Anybody fortunate (or unfortunate) to have an Intex aboveground pool?

[Gonzo]

Oh I do! Its 16x48 its that ultra frame.... Anybody know how to clean the darn thing? It should have read Ultra Pain! rather than ultra frame! I have about 4 inches of green water in it, and it appears no one in the family will help me get this ready!

I would trash it, But I love to swim, and paid 400 bucks for the dang thing! I wonder if I could put some algeacide in it, or bleach? Its proving impossible to drain completly! Help!!!

 

[pips&peeps]

Wet/dry vac....... syphon with a garden hose...........

lots of algaecide before you fill it all the way up

 

[Gonzo]

For some reason, I can't get it to sypon! It worked before.... IDK I'd keep trying, but I hate gettin' blasted from the hose... I need a shop vac...

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

Yep wet dry vacs are a god send for the pools/ponds lol take your filter out of your vac and go to town on it! We have one and LOVE it!! We already have it up and running lol (Noone has been brave/stupid enough to swim yet though) lol

 

[Cindiloohoo]

You have to run the hose all the way in it and get all the air out of the hose. If it floats..it has air in it. Once it is sunk to the bottom, put your palm over one end to seal it off and drag that end over the side and about 15 feet into the yard. That should start the draining process. Then algaecide the mess out of it and fill her up

 

[Gonzo]

MomtoSyd&Emma :

Yep wet dry vacs are a god send for the pools/ponds lol take your filter out of your vac and go to town on it! We have one and LOVE it!! We already have it up and running lol (Noone has been brave/stupid enough to swim yet though) lol

Hubby just called from Rural King! How handy is that!

 

[MagsC]

Sigh. Even if its a pain, you are lucky. I have wanted to get one of these pools for a while,lol.

Summertime without swimming doesnt feel like summer!!! (And I detest the public pool!)

 

[Gonzo]

Rural King is the cheapest place to get them, and they have a layaway.... The pool I have I got for $400.00 the exact same pool at Target last year was close to $800.00 dollars!

 

[MagsC]

There are people that must think it is TOO big a pain also because I have seen them on craigslist...I just am always too late!

I have never heard of Rural King???

 

[Gonzo]

Wow! Really! No Rural King! I think we've had one here for about 10 yrs... I bet you'd get a better deal on craigslist...