects all the trash I vacuum up and when I...

I buy a 2 pack of paint strainer socks at the big box store and use them all season, rinsing as needed. Less throwaway into the environment.

Update - after getting all new O rings and still having the leak, I finally found that the housing of the prefilter itself was cracked. Since I didn't want to wait on ordering again from Intex, I found some marine epoxy at Home Depot and put that on. Seems to have done the trick! however, after...

Still haven't found the leak. I tried to get new O-rings yesterday at the local pool store but they don't carry Intex's very specific sizes, so I just ordered them off the Intex site. The O-rings all look fine, no cracking or anything so I'm not confident that's the problem. I checked the...

I have an Intel pump with my sand filter. Got it last summer and at first it worked well. Towards the end of summer it began losing the vacuum in the pre-filter. It would draw air into the pre-filter and then lose suction. I'd let the air out, restart and it would be fine for awhile and then...

You missed in my notes - I did dilute it 50/50 and then I got 80, so I'm assuming the real CYA is 160. Thanks for your info - I guess I will be draining tomorrow. First have to get the grass around it mowed, since it's rained all week and only just now dried enough for that.

(using Taylor K2006 kit) Two weeks ago I went on vacation and put one puck in the skimmer while I was gone. I'd had some algae problems earlier this summer and didn't want to risk more while I was gone. The pool was left up over the winter, drained partly, and I added lots of bleach after...

Thanks - I just ordered a 2800 off ebay!

OK, I have an above-ground 16 ft (I think) round pool - 5000 gallons. Currently using the original pump/filter (intex) it came with - cartridge filter 1500 gal/hour. It's about 5 years old I think and I'd like to replace the setup with a better filter/pump combo. I have no idea where to start...

Thanks. yes, as I stated above, I have order a testkit but am waiting on it to arrive.

Just got a new liner for our pool and set it up yesterday. Currently have about a foot of water in and adding. At what point should I start adding bleach? We are on city water so there is a small amount of chlorine in it. I have ordered one of the test kits recommended here but it won't be...

Alright, no luck with the photo. I used the directions http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/43432-How-to-add-pictures-to-a-post-%28full-guide-with-screenshots%29 but they are 2 yrs old and Flickr's changed a lot recently. No way to right click on a photo, at least in Firefox, and get that...

Here is what it looks like in the spot I can easily find it Hmm, I copied the URL from my Flickr account but it's not showing up. I"ll have to look up the help files on posting a pic and fix this but gotta run right now.

Hi, new here to the forums. I have skimmed through a lot of posts and looked through the pool school and will definitely be using the instructions here to maintain our pool better than it has been in the past. We have a 16x48 Intex ultraframe that we've used for the past 3 summers. My husband...