We did drain it, clean it and refill it this year which is the only time we did this after initial setup 8 yrs ago. Oh and did I mention that I bought it used from someone on Craigslist who lived in Philly and used it 1 summer. We will cover it this year since water is somewhat fresh.
Once the ground is leveled, it is wise to lay a weed-preventing cloth over the dirt. This will prevent any grass from growing into the pool liner. Some types of grass (specifically, St. Augustine and Bermuda) have been known to puncture the pool liners of Intex pools. The Easy Set pools come in sizes ranging from 8′ across x 30″ deep to a rather large 18′ across x 48″ deep. These pools require an absolutely level surface prior to set up, or the pool may collapse and cause injury or property damage. The Easy-Set pools may also fail due to a puncture of the top inflatable ring.
Leicht boasts over a decade of journalism experience, and beyond her work at The Spruce, also serves as an editor at DGO Mag, a Durango, Colorado-based magazine. The product experts at Reviewed have all your shopping needs covered. Follow intex baby float Reviewed on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or Flipboard for the latest deals, product reviews, and more. For as cheap as my Intex pool was and how easy it was to set up, I was absolutely certain that it was not going to last.
I live in Jersey where it gets mighty cold and we receive our fair amount of snow and I have had my 16′ Intex pool up for 8 years possibly 9 years and have never taken it down. In fact, we didn’t even cover it for the past 2 winters. No rips, holes, collapses but liner is starting to wear along the top where liner wraps around the rim bars.
This pool arrived on our doorstep in one large box, which contained everything we needed to get started. The box contained a pump, the laminated sidewalls, a DVD with video instructions, a couple of odds and ends to help hold the frame together, and the pieces to build the hard plastic and metal frame. “Ready for water in just 30 minutes” the Intex website claims and although this seems like a bit of a reach for two novices , once we got a good look at the box’s simple contents the idea didn’t seem that far-fetched. Requiring zero tools, we followed the instructions to snap the pieces together, twist in the two filter pieces, push in the drain plug, and in under 20-minutes we had ourselves an 11-foot pool.
Having to pay an electrician on a yearly basis raises the cost considerably. I did the shock yesterday and the blue floor now is lost. We did have to spend a bit of intex baby float time scooping sticks and larger clumps of debris out of the bottom of the pool and removing any leftover particles from the filter, but that was to be expected.