I really like the idea of styrofoam base. Just wondering how it holds up year after year? Would the tougher, insulating foam be a better choice in retrospect?
I don’t regret using the styrofoam, though using a denser foam with a higher PSI rating would probably be better if you had a lot of heavier adults jumping in the pool. For my kids it’s perfectly fine, but if I’m in the pool I can feel it compress a bit. If I had to do it for a larger pool and cost wasn’t a factor I’d probably go with the tougher pink insulating foam next time for a few extra bucks and greater piece of mind.
As a side note, it cost me about $80 for the 5 styrofoam boards, which to me was comparable in cost to getting enough sand for the area, but a whole lot easier to work with then re-leveling for sand. It would have cost me $150 to get denser rated pink insulating foam, and for my kids pool I couldn't justify the added cost. If I was setting up a larger version that was 4 ft deep and was worth more, I'd recommend using 25 PSI insulating foam if its available to you in your area and I think that would work great for an easy smooth surface. Hope this helps.
The sheets are 4 ft by 8ft which makes them really expensive to ship if you can even find them on Amazon. Instead you can go to your local hardware store and look for foam insulation boards that are 1.5 inches thick. Here is a link to some that I would recommend from menards. www.menards.com/main/building-materials/insulation/foam-board-insulation/owens-corning-reg-foamular-reg-r-7-5-polystyrene-foam-board-insulation-1-1-2-x-4-x-8/270815/p-1444450490231-c-5779.htm?tid=-723543014411144&ipos=9
Fantastisch Die Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung ist so klar und verständlich, dass selbst ein Anfänger wie ich das Gefühl hat, einen Profi zu sein. Die Tipps und Tricks, die ihr teilt, machen den Aufbau des Pools so viel einfacher und angenehmer. Vielen Dank dafür und weiter so!
Fantastic, clear and dropped my anxiety instantly. I love the initial base set up idea of using foam board and garden steps instead of cardboard and blue tarps. Great job, thank you!!!
Thank you so much for your helpful video. I am a single woman with grandsons coming to visit. I wanted to get a blow-up version, but I knew I wanted to have something that would be more lasting. After watching your video, it gave me the confidence in setting up my pool! Mine is just 10x30 but the boys are young and will enjoy it as well as I will. I was concerned about them getting in and out and so I added a ladder for ease and also to keep the pool's integrity. Again, thank you.
Your pool set up with the insulation foam is the BEST ever! Thank you so much!! I used the more dense purple foam board with Rhino pool mat on top due to the invasive nutsedge grass we’ve had issues with in the past. Thank you so much!!
One of the best straight-forward approaches to levelling the space and setting up an Intex pool. I love the idea of the foamboard. Should work beautifully. I'll try Owen-Corning with a higher PSI. thanks!
Brilliant idea using the foam. You just saved my family lots of money on sand and energy! Just installed the foam for my pretty large pool. It helped the water levels and everything. I ditched the cinder blocks for the leg supports. Seems to be doing okay.
Great vid.We started yester digging up the ground for our same exact pool you have. The foam idea is really a nice touch. I'll watch your other vids when we get close to putting up the pool.
Chock full of awesomeness, I appreciate you identifying the legs and the top rail poles as I was sitting here trying to put the feet on the top rail. I didn't want to have to make modifications to it just yet. Lol
My pool comes tomorrow. It's three days late. I have been watching this video the last four days in anticipation. Beautiful install. I'm so excited for my dang pool, gonna sunblock my husband and yeet him outside to set that mess up soon as I see that FedEx truck lmao! We are definitely using this video as a reference 😄
This is awesome! I have a concrete slab for my pool. And from last year I had a good size pool like this, I’m using a sand filter this year. I was tired of the endless daily cleaning and vacuuming.
I picked up the foam boards from menards, but Lowe’s or Home Depot should also carry them. I also have several more pool videos over the past 2 seasons and will be opening it up this season and it’s still doing great.
I want to add that you must have the t joints in the middle of each section....if you don't it's impossible to put the last piece in the t joint. Belive me it'll save you a lot of time making sure it's perfect as you go around and not on one side or the other even slightly
This is great advice. I naturally made sure that the upper supports and tee joints were centered as I went around and didn’t have any issues with the last connection though it was still tight. I can see though how someone may not center everything and by the time you get to the end the pieces don’t slide around in the liner enough to make room for that last connection.
OK so first of all when you’re setting up the pool for the first time I don’t like using tarps because if water gets out of the pool, there’s waters everywhere and it’s really hard to clean and that water stays there for long time and that’s when it causes mold and tips that I got from last year and whenever you’re setting the pool with the metal and feet part make sure that you line up the pool outlets for the pump near an electrical outlet and also leave the pump running when the water is near the returning jet and the other outlets in the pool and if you can buy some chemicals while the pool is filling up but you can throw the chemicals in when the water reaches the return jet.
So I'm gonna start setting up a pool in the spring. It's a Bestway Steel Max Pro but pretty much the exact same size as yours. I've seen several informative videos online about proper above ground pool set up that were awesome and very helpful, and your video might be one of the best for what I wanna do 😊. Especially the part about cutting squares into the foam to make spaces for the pavers. I wasn't sure if I should put them on top of the foam, underneath or what. This totally answered my question. Thank you so much for posting this excellent video!
Nope, not yet. In the final stages of my leveling process. I'm not using sand. Just a landscape rake, a shovel, a really long level attached to a 2×4, and my wheel barrow. I use my hose to slightly soften the dirt so I could smooth is out with my rake. When I finish, I'm gonna use 3/4" interlocking foam mats then put a liner down on top of that. Then I'll set the pool up.
When you measured at 2:04, were you marking where you center was and removing the flag? LOL rewinded 10x trying figure that out. I'm about to go lay my board!
Yes the flag was the center of where I wanted the pool. The pool is 12’ and the boards are 4x8, so one board long ways was 8 with the board on top wide ways to make an extra 4 to add up to 12’. So I measured 6’ (or 2 feet in) on the first boards and lined those outside ones up with the center flag, then when I layed the 2 on the top I’d have a 12x12 square that was centered on where I wanted the center of the pool to be.
@@Type5Reviews Thanks for the super fast reply! I'm going to have to call it a night - they didn't have any trucks so I had to jagged cut the other pieces of foam in parking lot, get home and they're totally crap now bc of the terrible ends it doesn't fit flush. So wasted those and I'll likely remove the other 5 whole pieces there already taped and re level. Blah
Ok how do I connect that last tee piece, the rail is too close to it and I can’t get it to slide back far enough to slide it into the tee, even lifting it up a little doesn’t help. WTF? Was I not supposed to install the little pins in all the other ones first?
I hope that you figured it out but in case someone else is having this issue. What I did was have my mom help me lift up the next two connections so that it was easier to connect the last one.
@@daniellarodriguez8930 yes I did thanks! I just had to pop all the pins out that I had put in the connectors and that gave me enough room to get that last connector on lol then it was easy to finish.
So, you said you had a link for burying the cable but no link was there at the end. Just a couple of others were there. Oh well, just wondered if you still did that cause I had looked into doing that and it was against the bylaw to bury extension cords... so wondered what you did.
Yes it might be a pain but so is using sand. We just set up an 18x48 pool & used sand & ughhhh is all I can say lol. We had a ton of leveling to do though so that was an even bigger pain. My husband talked of using foam board in the beginning but we went with a big load of sand. I think putting any pool up is a headache if it’s not going on an already perfectly level concrete slab. I’m just happy our’s is done & currently filling with water at the moment! Here’s to hoping it’s level & lasts us a long while!
Curious how the foam is holding up. Is there an algea build up under the pool? Does it smell? Still stand by that choice? My husband wants to put something under ours. We've had our pool for 4yrs now and the sand underneath slips and reveals the cement blocks under the feet. Looking for a more sound solution. Thanks for any help.
I’ve been through 2 seasons going on a 3rd this year with no issues so far from doing the foam. I haven’t noticed any algae or smells either. If I did it over the only thing I would change would be to use a higher density pink foam board instead of the softer white foam board since the stiffer board would be less likely to compress under your feet.
I wish I had seen this video before putting together my pool. The whole trick was putting the top together so that you know where to put the pavers was an amazing idea. I’ll definitely do that next time.
Just curious, even with that hose filter your water came out that brown? I realize your water is different than mine but I swear ours didn't come out that dark after using a hose filter attachment. Great video....I like your demeanor/ style
@@leftseat30 I have a lot of iron in my water, so the hose filter takes out the larger iron particles but the color still comes through. I use some iron/mineral remover along with a sand filter and it clears the pool water in a day.
Great video! I think however you are reversing the names inlet & outlet, calling the 2 outlets inlets and the one inlet an outlet. The hole to the left that you connected with the long hose is for the inlet -- the manual calls the part you put there the "inlet air adapter" and that's where water comes into the pool from the pump. You did it right, just reversed the terms, in case anyone watching was confused. Thanks!
Hello! We did this exact idea after watching your video 👍 my question is, does the pool shift at all while on the foam from water splashing out of the pool, rain from storms, or sprinklers that go on in the surrounding areas(if you have that)? Just wondering because we do have sprinkler system for the grass surrounding the pool and the water gets onto the foam and where the foam meets the liner. Thx
I have a sprinkler system spraying on my pool as well. That combined with the kids splashing last year meant a lot of water lost around the base. But fortunately water is really heavy and the pool didn’t move at all, so I’d say you don’t have anything to worry about on that front.
That was a great video! I wish I had seen it before I put my pool up. A suggestion to anyone putting up a new pool is to leave those tiny little screws off the caps that goes over the intake ports. It took me about an hour last weekend trying to get those off so I could use my vacuum. I really don't see the point of those anyway. If anyone knows the true purpose of those, feel free to let me know.
True now that I’ve been using the pool for over a year I just keep the caps off. But I’m sure the caps were probably included for safety reasons and the screws would just keep kids from taking them off.
This may sound like a stupid question but are those blocks just like cement blocks? Where can i get them and what size do i get ? Single mama here trying my best ! Pool comes tmrw and im so nervous ! Still trting to get the area leveled out and remove all he lil rocks !
The foam boards come in 4ftx8ft sheets. For an 18ft round pool you’ll need 12 1/2 boards, so basically 13 and I’d cut a few in half to offset the rows like bricks. Good luck.
Awesome setup. I followed all your steps since I started from scratch on Thursday. Pool filled today. My only issue is that some of the legs just won't stay pulled out straight. I adjust a couple then it knocks out others on the same side. Seems like ribbon is too tight and pulling on others when adjusting. Ribbon is not twisted and level says level all around. Should I not be too worried about this?? Thank you.
Is the pool completely filled? I went around and readjusted the legs a little as the pool was filling up. Once it was completely full the liner presses against the legs and keeps them pretty much in place. Assuming the liner on the bottom was straightened out when filling too the legs shouldn’t be an issue. But before the pool is filled if you pull on one leg, others would definitely move.
a year later, I am curious how well the foam board did. Would you recommend going with the foam board or with Sand? I have a 15' x 42" that i am going to be setting up soon. Thanks for the advice
The foam board is still holding up well. Though if I did it again I would go with the higher psi rated pink Owens Corning foam board. And I have nothing against sand either, I just didn’t want to do the extra work of leveling all that sand.
I didn’t take any measurements. Instead like I show in the video I laid out the top section to find where the legs would be then placed the pavers underneath.
Hi - great setup! I am wondering (depending on where you live) how you prep for fall and winter. We will need to take our pool down each season and want to know if you have a recommendation for the foam during the fall and winter months - do you cover it with a tarp? Thanks
I live in northwest Indiana, but I left my pool up all winter last year and it held up just fine. If you don’t have a place to store the foam and don’t want to pick it up off the ground you could at least place a paver or something heavy on each foam board so they don’t fly away with any strong winds if you take the pool down.
Do the intex poosl need to be grounded and does the pumps also need to be bonded. I know there are codes that you need to do it with permanent above ground pools but intex pools are to be taken down after the summer season
Most of the frame of this pool is made of plastic and not conductive. The cord has a built in GFCI and since it’s not considered a permanent pool I do not believe it has to be bonded for code purposes, but of course you should always check your local codes.
That depends on how much you mean by “slight”. I wouldn’t want one side to be more than a couple inches off at most personally. You may be able to get away with it but you could always dig out the high side an inch or two and add it to the low side. Leveling the ground to me is the part though that takes the most work. Good luck.
Hi there - your directions are awesome! I am setting up a 24’ pool and I’m not quite sure what I should do about the foam underneath and what would work best. Could you give me a recommendation on what you’d put under it and use for the blocks? The pool is 13,000 galloons. I greatly appreciate any advice.
I bought the 24’x52” Funsicle pool. We had a summer waves pool and used sand under it but it just didn’t seem to get even. We bought a new pool because the one we had was only 15’ round and with two almost preteen boys, I was needing more space for them to rough house and not get adults wet.
I went with foam boards because I wanted to put blocks under the legs and didn’t want to dig the ground out for the blocks. And it made for a nice surface under the pool as well. If you decided on going with a foam base I would recommend the higher density pink foam as it would withstand the “roughhousing” a little better. The cheaper styrofoam is still holding strong but you can feel it compress under your feet if you are larger. And even with the larger pool I still think 1.5” blocks and foam would be just fine since the weight is distributed over the whole surface. But if you don’t mind leveling, sand for that much area may be a cheaper route. You could place you blocks down where the supports would be and spread out sand even with the height of the blocks. Just another thought.
How long did all this take roughly? I know it’s been a year so hopefully you can remember lol also is it necessary to use block for the legs or could you put them on the ground?
Depends on how uneven your ground is. Mine started fairly level, so that saved a lot of time. But it still took over an hour to level the dirt then a couple hours to lay everything out and get to the point where I was filling it with water. Then it takes about 6 hours or so to fill with water for this size. And plenty of people set these up without blocks or foam and just put a tarp underneath. I didn’t want to have to worry about the legs possibly shifting/sinking over time so I went with the blocks.
@@Type5ReviewsDo you think the legs could rest directly on the foam board if you were using the higher rated PSI stuff? Or would the feet on the bottom of the poles end up sinking into the foam?
If you take the screens off of the two inlet ports those black things are little plugs that fit over the inside of the inlet ports. They can be used in a pinch if you need to disconnect a hose to keep the water from coming out.
Try at a slight angle while pressing the middle of the metal leg end to make it a bit smaller to fit into the black plastic piece. They are definitely a tight fit.
Best video so far for a single mama w girls thank you sm! But can i have the info on the cement blocks? Size and where i can get them and are they pricey?
I used 1.5 just because it matched the width of the pavers so I didn’t have to dig the pavers down at all to support the legs. 0.5 would be helpful to protect the bottom of the pool from anything sharp, but you’ll have to adjust if you are supporting the legs with bricks.
This is great! I keep wanting to get even just a little kitty pool to swim in but I think one of these would be great. It looks about waist high. Would you recommend emptying the pool and putting everything in storage for the winter?
With how long pool pumps need to run, a battery powered pump wouldn’t be feasible. Your best option would probably be a long extension chord drum from your house. Check out my follow up video on what I did for electricity for my pool pump. Running electrical to an Intex pool. ua-cam.com/video/hnz1LALZFYY/v-deo.html
Some frame pools have holes in the frame to add plastic style pins that would help lock the pieces together. The newer intex frame pools don’t include the pins as they don’t need them, but I believe the holes are still left over from the manufacturing process.
I have a lot of iron in my water. The filter removes what it can and a lot of larger iron particles but it can’t get all of the very fine particles. I follow this up with some iron remover which helps the iron particles stick together so my sand filter then removes the rest.
So I don’t have any concrete block flat enough that I’m able to use but I do have about 8-10 ft of some pressure treated 2x10 that I think I can cut into 2x2 block to have the same effect as the concrete block. Anyone have thoughts about using 2x10 or 2x12 pressure treated wood cut into 24”x24” blocks?
At a minimum you have to run your pump enough each day to turn the water over in your pool at least once. So your 10 ft pool holds roughly 1200 gallons and that pump is probably rated around 300ish gallons per hour, so 1200/300 = 4 hours. I would probably still run that small pump for 6-8 hours though. That combined with staying on top of the chlorine levels and ph will keep the pool clear.
Try home improvement stores like Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards. They should all carry it in stock. My biggest thing was getting some that’s the same thickness as the bricks I used. It can be pricey though.
I don’t have any experience with using a pad underneath but assuming you level the area properly and there is nothing hard underneath I’m sure a pad would be fine. I wanted to put blocks under each of the support legs and the foam made it much easier than digging the ground out from under each block.
I really like the idea of styrofoam base. Just wondering how it holds up year after year? Would the tougher, insulating foam be a better choice in retrospect?
I don’t regret using the styrofoam, though using a denser foam with a higher PSI rating would probably be better if you had a lot of heavier adults jumping in the pool. For my kids it’s perfectly fine, but if I’m in the pool I can feel it compress a bit. If I had to do it for a larger pool and cost wasn’t a factor I’d probably go with the tougher pink insulating foam next time for a few extra bucks and greater piece of mind.
As a side note, it cost me about $80 for the 5 styrofoam boards, which to me was comparable in cost to getting enough sand for the area, but a whole lot easier to work with then re-leveling for sand. It would have cost me $150 to get denser rated pink insulating foam, and for my kids pool I couldn't justify the added cost. If I was setting up a larger version that was 4 ft deep and was worth more, I'd recommend using 25 PSI insulating foam if its available to you in your area and I think that would work great for an easy smooth surface. Hope this helps.
@@Type5Reviews do you have a link to the sheets and what size did you get. Thanks for the video
The sheets are 4 ft by 8ft which makes them really expensive to ship if you can even find them on Amazon. Instead you can go to your local hardware store and look for foam insulation boards that are 1.5 inches thick. Here is a link to some that I would recommend from menards. www.menards.com/main/building-materials/insulation/foam-board-insulation/owens-corning-reg-foamular-reg-r-7-5-polystyrene-foam-board-insulation-1-1-2-x-4-x-8/270815/p-1444450490231-c-5779.htm?tid=-723543014411144&ipos=9
@@Type5Reviews thank you!
After watching 17 hundred different videos, this is the winner for me 😂 good luck everyone out there.
Fantastisch Die Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung ist so klar und verständlich, dass selbst ein Anfänger wie ich das Gefühl hat, einen Profi zu sein. Die Tipps und Tricks, die ihr teilt, machen den Aufbau des Pools so viel einfacher und angenehmer. Vielen Dank dafür und weiter so!
Fantastic, clear and dropped my anxiety instantly. I love the initial base set up idea of using foam board and garden steps instead of cardboard and blue tarps. Great job, thank you!!!
Thank you so much for your helpful video. I am a single woman with grandsons coming to visit. I wanted to get a blow-up version, but I knew I wanted to have something that would be more lasting. After watching your video, it gave me the confidence in setting up my pool! Mine is just 10x30 but the boys are young and will enjoy it as well as I will. I was concerned about them getting in and out and so I added a ladder for ease and also to keep the pool's integrity. Again, thank you.
Setting up the ring and laying out the tiles is an EXCELLENT idea. I am almost to that point in my setup. Thanks!
Your pool set up with the insulation foam is the BEST ever! Thank you so much!! I used the more dense purple foam board with Rhino pool mat on top due to the invasive nutsedge grass we’ve had issues with in the past. Thank you so much!!
Where did you get the foam board?
Same question 🤔
@@karenlamm7339Home Depot. Just search for, it's easy to find.
One of the best straight-forward approaches to levelling the space and setting up an Intex pool. I love the idea of the foamboard. Should work beautifully. I'll try Owen-Corning with a higher PSI. thanks!
As long as you don't have a dramatic slope and a lot of peaks and valleys in the ground, it should work.
Brilliant idea using the foam. You just saved my family lots of money on sand and energy!
Just installed the foam for my pretty large pool. It helped the water levels and everything. I ditched the cinder blocks for the leg supports. Seems to be doing okay.
Great vid.We started yester digging up the ground for our same exact pool you have. The foam idea is really a nice touch. I'll watch your other vids when we get close to putting up the pool.
This was the best video for the foundation and put together. I have watched 100s of videos and this one I’ll follow for sure.
I agree!
This is the best pool installation video. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you I just watched your video and at 69 years old and a female, I set it up by myself, thank you times 10!
Nice job!
Chock full of awesomeness, I appreciate you identifying the legs and the top rail poles as I was sitting here trying to put the feet on the top rail. I didn't want to have to make modifications to it just yet. Lol
Awesome setup! One thing I learned hard way was that the original filter pump is no good and you need a sand one to clean water properly!
Not just a sand one but a bigger one if not sand
Thank you for explaining that little white piece bcuz I didn’t know what it was for.
My Mom needed this video 3 years ago but help her a lot after she set it up. She had no ideal what that white piece for lol
This was a great video and easy to follow from start to finish.
My pool comes tomorrow. It's three days late. I have been watching this video the last four days in anticipation. Beautiful install. I'm so excited for my dang pool, gonna sunblock my husband and yeet him outside to set that mess up soon as I see that FedEx truck lmao! We are definitely using this video as a reference 😄
Thanks. Our kids have been enjoying it a lot since we’ve set ours up. Glad that you found the video helpful.
Excellent video! I followed your instructions and my pool is fantastic!!!!
Thanks
Took forever with other videos your video was the best thank you
Thanks for sharing I’ve watched tons of pool video setups & this is the best video setup💯🥰
This is awesome! I have a concrete slab for my pool. And from last year I had a good size pool like this, I’m using a sand filter this year. I was tired of the endless daily cleaning and vacuuming.
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You still have to vacuum if you have a sand filter.
Absolute best video on the set up.
Awesome!!! It was the filter assembly that saved me thank you! 😊
A description of where you got the foam boards would have been helpful and a follow up video about how it held up would be GREAT!
I picked up the foam boards from menards, but Lowe’s or Home Depot should also carry them. I also have several more pool videos over the past 2 seasons and will be opening it up this season and it’s still doing great.
Really good video with easy to understand instructions! We’ll have to try foam board next time. Just got our 18x48 up with sand. Quite a job!
That was VERY helpful! Thanks for "doing the research so that I don't have to!" Awesome!!!
Great tutorial how the black washer I didn’t see where you put those.
Thank you, sir. You saved me a lot of time. Worked perfectly.
I want to add that you must have the t joints in the middle of each section....if you don't it's impossible to put the last piece in the t joint. Belive me it'll save you a lot of time making sure it's perfect as you go around and not on one side or the other even slightly
This is great advice. I naturally made sure that the upper supports and tee joints were centered as I went around and didn’t have any issues with the last connection though it was still tight. I can see though how someone may not center everything and by the time you get to the end the pieces don’t slide around in the liner enough to make room for that last connection.
I can’t get the last T joint to connect 😢
OK so first of all when you’re setting up the pool for the first time I don’t like using tarps because if water gets out of the pool, there’s waters everywhere and it’s really hard to clean and that water stays there for long time and that’s when it causes mold and tips that I got from last year and whenever you’re setting the pool with the metal and feet part make sure that you line up the pool outlets for the pump near an electrical outlet and also leave the pump running when the water is near the returning jet and the other outlets in the pool and if you can buy some chemicals while the pool is filling up but you can throw the chemicals in when the water reaches the return jet.
Just subscribed . You are very detailed in the content you provide us. Thank you for that.
This was so so so helpful thankyou so so so much!!!
So I'm gonna start setting up a pool in the spring. It's a Bestway Steel Max Pro but pretty much the exact same size as yours. I've seen several informative videos online about proper above ground pool set up that were awesome and very helpful, and your video might be one of the best for what I wanna do 😊. Especially the part about cutting squares into the foam to make spaces for the pavers. I wasn't sure if I should put them on top of the foam, underneath or what. This totally answered my question. Thank you so much for posting this excellent video!
Just bought this one. the 14' x 33" round version. Have you set it up yet? Any tips?
Nope, not yet. In the final stages of my leveling process. I'm not using sand. Just a landscape rake, a shovel, a really long level attached to a 2×4, and my wheel barrow. I use my hose to slightly soften the dirt so I could smooth is out with my rake. When I finish, I'm gonna use 3/4" interlocking foam mats then put a liner down on top of that. Then I'll set the pool up.
When you measured at 2:04, were you marking where you center was and removing the flag? LOL rewinded 10x trying figure that out. I'm about to go lay my board!
Yes the flag was the center of where I wanted the pool. The pool is 12’ and the boards are 4x8, so one board long ways was 8 with the board on top wide ways to make an extra 4 to add up to 12’. So I measured 6’ (or 2 feet in) on the first boards and lined those outside ones up with the center flag, then when I layed the 2 on the top I’d have a 12x12 square that was centered on where I wanted the center of the pool to be.
@@Type5Reviews Thanks for the super fast reply! I'm going to have to call it a night - they didn't have any trucks so I had to jagged cut the other pieces of foam in parking lot, get home and they're totally crap now bc of the terrible ends it doesn't fit flush. So wasted those and I'll likely remove the other 5 whole pieces there already taped and re level. Blah
I’m interested to know how you going to make the water clear 😊
Working on the video now. Should be up in a few days. Stay tuned. 👍🏻
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Ok how do I connect that last tee piece, the rail is too close to it and I can’t get it to slide back far enough to slide it into the tee, even lifting it up a little doesn’t help. WTF? Was I not supposed to install the little pins in all the other ones first?
I hope that you figured it out but in case someone else is having this issue. What I did was have my mom help me lift up the next two connections so that it was easier to connect the last one.
@@daniellarodriguez8930 yes I did thanks! I just had to pop all the pins out that I had put in the connectors and that gave me enough room to get that last connector on lol then it was easy to finish.
So, you said you had a link for burying the cable but no link was there at the end. Just a couple of others were there. Oh well, just wondered if you still did that cause I had looked into doing that and it was against the bylaw to bury extension cords... so wondered what you did.
Running electrical to an Intex pool.
ua-cam.com/video/hnz1LALZFYY/v-deo.html
To be fair I just made a glorified extension cord. Bury it deep and use conduit if you are looking for a more permanent solution.
He makes it look so easy it's not if you ask me it's a pain in the butt😮
Yes it might be a pain but so is using sand. We just set up an 18x48 pool & used sand & ughhhh is all I can say lol. We had a ton of leveling to do though so that was an even bigger pain. My husband talked of using foam board in the beginning but we went with a big load of sand. I think putting any pool up is a headache if it’s not going on an already perfectly level concrete slab. I’m just happy our’s is done & currently filling with water at the moment! Here’s to hoping it’s level & lasts us a long while!
Curious how the foam is holding up. Is there an algea build up under the pool? Does it smell? Still stand by that choice?
My husband wants to put something under ours. We've had our pool for 4yrs now and the sand underneath slips and reveals the cement blocks under the feet. Looking for a more sound solution. Thanks for any help.
I’ve been through 2 seasons going on a 3rd this year with no issues so far from doing the foam. I haven’t noticed any algae or smells either. If I did it over the only thing I would change would be to use a higher density pink foam board instead of the softer white foam board since the stiffer board would be less likely to compress under your feet.
I wish I had seen this video before putting together my pool. The whole trick was putting the top together so that you know where to put the pavers was an amazing idea. I’ll definitely do that next time.
Just curious, even with that hose filter your water came out that brown? I realize your water is different than mine but I swear ours didn't come out that dark after using a hose filter attachment.
Great video....I like your demeanor/ style
@@leftseat30 I have a lot of iron in my water, so the hose filter takes out the larger iron particles but the color still comes through. I use some iron/mineral remover along with a sand filter and it clears the pool water in a day.
@@Type5Reviews you are very kind and helpful
It was watching your video we figured out what the hell to do with the extra piece for the hose at the end of the year
thank you so much for the idea of the foam base great job
Appreciate you showing the setup! Great video!
Great video! I think however you are reversing the names inlet & outlet, calling the 2 outlets inlets and the one inlet an outlet. The hole to the left that you connected with the long hose is for the inlet -- the manual calls the part you put there the "inlet air adapter" and that's where water comes into the pool from the pump. You did it right, just reversed the terms, in case anyone watching was confused. Thanks!
You’re right. Out from the pool and into the pump, then out from the pump and into the pool.
Thank you so much for this video. It was very helpful when doing the pump.
Hello! We did this exact idea after watching your video 👍 my question is, does the pool shift at all while on the foam from water splashing out of the pool, rain from storms, or sprinklers that go on in the surrounding areas(if you have that)? Just wondering because we do have sprinkler system for the grass surrounding the pool and the water gets onto the foam and where the foam meets the liner. Thx
I have a sprinkler system spraying on my pool as well. That combined with the kids splashing last year meant a lot of water lost around the base. But fortunately water is really heavy and the pool didn’t move at all, so I’d say you don’t have anything to worry about on that front.
thank you i could not have done this without the video
That was a great video! I wish I had seen it before I put my pool up. A suggestion to anyone putting up a new pool is to leave those tiny little screws off the caps that goes over the intake ports. It took me about an hour last weekend trying to get those off so I could use my vacuum. I really don't see the point of those anyway. If anyone knows the true purpose of those, feel free to let me know.
True now that I’ve been using the pool for over a year I just keep the caps off. But I’m sure the caps were probably included for safety reasons and the screws would just keep kids from taking them off.
Hey man, amazing idea for the leveling, I was wondering where did you find those big 1 1/2 foamboards? Thank you!
I bought mine at Menards, but Lowe’s or Home Depot should carry them.
Thanks for the video! What kind is the green tape you used on on the foam boards?
Just painters tape that I hand on hand to keep the boards from moving while I laid everything out.
Looks great have you had issues with water going under the pool from splashing?
Nope. Plenty of splashing over the edge and the pool has held up just fine so far.
@@Type5Reviews thank you! I’m setting one up next weekend I will be doing the pink thicker as you suggested to another commenter. Great video
So how has the foam boards held up over the past year? How does it hold up against the snow cold weather?
Foam boards and pool are all still going strong. About to open it up again for the 3rd summer now after surviving 2 winters with no issues.
Really good idea for the base
This may sound like a stupid question but are those blocks just like cement blocks? Where can i get them and what size do i get ? Single mama here trying my best ! Pool comes tmrw and im so nervous ! Still trting to get the area leveled out and remove all he lil rocks !
Love the video am setting up and 18x48 how many foam board will i need .?
The foam boards come in 4ftx8ft sheets. For an 18ft round pool you’ll need 12 1/2 boards, so basically 13 and I’d cut a few in half to offset the rows like bricks. Good luck.
Awesome setup. I followed all your steps since I started from scratch on Thursday. Pool filled today. My only issue is that some of the legs just won't stay pulled out straight. I adjust a couple then it knocks out others on the same side. Seems like ribbon is too tight and pulling on others when adjusting. Ribbon is not twisted and level says level all around. Should I not be too worried about this?? Thank you.
Is the pool completely filled? I went around and readjusted the legs a little as the pool was filling up. Once it was completely full the liner presses against the legs and keeps them pretty much in place. Assuming the liner on the bottom was straightened out when filling too the legs shouldn’t be an issue. But before the pool is filled if you pull on one leg, others would definitely move.
What’s the size of the foam board you used? Trying to find some at my local home depot
a year later, I am curious how well the foam board did. Would you recommend going with the foam board or with Sand? I have a 15' x 42" that i am going to be setting up soon. Thanks for the advice
The foam board is still holding up well. Though if I did it again I would go with the higher psi rated pink Owens Corning foam board. And I have nothing against sand either, I just didn’t want to do the extra work of leveling all that sand.
@@Type5Reviews thanks for the advice buddy. Subbed and liked
I just bought this pool, thanks bud…
Do you have the dimensions where you put all of the pavers for your legs?
I didn’t take any measurements. Instead like I show in the video I laid out the top section to find where the legs would be then placed the pavers underneath.
Hi - great setup! I am wondering (depending on where you live) how you prep for fall and winter. We will need to take our pool down each season and want to know if you have a recommendation for the foam during the fall and winter months - do you cover it with a tarp? Thanks
I live in northwest Indiana, but I left my pool up all winter last year and it held up just fine. If you don’t have a place to store the foam and don’t want to pick it up off the ground you could at least place a paver or something heavy on each foam board so they don’t fly away with any strong winds if you take the pool down.
@@Type5Reviews awesome, thank you!
Is it better to have the legs a bit far from liner or flush with pool liner?
Do the intex poosl need to be grounded and does the pumps also need to be bonded. I know there are codes that you need to do it with permanent above ground pools but intex pools are to be taken down after the summer season
Most of the frame of this pool is made of plastic and not conductive. The cord has a built in GFCI and since it’s not considered a permanent pool I do not believe it has to be bonded for code purposes, but of course you should always check your local codes.
Does the ground have to be completely level ? Our backyard has a very slight slope down away from the house..thanks
That depends on how much you mean by “slight”. I wouldn’t want one side to be more than a couple inches off at most personally. You may be able to get away with it but you could always dig out the high side an inch or two and add it to the low side. Leveling the ground to me is the part though that takes the most work. Good luck.
Hi there - your directions are awesome! I am setting up a 24’ pool and I’m not quite sure what I should do about the foam underneath and what would work best. Could you give me a recommendation on what you’d put under it and use for the blocks? The pool is 13,000 galloons. I greatly appreciate any advice.
What pool do you have? I’m looking for a 24” pool. I plan on using horse mats from tractor supply store.
I bought the 24’x52” Funsicle pool. We had a summer waves pool and used sand under it but it just didn’t seem to get even. We bought a new pool because the one we had was only 15’ round and with two almost preteen boys, I was needing more space for them to rough house and not get adults wet.
I went with foam boards because I wanted to put blocks under the legs and didn’t want to dig the ground out for the blocks. And it made for a nice surface under the pool as well. If you decided on going with a foam base I would recommend the higher density pink foam as it would withstand the “roughhousing” a little better. The cheaper styrofoam is still holding strong but you can feel it compress under your feet if you are larger. And even with the larger pool I still think 1.5” blocks and foam would be just fine since the weight is distributed over the whole surface. But if you don’t mind leveling, sand for that much area may be a cheaper route. You could place you blocks down where the supports would be and spread out sand even with the height of the blocks. Just another thought.
Good video. Just the facts.
Great video... Will install ours tomorrow ....
Where did you purchase the foam boards? Will this be useful in wet climates? What kind of tape did you use?
How long did all this take roughly? I know it’s been a year so hopefully you can remember lol also is it necessary to use block for the legs or could you put them on the ground?
Depends on how uneven your ground is. Mine started fairly level, so that saved a lot of time. But it still took over an hour to level the dirt then a couple hours to lay everything out and get to the point where I was filling it with water. Then it takes about 6 hours or so to fill with water for this size. And plenty of people set these up without blocks or foam and just put a tarp underneath. I didn’t want to have to worry about the legs possibly shifting/sinking over time so I went with the blocks.
@@Type5ReviewsDo you think the legs could rest directly on the foam board if you were using the higher rated PSI stuff? Or would the feet on the bottom of the poles end up sinking into the foam?
thanks for the instructions
How did the foam hold up? Any Intel on if it's actually as good?
The foam is still going strong this year. But if I did it again I would choose denser foam.
Hmmm..like a 2 inch
I have 3 extra little black rubber button looking things and don’t know what they go to. Any ideas what it could be?
I just watched the video a little more closely and when your putting the filters together you didn’t use them either. Guess I don’t need them?
If you take the screens off of the two inlet ports those black things are little plugs that fit over the inside of the inlet ports. They can be used in a pinch if you need to disconnect a hose to keep the water from coming out.
I cannot get these base pieces to stick to the vertical legs. It’s like they’re too small. Any tips?
Try at a slight angle while pressing the middle of the metal leg end to make it a bit smaller to fit into the black plastic piece. They are definitely a tight fit.
What kind of tape did you use to tape the boards together?
Best video so far for a single mama w girls thank you sm! But can i have the info on the cement blocks?
Size and where i can get them and are they pricey?
They are 12x12x1.5 inch paver blocks. I bought them at menards but Home Depot or Lowe’s would sell them. Should only be a couple bucks each.
What kind and where did you get the white foam board
I got .5inch 4×8 foam boards, those were the only ones at my local stores that were within my budget..are they thick enough to work?
I used 1.5 just because it matched the width of the pavers so I didn’t have to dig the pavers down at all to support the legs. 0.5 would be helpful to protect the bottom of the pool from anything sharp, but you’ll have to adjust if you are supporting the legs with bricks.
The black plugs for the pool. How do they go in?
From the inside of the pool with the cover screens screwed off, you place them over the hole and the water pressure keeps them on.
Wow. Fantastic video, thank you!
When kids were inside the pool did the legs shake a lot?
The legs don’t really move much. If they are being rowdy the sides definitely bow in and out.
Luv the foam idea
wie sollen die platten halten wenn es regnet? die werden sich senken ohne beton oder split darunter..
Where did you get the foam boards, could you add that link please.?
Menards, Home Depot, or Lowe’s will carry pink Owen’s Corning insulating boards. 4’x8’x1.5” is what I’d recommend with 1.5” blocks.
Ty for your reply 👍
This is great! I keep wanting to get even just a little kitty pool to swim in but I think one of these would be great. It looks about waist high. Would you recommend emptying the pool and putting everything in storage for the winter?
I actually kept mine up all winter with a cover and winterized it. But that’s completely up to you if you’d want to take it apart and store it.
just leave 3/4 water in it so it can have room to fill from rain and expand from the ice
Hey I don’t have an electrical outlet for the pool pump. Is there such thing as a cordless pool pump?
With how long pool pumps need to run, a battery powered pump wouldn’t be feasible. Your best option would probably be a long extension chord drum from your house. Check out my follow up video on what I did for electricity for my pool pump.
Running electrical to an Intex pool.
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Cordless pool pump? It needs power to run, how else do you think it's going to work?
Hi on the frame what are the pre drilled holes for any idea.thanks
Some frame pools have holes in the frame to add plastic style pins that would help lock the pieces together. The newer intex frame pools don’t include the pins as they don’t need them, but I believe the holes are still left over from the manufacturing process.
@@Type5Reviews I wonderd why my replacement pool still had holes. And they even changed the pole brackets to plastic rite?
Yeah the tee’s that the frame pieces connect to are plastic.
Why is the water looking brown if you used the water filter?
I have a lot of iron in my water. The filter removes what it can and a lot of larger iron particles but it can’t get all of the very fine particles. I follow this up with some iron remover which helps the iron particles stick together so my sand filter then removes the rest.
This works great i just did this with a 14x48 pool
What kind of blocks are those? Wood? Are they from hardware store? Thanks!
They are 12x12x1.5 inch concrete pavers. I picked them up from Menards, but Lowes or Home Depot should carry them as well.
@@Type5Reviews awesome thanks!
So I don’t have any concrete block flat enough that I’m able to use but I do have about 8-10 ft of some pressure treated 2x10 that I think I can cut into 2x2 block to have the same effect as the concrete block. Anyone have thoughts about using 2x10 or 2x12 pressure treated wood cut into 24”x24” blocks?
I don’t have experience with it myself but I just watched another video where someone tried to use wood and it ended up breaking under all the weight.
Won’t the foam get all moldy?
Awesome tips. Thank you for making this video.
Sooo recently got this but the connectors will not stay on the pool
Is my first time how long do you run your pump i got a 10ft bestway steel pro pool
At a minimum you have to run your pump enough each day to turn the water over in your pool at least once. So your 10 ft pool holds roughly 1200 gallons and that pump is probably rated around 300ish gallons per hour, so 1200/300 = 4 hours. I would probably still run that small pump for 6-8 hours though. That combined with staying on top of the chlorine levels and ph will keep the pool clear.
great video! perfectly level. thank you so much!
How many sheets of foam board would I need for a 15ft round pool
The sheets are 4ft by 8ft so you’d probably need 8 of them.
We’re did you get your foam I am trying to find it but just seem to not find any good ones
Try home improvement stores like Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards. They should all carry it in stock. My biggest thing was getting some that’s the same thickness as the bricks I used. It can be pricey though.
Here in Canada a 4x8 sheet of styrofoam 1-1/2" thick is $60. Expensive. Any feedback on using a pad underneath instead. Like RHINO PAD or GORILLA PAD?
I don’t have any experience with using a pad underneath but assuming you level the area properly and there is nothing hard underneath I’m sure a pad would be fine. I wanted to put blocks under each of the support legs and the foam made it much easier than digging the ground out from under each block.