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I agree that plain flexible hose can do the job, unless it is bent around a very small radius, in which case, flow through the bent section could be significantly reduced, depending on how flexible is the flexible hose. My understanding is that Intex (and clones) had a real reason for not using...

Intex designed the OEM hoses for continuous flex. They obviously had in mind that the pool is not rigid and pool walls move when the pool is occupied, so it is better to have the hose flex with pool movement, than put repeated stress to the attachment points at the pool walls by using a more...

Sand can calcify over time, need to check with hand, open filter and run your fingers through the sand.

Looks almost like this ring was made for a bigger size pool, then someone "forced fitted" it to this slightly smaller pool. Since the ring does not contact water in any way, then it does not support this pool in the way it was designed to do, but as it stands now, it is adding structural...

Vinegar is a very "mild" acid, so it might take some time and effort, the objective being to see if the deposits are diluted by acid. Signs of dilution would be the cloth changing color, taking the color of the deposit. If vinegar does dilute the deposits, then let the soaked cloth on the...

Try to run the pump on its own, without any other equipment connected to it, just a couple hoses. Then you will know if it is the pump's fault or not.

The husband did not help at all set this thing up?

Re: Top Ring cleaners? These are probably solid deposits, water splashing repeatedly on the ring evaporated leaving behind all dissolved solids, over time solid deposits became thick enough to be visible, mainly calcium with a bit of chloride bound to it. Most of these deposits can be removed...

This is a very large pool, and although 3 or 4 inches might seem like a serious tilt, the actual angle of inclination is very small. Same angle of inclination applied to a small pool, would result in very small tilt when measured in inches. If this thing was mine, I would not touch it at all...

Options are to the right in PHOTOBUCKET page that you linked, AFTER clicking on each one individual image thumbnail.

BTW, this looks like a HUGE amount of work!

When viewing each individual image from the link you provided, use the "Direct" link from the right side options, then insert that link in your post using the editor's "Img" button. The result will be like this.

If the images are stored on your local storage media (hard drive etc) then you need to upload these images somewhere and use links of uploaded images in your post, or else attach these images directly to your post. Attached images might be limited in number, uploaded and linked images are not.

When there is high humidity, the human body cannot use its own evaporative cooling system so efficiently, so it feels hotter than it really is. Same principle applies to what we try to do to the pool water, we try to increase evaporation by returning water from above and having as many small...

Improvise a way to return water to the pool from above the pool walls, this will create enough splashing to increase evaporation cooling.

For that size pool, this sand filter can connect directly with no adapters. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bestway-Sand-Fi ... 0565680658 Not sure if you can find this thing over there though.

By "oil film" I mean the invisible - sometimes only one molecule thick - film created on the surface of water. Sunscreen or natural body oils or just airborne pollutants are enough to have this film on the surface. In nature this film is washed away by surface movement, ending up deposited on...

The surface skimmer removes water from the surface. If you need goggles to see debris in the water column, it figures that debris is not on the surface, therefore the surface skimmer can not do much to help remove it. A safer bet would be a high flow filter / pump, maybe a sand filter. If...

The oval shape is more difficult and expensive to manufacture (and remain oval when filled with water). For the same cost, a round pool would be much bigger. Also, for the same perimeter length, a round pool will hold more water than an oval. But, an oval may fit better or look better in the...

There is an alternative method, that will solve the gnat issue immediately. Use live fish in the pool, cheap goldfish or koi fish will suffice. If you decide to go this way, which I might add, is not to everyone´s taste, the pool must be run with no chemicals at all, much like a freshwater...

The reduction / restriction of output pipe diameter can create a higher pressure spike during the initial fluidization of the sand bed inside the filter. During this initial phase, direct paths can be created through the sand bed, allowing dirt to reach the output of the filter. Once the sand...

There is some sort of cheap (free) alternative. new-pool-easy-set-8-leveled-by-magazines-t49620.html

If this pool lasts until October I will dismantle it and move everything (fish and biological filter) to the plastic tank for winter keeping. That is if a cat or anything else does not destroy it as we speak. I already had to use a manually operated cat deflector a couple times, it did the...

Yes, this is Athens, Greece. It is not downtown Athens though. We have hot summers and sometimes snow in winter. Definitively have seasons. The container I used is an almost square plastic tank made of PE (polyethylene), holds more than 100 gallons of water. This is enough volume for thermal...

During freezing weather coldwater fish (like goldfish or koi) can survive because of the thermo-gradient created inside the container, whereas slightly warmer water goes to the bottom, where the fish stay during winter anyway. If there is water movement at the surface, either by water going...

This is my backup holding place for the fish, the big ones have been living there for a decade and the biological filter in the pool came from there, and can easily go back along with the fish if the need arises.

The main maintenance job is cleaning the biological filter, this is an improvised filter consisting of a simple 3' long, 4" diameter pvc tube with screw on caps at the ends. The tube has numerous small holes in the middle part and two half inch pipes connected at the ends leading to the pump...

The pool is run without any chemicals. There is a biological filter and the pump included with the pool running 24/7, nothing else beyond that. There is no cartridge in the cartridge filter. I do have to clean the biological filter every couple weeks, when water flow diminishes significantly...

I had to use this to support the hose because it is too heavy when filled with water.

This thing is like standing (or stationary) waves, only they increase in height because they resonate with the flow waves created by the pump and gain energy until the water overflows, energy is then lost, and the phenomenon starts over again. If the pool had a different shape or different...