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I don’t mean to pick on you here, but one quick note about this as well. It seems counter intuitive, but a dirty filter will actually clean the water better than a clean filter (at least to a point). The sand filter works by trapping dirt and particles in the small holes between the grains of...

Keep in mind that each time you clean the SWG plates with acid it will slowly erode the special coating on the plates that allows them to generate chlorine. If you clean them excessively it will definitely reduce their lifespan. They are designed to be cleaned occasionally when scale builds...

Mine is an XTR. It was definitely a good price. Normally you can get a good deal at the end of the swimming season, but given everything that’s been going on lately I don’t know what the prices are gonna look like this year.

As the owner of an XTR pool, that is very disturbing to see. However, the XTR pools are warranted for two years, so you should be able to get that part replaced. On a side note, I don’t believe that the ladder is made of galvanized steel, so I guess I’m not too surprised to see that rusting...

I think the big benefit of leaving the pool up is so that you don’t need to go through the effort of draining it and moving it. But if you are going to drain it and move it in the spring anyway, then I would probably be inclined to take it down over the winter. I suspect that leaving it up...

Unfortunately, if this is an all in one filter/SWG unit, then there aren’t really any easy options. Some people have disassembled the unit and added additional timers, but that can be a complicated install that requires a good amount of electrical knowledge.

I paid $1249, including shipping for mine through a third party vendor on walmart.com back in early feb this year before all the craziness started happening. I was pretty happy with that price and it was at least a couple hundred lower than I could find it anywhere else at that time. As far...

This is absolutely not true. A standard breaker in good condition or not will never stop someone from being electrocuted. The breaker will allow way more current than is necessary to kill someone to pass through it. However, a GFCI is designed to trip and stop someone from being...

Unfortunately replacement intex liners are pretty hard to come by, and frankly, even if you can find one it’s often nearly the cost of just getting a whole new pool. People have had good luck with the overlap liners as they tend to be more generic and easier to find, but if you’re against that...

Yeah, that looks fine to me now. I think you should be good to go.

Unfortunately I would say no to swimming and frankly, I’d probably also be inclined to drain it as soon as possible. If that damaged horizontal piece gets disconnected from the T piece the liner will almost certainly split and the pool will be destroyed. I feel like it’s probably barely...

Is the pool still filling? If it’s not totally full you might still be able to move the legs to make them level. If it’s already full, how much out of level is it? If it’s only a little then it’s probably fine to leave it.

Use a level to make sure that the legs are level, both left and right and front and back. As long as each of the legs are level then you should be good to go. If the legs are slanting toward or away from the pool or to the left or right, then that could be a problem.

If you can find any ground contact rated pressure treated wood you might be able to use that. Instead of two pieces of 2x8 that I used for each leg you could use three pieces of 2x6 or four pieces of 2x4 if you can find that, but I suspect that all of the pressure treated wood is going to be...

Leaves and such can be removed from the pool fairly easily. I would think a cover would be more danger as it would have a good chance of getting ripped off of the pool and possibly damaging things, depending on how you had it tied down. Before past hurricanes I even went so far as to...

That should be fine. For the pool and the cleaner.

Yeah, unfortunately I think it’s your pump size. According to your signature your system flow rate is 1600GPH and that’s the bare minimum for the intex auto cleaner. Even though they say it works with a 1600GPH flow rate in my experience I’ve found that it really needs a bit more than that...

Here’s a picture from when I installed my pool: A thin layer of sand should be ok. 3-4 inches of sand probably isn’t ideal because it can be loose and the weight of the pool will compress it. That’s why it’s generally recommended to dig the high side down, rather than building up the low...

I suspect that over time more pavers will break and the ones that have broken will allow the legs to sink further and further into the ground. At some point this will start to bend and damage the metal structure. If the problem got bad enough at some point the pool could wind up collapsing and...

Pieces of 2x8 are what I used for my pool. I liked the fact that they were much lighter than those heavy blocks. Something like this is what you would want. Make sure it says “ground contact”...

Yes, but they are in the masonry section and not with the pavers. This is what you want: https://www.homedepot.com/p/16-in-x-8-in-x-4-in-Concrete-Block-30165803/100350254 You can get away with one per leg by putting them the long way, but doing so requires that you be very precise with the...

It’s not OK in the sense that you need to drain the pool and replace the pavers before you try to refill it. But it is OK in the sense that as long as you drain now and fix it you shouldn’t have damaged anything. The rectangular pool legs need to either be on ground contact rated pressure...

Normally the intex style pools go on clearance in the fall and you can get a great deal if you look around at the end of the swimming season. Of course with this year the way it is, I have no idea if that will happen this year, but you might still want to keep an eye out and grab a replacement...

The rubber O rings should definitely be enough to stop the leaks. I might inspect the rings and make sure they appear smooth and undamaged and inspect the inside of the basket to make sure that it also appears smooth and undamaged. You can also use some silicon grease on the O rings. (You...

I had that problem with my old 15’ intex pool. I saw some posts from people who would regularly add some bleach to that area to kill the algae, but that seemed like way too much effort for me. What I finally wound up doing was making some small holes in the back of the liner to allow that...

Oh, and one more thing. Don’t pay any attention at all to how the builder tells you to maintain the pool and the chemicals. Instead read the articles here and follow the trouble free pool methods. You will save a lot of money and effort doing it our way.

Haha, I don’t think PVC is a bad choice. The other thing you might want to think about if it’s not too late is your pump. You don’t list the pump in your signature, but if they are trying to give you a single speed pump you should seriously consider asking if you can upgrade to a variable speed...

How far is your pump from your pool? If they are right next to each other than I don’t think the flex hoses would be bad. If it’s a longer distance, then it might make sense to go with PVC. Also, $350 sounds kinda steep to me. Even if the PVC lasts longer than the hoses you could buy a lot...

The legs absolutely need to be on pressure treated wood or 4” thick concrete block (They will crack 2” thick pavers) There’s certainly no problem putting those supports on (or really, imbedded in) the road base, but you can’t put the legs directly on the road base. They will sink in and you...

Personally I have a hard time believing in acidic rock, but it seems like it’s something you could test easily as we all have pH test kits. Get a cup of water and test it’s pH, then put some of the landscaping rock in it for a day or two and test the pH again and see if it went down by any...