Intex Ring

[Hi HM]

Hello,
My pool is filled with water. However, it looks like the top ring needs air. Is it safe to fill it or will I have a tidal wave of water on my patio?

Thanks

 

[Mdragger88]

Add air - carefully & quickly. Just Don’t overfill. Also find the reason it’s leaking & patch it - if it deflates u will definitely have the tidal wave

 

[Hi HM]

Not sure if there is a leak, but rather the kids jumping all over it since May. I have not added any air since then. Is that possible?

 

[Mdragger88]

May be the difference in temp. Hot air expands - kinda like when your tires are a little low after it turns cold the first time

 

[Z__lightningstage]

I have hade my index 18ft×4ft easy set pool for 3 years now and my top ring used to give me trouble after the first 6 months it would just slow leak like they always do. Anyway my easy solution was to take a soft but strong nylon core rope (preferably 1.5in thickness) and I just made a really large loop all the way around the pool and used the black foam pipe insulators to cushion the friction between the pool and the rope, and then I just sinched the rope nice and tight at the bottom of the the inflatable top ring all the way around. This keeps the top ring from collapsing outward in the event that it goes flat. I did have a few tiny holes that I patched easily with bike tire patches. My kids are pretty rough on the pool and them jumping off the deck into and out of the pool whenever we're swimming was just going to keep putting more holes so after I patched the hole I had found I ended up buying a gallon of rustolium elastomeric rubberized paint on roof sealant and just put two coats of that on the top inflatable ring and it worked really great it even gives the pool and the top ring some structure and support and ever since then the past two years I've had no more problems with it at all and it stays up through the winter as well. Hope everyone has a nice day and if you actually read that long post here then thanks I hope it helps someone.