Intex Ultra Frame Pool Draining and Take Down
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This video will show how to correctly drain your Intex Ultra Frame round pool and then take it down for storage during the winter.
A few ways to drain the pool:
1. if you have a main drain with the same diameter as the filter hose, you can use the pump to drain almost all of the water
2. Use the syphon method
3. if the pool as a small garden hose diameter drain, use it with the garden hose
In all cases, we’ll use the syphon method for the last few inches.
I’m going to show method 3 so you see both methods here.
Disconnect the pump from the electricity and move the 6-way valve to the N position.
Close both plunger valves by turning them clockwise.
Find the drain connector and hook up the garden hose to one side. Open the outside drain cap and push the drain connector hard until the inside cap opens up. Water is now flowing out. I recommend you bring the garden hose to your central sewage system as a huge amount of water is going to drain out.
It may look like the water will drain fast, however as less water will remain in the pool, there will be less and less water pressure and therefore draining the water will become slower over time. It could take a couple of days to drain everything up to the drain valve level.
When the water level is really low it’s a good opportunity to clean the water from dirt.
Once the water level is below the pool outlet to the pump, you can take apart the pump filter. Unscrew all the hoses. Remove both plunger valves (keep the washers with the plunger valves). Remove the strainer nuts and remove the nozzle and strainer from the inside of the pool.
Open the drain valve of your filter and give the filter some tilt so all the water will drain out.
Clean all the pump filter parts and hoses.
Once the water level is below the drain valve, use the syphon method to drain the remaining water. Remove the drain connector from the pool and from the garden hose. Put the hose directly in the pool at the lowest point where there’s the most water. I prefer to put the hose through the drain valve so the hose is flush with the pool floor.
The hose needs to be filled with water end-to-end. Instead of sucking water into the hose and getting filthy water in your mouth, here’s a nice trick: connect the other side of the hose to your faucet and turn it on for a few seconds putting water back into the pool, but just for a few seconds so that the hose will be filled with water. After a few seconds, disconnect the hose from the faucet and put it on the floor at a point which is lower than the lowest point of your pool. This will make sure the remaining water get drained from your pool.
Hours later, once the pool is empty, clean up the liner.
Remove the metal legs by clicking on the white button and pulling the leg downward. Continue around the pool removing all the legs. Each time push the liner inside so that the T-joints won’t fall on the liner but on the ground.
To remove the first T-joint, lift it up a little or push it towards the inside of the pool. Remove all the T-joints and horizontal beams. Gather all the pieces together for storage.
Flip the pool liner over to clean the outside of it. Then flip it back the right way up.
We recommend to put talcum powder all the way inside the liner to prevent the plastic from sticking to each other while in storage.
Stretch the liner on the ground and fold the pool walls as if it’s a square: first you fold 2 opposite sides and then the other 2 sides. You get a square with rounded corners. Fold one side towards the middle of the pool and do the same symmetrically to the other side. Once again fold one side half way to the middle and do the same with the other side then fold one half on top of the other. Now roll the liner all the way to get a nice cylinder. If you still have your original box, put the liner inside. Otherwise, find another box. Put some more parts inside the box as you can fit. Don’t expect to put everything back the way you bought it, that’s impossible. Find more boxes for the remaining parts.
Enjoy your garden until the next summer.
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Check out our other videos as well, especially: Intex Ultra Frame Above Ground Pool Installation to see how to correctly install your pool when the time comes to take it back out of storage and build it once again:
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Thank you so much for this video! We left our pool up last year. Heavy snow made the cover collapse and in the end made more work! Protecting the liner ( temperature) is something I would have never thought of. Thanks again!
Thanks!!! Your tips were awesome, I am about to take down my pool for the first time and have no idea what I am doing but after watching this, I'm good!!!!
Glad this video was helpful!
Oh Gosh! Thanks for the simple no nonsense explanation. Some ppl like to tell their life story. Appreciate it!
Thank for your thorough advice! Really helped. One suggestion that really made it easier was related to 8:16, for removing the horizontal tubes. On my pool, the liner was stuck to the horizontal tubes as water probably seeped in dried. I inserted a small rod into the liner space to “unstick” the tube from the liner. Unless this is done it was impossible to remove the tubes. Also, having a person hold the T connector while another pulls on the tube makes it a lot easier. Next year I’ll do this after in the sun for a while so that the liner is warm to allow it to be stretched and flexible easier. Thanks again for taking the time to help others!
Glad I could help. Indeed, this happens to me as well. The liner gets stuck to the horizontal tubes. But I find that I can just put my hand in there and detach it with just a little force.
Thank you so much for this. You have made this look so easy, and the proper way to disassemble my pool. I will follow your instructions to the "T" and hopefully can do it as correctly as you. Thanks again, this was just what I was looking for.
Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated.
Good luck disassembling your pool!
Perfect. Great job on folding. Thank you
Very informative. This is the first summer that we have an above ground pool. I know I have to take it down before it gets too cold to use. This video showed me exactly what I need to do. Thanks so much.
Thank you! We found this very resourceful for taking our pool down after it’s first season. 😉
Thanks for your video. I was wondering if I was just making the work hard but I see now everybody goes through it. Thank you for showing a good way to do it
Glad this video helped you!
Getting that first piece out on the top rIl was really difficult. Also found most of the pieces stuck to the liner making several pretty challenging to remove. Thanks for your guidance.
Sure was
Great idea about using the faucet to fill the hose to siphon it!
Thanks! Indeed, it's worked the best for me to get the most water out of the pool.
awesome video especially the end where you show how to fold it! thanks!
I have the exact same pool and I leave it up year round through new England winters with no issues. As long as you put air pillows to protectbthevlinervdrom expanding ice, and you get a good heavy duty winter cover you are good to go.
Thank you for the detailed program. We are going out now to take it apart and you have answered many of my questions. WE appreciate your knowledge, and hope that we can get a lot in the box, but because we live where there is a lot of cold weather, Pittsburgh, I am going to store the liner in a heated area so it does not crack as my slip n slide did. Have a nice remainder of the summer.
Thanks. Yeah, you'll never succeed to put everything back in the box. If you have a good warmer place to store the liner then by all means, that's the best thing to do.
Well done! Thank you for sharing your helpful techniques! We have this same pool but every year I feel like we get lazy with how we take it down & store it. This inspired me to do it right this year!
That's great! Glad this video inspired you. Next Spring you'll still be proud of yourself when taking the pool back out of storage.
Great video, exactly as I do it with mine here in the UK, a nice warm dry day is the best time to do it, as its important to have it completely dry to prevent mould. I am able to store mine outside over the british winter in a 240L 'Wheelie Bin' with the lid sealed with duct tape. Its useful to turn it upside down and crawl under looking for any pin prick holes, these are back lit from the sunlight and show up quite well.
Sounds great! Thanks for the comment.
VERY informative video....saved it to watch later in the season, when it's time to take the pool down for the winter....thanks😄
Excellent video, everything was vividly explained and well presented.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Good video. I am finishing up my third year with my pool. I always struggle with the folding pattern. I won't tonight when I get home. Thanks
Thanks for your feedback. Until next season!
Love how every detail is thoroughly explained
Thanks! Hope it helped you out. Enjoy!
Thanks man. I appreciate your family doing this video.
Thanks! 😉
Adding my annual "putting away the pool" view to the total!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. It was very informartive to watch.
Thanks for the comment. Glad you found it useful.
Great video. We have this pool and and now it's about time to take it down, now we have knowledge of what to do. Thanks..
Glad I coud help!
I Draped ours over a 10x10 easy up tent frame and power washed it and it was able to dry on both sides then took it in our house to fold it up on a clean floor.
If you're able to fold it in your house, that's great. I don't have enough floor space at home to do that.
We have the same pool. We've taken it down and stored it for the winter. We've also tried treating it and covering it for the winter; while leaving it up and covered saves time in the Fall, with all of the rain and leaves accumulating on the cover, I'm not sure it saves any time in the Spring. We are now draining it and will have to clean it anyway. Even though it's a lot of work (pools are a lot of work, in general) I think putting it away for the winter is the better option. Thanks for the video.
Yep, that's our thought process as well. Also, it gives us more room in the backyard.
Thanks!
Brilliant video . I learned a lot on how to do take down my pool properly. Thank you 🙏
GREAT video! Thank you!!! I tried disconnecting the upper poles first. That didn't work. Lol. The folding of it was great too! Subscribing now.... 😁
Someone gave us this pool. I love it ! Thank you for your helpful instructions. Very detailed.
Glad this was helpful. Until the next season!!!
Thank you! You have saved me a lot of job draining our new pool! :)
Glad this video helped you. Until next summer (when the pool will be "like" new!)
thanks so much, gonna start draining tommorrow morning so i can take it down on the weekend!
My pleasure. Good luck - until next season!
I'm writing from Florence, Italy...great video. It helped a lot. Thanks Patrizia
Patrizia, thanks for your feedback. Really appreciate it!
Until next summer ...
Well done! Very thorough take-down instructions (y) Thank you!!
Thanks for your feedback!
Omg thank you !!!! Great tips !!! Straight to the point
Very good video. I am just tearing down our pool and it was the right time to get aware of the syphon method and the folding technique.
Thanks for your comments. Very glad this video helped you out! Until next summer :-)
A nice trick for siphoning, if you have a wet/dry vacuum just turn it on until water starts flowing into the reservoir.
Kelly, thanks. You are absolutely correct.
In this movie I wanted to give the solutions available to everybody, without having to buy anything extra. But if you have a wet vacuum or a pump is even better then obviously this task becomes much simpler.
Great video... Gonna def try folding it that way next year
Wow this was very thorough. Thank you for this great info!!
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A most exellent video,very helpfull indeed,thankyou most kindly,steve from the uk
Thanks!
Thank you so much for this comprehensive video. I was a huge help
You video was the best of many I looked at to take down my pool! Thank You!
Glad it helped you and thanks for this comment! Until the next season ...
Thanks for the tips now I’m gonna put them to work wish me luck
Good luck 😉!
You said you have artificial grass, I thought about doing that around my pool but it is so exspensive. It looks really good and no mowing is the best part.
Yes, it is expensive, but not if you look at the long run. Not mowing is one part. We used to have a gardener so now he has much less work to do.
And if you live in a hot climate then watering the grass is another big saving.
Thank you for showing me what what do you do when you do that in your pulls all moldy underneath
Thank you. I looked this up to tell me how to fold my liner..
thanks this really helped. especially for the folding part
I need to watch the video to install the hoses.
Great video! Thanks very much. The baby powder is a great idea. I would not have thought of that.
Thanks! Glad I could help.
Best video yet
Much appreciated, thanks!
Great job explaining this.
Thanks. well done. the Intex instructions were not clear about how to drain the pool e.g. the Intex hose adapter being pushed through the pool from the outside while the quick attachment to the hose is already in place.
Thanks for the tips, we have 22 ft pool
hey thanks for the great tips on how to drain your swimming pool now that I have seen this video I will be able to drain my pool correctly and know how to do that I have a 14x42 summer waves swimming pool my first year having that pool and yes that pool has worked out great
Thanks for your feedback.
The tips I provided indeed work for most brands of pools. Good luck draining your pool.
Wow,what a fantastic video!
Thank you so much
Thanks, this has some helpful tips for putting it away properly.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
This was so helpful. You are awesome!
Glad the video helped you!
Great video
Love you man !!!! This is a huge help !!!
Thank you for this amazing video!!!! A huge huge help! Wow! Yes we are subscribed! Thanks guys!
We (two woman) tried to take this pool down (exact same) yesterday. We got the first horizontal one out after maybe an hour if trying.. the second one also worked after another hour. Gave up on the third one! I hope that lose the liner first will help our adventure today. But I’ve a feeling our click system just doesn’t work well..
Great information! Please tell me how you get all the baby powder out of the pool when putting it back up.
Thanks. I have a separate video about setting up the pool 😉. Basically, we use a broom on the liner (when it's still dry of course) and clean the walls with some cloth. Any powder still left will eventually get cleaned by the filter. It's harmful so it's not a real problem.
Brilliant video! Well done and thank you, unfortunately I took my pool down on my own with a big struggle😂 wish I had watched this first 😏
Thanks! Just remember to watch the video again next year 😉!
Very thorough! Thank you! Great job!
Thanks! Much appreciated.
This was such a good job!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
This worked wonderful! Thank you!
Thanks for the tips and tricks! What I want to know is how did your grass manage to stay green underneath the pool? Our would of died and turned yellow within days
It's synthetic grass
It’s fake grass. Lol
@@1frankvilla no wonder!
@@TheRealJohnJ10 looks good for fake grass
Great job Rafi!
Thanks!
Dude thank you so much!!!
Thanks! Very informative.
Thanks 🙏 for the heads up. Great video tutorial
Thanks!
That folding up works; however, rather than roll it like a sleeping bag at the end, I'd rather reduce the creases by folding it once from each end to almost the middle and then one last time in half.
That can certainly work as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Bro. Keep doing videos
Really helpful. Thank you very much for the video. 😊
That was very helpful! Thank you
very helphful. the powering inside greatidea.
Thanks. Good luck with your pool!
this was a very helpful video thank you for posting I would have never have thought of putting powder I will definitely try that see how that works for next year.
Thanks for your feedback!
Good luck with your pool.
Great video. Thank you.
Thanks!
Unfortunately the syphon doesn't work. We bought the sump pump and were very happy.
A pump will certainly do the job. But the syphon method always work. You just need to make sure that you do it right: hose must be filled with water and the other end of the hose must be lower than the pool floor.
Thank you very good video, very helpful.
Really good video :) Only thing I miss is how you clean, if any chemicals are used or only a damp cloth?
We used some all purpose cleaning material in the water. Nothing special.
@@SyncopaProductionsRS Thanks. I used regular green soap :)
Excellent! Thank you! 💕
My pleasure!
Great video. Do you recommend folding the liner on a hot day? Sometimes, vinyl may crack if it's hard. That's what worries me. I need to put away my pool this fall. Thank you.
Hi, a hot day will make it soft and will dry it faster so yeah, sure. Thanks for the compliment.
thanks good information and great music
Thanks for your feedback!
I heard the liner shrinks. Is this true?
Perfect video, thanks!!
Time to take the pool down for the year, again. So glad to have this great video for a refresher. Worked good, last year. Thanks!!
Awesome video .. thanks for the tips .. .
Thanks for your comment!
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2 questions..
1: is your lawn real
2: isnt the powder an issue for refilling next season?
Hi Elly,
1. No, my grass is synthetic (and I love it :-)
2. If you check my other video about setting up the pool, you'll see that we clean the powder before filling the pool with water. It's pretty easy to clean. Talcum powder doesn't stick. And if some powder is left over, that's also no big issue as your filter and skimmer will take care of it. It's no different from regular dust that's piling up in the pool.
Very helpful
Great tips! Thanks so much!
Thank you
Thanks helped a lot
Thank you - perfect - very good !
Happy to help!
Brilliant video thank you👌👍
Thank u so much man ir the best smart man ilike that keep that same energy
Thanks! much appreciated!!! 😉
Awesome Video, very helpful. Thanks
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the great tips.
Thanks. Good luck with your pool.
Quick question for you. How do you clear out the baby powder next time you want to get the pool out? Thanks!
Hi Alison,
check out our other video about installing the Intex above ground pool here:
ruclips.net/video/XcZCvzl993w/видео.html
at 6:28 you can see us clean the pool walls with a cloth and then use a soft broom to bring all the powder together. You don't see the end in the movie, but we used a wet rag to pick up this pile of powder into a bucket.
Good luck with your pool!
Thanks man