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  1. In defense of Intex, we have had 2 frame pools. Only leaked after I drained it and stored the liner spread out in my front yard, dumb idea. The next season it leaked in multiple spots due to being punctured by falling tree branches. After discovering the new liner would cost $200 shipped, we elected to buy a whole new pool kit and get a 2nd pump, ladder etc. The poles were pretty corroded after the first season. We made it through year 2 with old poles and a new liner. This year I left the pool up over winter and with about 1 foot of water in it. We put the new poles on and filled it up. The first pump died so we are running the new one. So what did you expect for a few hundred bucks? If you can't afford a 'real' pool, then grab one of these, 15'x42" or 18'x42" for under $300! I use their SWG as well, and that appears to be going well in season 3. Also use a Catfish Pool Buster battery vac which has also stood up to 2 seasons and still going! All for about a grand over 3 years. Worth every penny, the kids live in it in the summer.
  2. I use a water softener on my well water and then fill the pool through a carbon filter. One year I didn't set the softener to regenerate during the fill (takes 2 days) and filled the pool on day 2 with straight well water...add chlorine and bam, iced tea! The remedy I found on some website or forum was this: Take the return hose from the pump and attach it to the pool ladder so the water flows through a white bath towel draped over the rungs like a crude filter. Add 2 cups chlorine bleach and let it run. The chlorine actually releases the suspended iron from the water and it will quickly turn the bath towel brown. Rinse the towel periodically and ring it out, and continue until the color in the pool goes away. Add chlorine bleach as you go. It took several days and then it finally cleared. Then add some metal sequester. Once the iron is removed it won't return, unless you top up the pool with more well water.
  3. Add some salt. 5lbs at a time. Add 5lbs, wait 24hrs and run SWG. If you go slowly then you won't overshoot too much.
  4. Remove and wash filter weekly. I use an alkali degreaser called Greased Lightening here in the US. I spray the cleaner onto the outside of the filter, wait about 20mins and then hose off. I have 2 filters so I can let the washed one dry and then swap them out. Doing this means the 2 filters last all season!
  5. Buy the next size up Intex pool pump / filter. Cheap on Ebay compared to other makes.
  6. YES! The Intex SWG will work on 24' round pool. My manual says you will run the unit for 8-10 hrs per day depending on temperature. I've had mine on a 15' round pool for last 2 years, about to go into 3rd season. Worked flawlessly.
  7. The test strips suck. Buy and learn to use a real titration test kit. The Taylor brand ($50) is very good. Trust me it's well worth the investment!
  8. We have well water also. Has a lot of iron in it. If you use a water softener for the house, it will remove most of the iron. Last year I didn't set the softener to regenerate overnight and the next day I filled the 2nd half of the pool with straight well water. Added chlorine and Bingo! looked like week old ice tea! I took the return hose off the outside of the pool and zip-tied it to the ladder so the water would flow through an old bath towel draped over the ladder rung. Add chlorine and it will cause the water to release the iron. I also put an old cotton sports sock inside the skimmer basket (Intex pool). After a few hours the towel & sock were dark brown. Add more chlorine, rinse out the sock & towel with the hose and repeat. It took a couple of days but once you get the iron out, it's out for good. Finally, add a metal sequestering agent to dissipate the remaining metals back into the water. I also read a guy who used a milk jug full of pillow stuffing (teddy bear stuffing) with a bunch of holes punched in the jug. Attach the return hose and it does the same thing. He simply threw the jug away and made another 'filter'. Hope this helps. This year I made sure I regenerated the softener and used a .5 micron carbon filter to fill the pool.
  9. Couldn't disagree more about Intex SWG. Going into year 2 with ours, works perfectly. Even used it to super chlorinate! Had a low salt alarm once, added 5lb box of salt, never had another issue. BTW, check reviews, mostly very good.
  10. Yes, I'm running one (year 2) and it works great! A real 'set it & forget it' unit. I added the salt at the start up and never looked back. We're running a 15x4' above ground by Intex. Even with torrential rain & overflow, I only added a 5lb box of salt last year. It took a little time to get the run time figured out, wasn't letting it run long enough to generate sufficient chlorine to prevent algae, but now I have it down. Don't let the price fool you...check the reviews at wal-mart.com and google it, 99% positive.
  11. I second Chem Geek's remedy. Did the acid & aeration thing for several days to lower TA. It works
  12. I use a Pool Buster rechargable battery powered vac. The Catfish model is smaller but works fine on my pool. I use a pantyhose toe over the bag inside the vac and it traps 100% dust, sand etc. Has enough juice to last 1 session covering the entire pool floor. Advantage is it doesn't use pool pump / filter and it's easy to handle.
  13. Have you tried Ebay? Other suggestions are good. Are you throwing away perfectly good filters? See here
  14. Cross lash the cover on really tight with rope. We rode out Faye here in Jacksonville Florida and with only TS force winds the cover blew off several times, until I gave up fighting it. As soon as the rains hit I poured a gallon of liquid bleach in and after the cover blew off, we watched the pool turn into a compost heap! After Faye left, I raked out tons of leaves, pine straw and a few small branches, but the water stayed crystal clear and blue! We had a problem with the legs sinking into the flooded dirt, so we tapped pressure treated lumber squares under each leg with a hammer. Would advise doing this BEFORE the torrential rains begin! Good luck!
  15. How often do you clean the filters like that? Every time you swap them out? After treating them with "Greased Lightning", do you just hose them off? I'm wondering about residue of the cleaner getting into the pool water. Anyways, I just bought a couple more filters and I can run a new one for a week without the SWG complaining about low water pressure (aka dirty filter). With the "just rinsed off with water" ones, I have to change them twice a week. I clean them everytime. Wash out with garden hose and air dry. I swap filter every few days. Not much residue on filter so not real worried about greased lightening in pool. I even sprayed greased lightening on the pool surface a couple of times **gasp** to remove floating sunscreen oil slick. I foamed the cleaner onto the surface and ran the skimmer overnight. Oily slick gone. I've done this twice this year and had no ill effects.
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