Posted: 6/27/2013 4:55:05 PM EDT
| The House Wench wants a pool for the twinnies. At 6 yrs old I'm not pulling the trigger on an in ground just yet. A few guys I know threw up these Intex Pools. They seem to like them. Anyone in the hive have one? |
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went through about 6 of them intex easy set pools..
Two had the seam just give way.... most had plenty of little holes in the air ring (from the neighbors cat)...those are easily fixable. My problem was the yard isn't perfectly flat (grade has some slope).....so the water would all list to one side and eventually the pool would deform enough to just collapse. The cheapo they have now is the one with the snap together posts/top rail. It sets up easier, and grade isn't an issue. Biggest problem is the filters. You have to clean the little dinky paper cartridges often or get a real one for a large pool. Keeps the kids entertained and cools them off. |
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We bought an 8' Intex for when our nieces come over. I want to have an in ground pool installed but we are not sure if we are going to stay in this house.
The Intex has been great. The only problem is that it only holds 640 gallons of water and if it is too hot for a few days, the water gets a bit warm. If that happens, I push down on the side and dump some water out and then refill with the hose. |
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I put a Kill-a-Watt on an intex pump a couple years back and concluded I wouldn't spend any less money running the pool all Summer versus keeping the A/C cranked to a more than comfortable temp.
Was looking to see if I could get the pump running on 12Volt DC powered by some cheapo Harbor Freight PV panels. But didn't get to take it that far before my dad needed healthcare assistance. It's a project I'd still like to work on. Maybe next year. |
| As others have said, if you're looking to cut down on maintenance, get a real sand filtration setup for a regular pool, and bear in mind you may have to replace the rubber pool down the road. Wife and I had a 18x4' with the inflatable air-ring and it was fun for two summers, then we sold it. They aren't bad but I don't view them as a permanent pool solution. Sort of a long-term disposable item. |
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Metal ring, salt system and a sand filter. Decided that the sand filter would suite us better. It will probably outlive the current one we have. I'm not sure what the deal is with our salt system. We've killed two of the converters, bot under warranty. Can't taste the salt so long as you follow proper directions and don't add too much. My yard wasn't level either. I just bought a 2x4x8 and a few truck loads of top soil. By truck load I mean a scoop from a front loader into the back of my Tacoma. I think that ran me about 50 bucks. I spent 1 day raking and leveling. It really wasn't THAT bad. Of course, I was relatively level already though. My neighbor has one. He cheated, He dug in to his yard an inch or so to level out instead of adding to but he leaves his up year round. |
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<<<<<<<<<---------- Delivers water and fills these all the time. The ground HAS to be level. Physics still applies, and Mother Gravity is a bitch. Just get some stone dust delivered and rake it out. Lay out the pool and put 1 inch of water in it. If the base is not totally covered around the perimeter, pull the pool back and rake some more. It's worth the effort to get it level around the outside - the middle doesnt matter. High or low is OK in the middle. |