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My intex pump lives outside and exposed to the elements all summer. This is its 3rd season, and I bring it in for the winter.

My 3 year old 22' does ( did) the exact same thing. My previous Intex 18'X 52 did not and the 18 footer also had the rope around the base to keep the legs tucked in. My 22 footer was so bad that many of the legs were pushed off the outside of the pavers. Between the first and second season I...

Thank you for your expertise and insight.:thumleft:

No the wires of concern are the buried wires that go from the transformer in my alley to the meter on my house. I am in the process of placing wires in conduit buried 18 inches down that go from my breaker panel in my home out to the pool pad.

Thanks CJadamec. I installed the pool 3 summers ago. I read on this forum about bonding loops wired to all the metal parts, water pumps etc, the water, the pool legs etc. , so I buried the bare 8 ga. copper wire loop after I leveled the site. I have not as yet connected all the metal pool...

Ok thank you for the explanation, that makes more sense.:thumleft: With all that having been said, would I be better off bonding my pool in the usual fashion, or would I be providing a pathway for current from the buried electrical line, to get into my pool? I did bury the copper wire in the...

So as long as the water depth is less than 42 inches, the electricity can't find its way into the pool?

That is what I am thinking, or hoping. In the event the service needs to be maintained, I don't mind moving the pool, or paying to have the service re-routed.

I used the 11/2 inch thick white foam boards and 3 layers of gorilla tape, and it worked out well. My wife loves how it feels under her feet.

I am bumping this up to the top, hoping one of our knowledgeable members will chime in.

As I am researching electrical installation to my pool, I saw in the NEC that an above ground pool should not be installed over buried electrical wires. The inference is that this applies to permanently installed pools and not temporary pools. Is there a safety reason for not installing a pool...

I run a fountain from my return, it works pretty well to cool down the pool.

Yep I leave mine up all the year around too.

My 22X 52 intex pool also had the legs slipping off the pavers as the filling pool pushed the legs outward. I lived with it last year, but it was unsightly. I had worked very hard to get all the pavers level, only to have some slip off, making the top rail "undulate" all the way around. So after...

The parts are available here: http://www.intexcorp.com/store/above-ground-pools/replacement-parts/11095.html

I went a little cheaper and used the white unfaced foam. BUT I started with 1.5 inch thickness to match my pavers. It has compressed about 1/8 of an inch. It is not enough that you can detect the foam-paver junction. The only way you know when you are standing on a paver, is that the paver has...

I added a skimmer and opened up both of the intex inlets to 1.5 inches and added Hayward through the wall fittings. There are many examples on here.

I too have high levels of Iron in my well water. It too turns brown (iron oxide suspended in the water) when I add the chlorine. But I am able to filter out the iron oxide with my sand filter. It happens every time I add fresh water to my pool.

Congrats keep us posted if this fixes the leak :)

Keep us posted how things go :thumleft:

Yes, my concern was once I took it off, would I have difficulty getting all the screw holes to line up again?

If it is not leaking, I would leave it alone. If it starts leaking, then maybe re-do it. I took my Intex down the fall of 2015, and left the skimmer in place, just being careful about how I folded and handled the pool around the skimmer. I did not take the pool down last fall, but left it out...

I use these instead. https://www.amazon.com/Hayward-SP1026-Vinyl-Fiberglass-Fittings/dp/B002EL3YDI/ref=pd_sim_86_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B002EL3YDI&pd_rd_r=BRSKFD6RBZ7T5ZWY4KZX&pd_rd_w=FOGIT&pd_rd_wg=c6Aja&psc=1&refRID=BRSKFD6RBZ7T5ZWY4KZX It is not much of a strainer but it does help with the...

Yeah the hose may technically 1.5 inches, but the threads on the nut on the hoses is a metric 40mm nut. - - - Updated - - - In my photo above, the middle hose is an Intex hose. The grey part is the nut that is on the hose. That is the 40mm part.

Re: Adding a hayward Skimmer to the sidewall of an intex 18x52 Pool? Adding second re Yes the one you have linked on amazon is the same ones I have used on my pool. I did keep the Large Intex strainer that came with the pool, and have it installed in the opening that Intex had intended it for...

The threads on the Intex strainers are 40mm for the hose connection. They are designed to accept the Intex hoses.

You bet. Here's what I installed: https://www.amazon.com/Hayward-SP1023-2-Inch-Fitting-Locknut/dp/B003ZTM0O2/ref=pd_bxgy_86_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B003ZTM0O2&pd_rd_r=EK1MN8QFBZTWVM7PM00B&pd_rd_w=JiD6i&pd_rd_wg=RhOHz&psc=1&refRID=EK1MN8QFBZTWVM7PM00B They are just a hair smaller than the Intex...

Re: Adding a hayward Skimmer to the sidewall of an intex 18x52 Pool? Adding second re On an 18 foot round pool I don't think that you need two eyeballs pushing water into the pool. I cut out both of my sleeved intex outlets and installed two Hayward fittings. One I use as an outlet (to the...

Re: Intex 18x52" ultra frame outlet conversion to PVC mystery? Change while water in The Hayward eyeball fits the Hayward through the wall fitting which is 1.5 inches in diameter...

Re: Intex 18x52" ultra frame outlet conversion to PVC mystery? Change while water in Ok, I put the new fitting in a large bowl, and had my wife hold it over the area that I wanted to cut out, underwater. I traced around the gasket, using it as a pattern on the outside of the pool. As I cut out...