If you are concidering whether to buy $350 Intex pool or $2500 quality pool, think about your time and this experience...
I bought the WM Intex 15 round 2 yrs ago. This pool had poorly constructed seam near the rope (lower side wall). Of course this is not noticable till you fill it up - then it leaked.
Intex, being so generous, said if i send them a cut out piece of this damaged area, they would (if it is their fault) send me a new liner.
1. I buy and set up pool
2 I pay for water service
3. I drain what did not leak out
4. I cut out and send damaged part to Intex (at my expence)
5. I gather this old mess of a liner and haul it to dump in my Geo dedan.
6. I receive new liner 6-8 wks later (summer mostly over)
7. I re-assemble pool
8. Get and pay for more water fill.
NO. I just mdrained and patched it. Patch held over 1 winter. Next fill up, leaks even worse...........Which Above Ground to buy?
I can't possibly know if this was a freak manufacturing incident, or more common than it should be.
I believe they should have immediately apologized for their arror, ans graciously shipped me another liner next day air.
Also had bought their salt system and could not get it to operate (sense the right amount of salt).... this could be my fault.
