So I am on year 2 of our 24x12 intex pool and a couple things I can say for you. I have the Ultra XTR and after the 1st year there is very little rust, a bit of surface rust on 2 corner pieces. I expect it to continue rusting but at the current rate it'll be a few years before I worry about it. I also was disappointed in the pump that came with the pool. I ended up spending $200 or so and got the intex 2800gph pump and it is a crazy good improvement. I would highly recommend it if you're keeping the pool for a couple more years. Unfortunately prices have almost tripled so might have to wait till prices stabilize or get lucky to buy one direct from intex when in stock. With that pump I did have to spend another $50 or so on pieces to convert the 1.25" inputs to 1.5" but it's night and day with the flow and there's bigger pumps I believe. The skimmer with the bigger pump will blow you away, it's a whirlpool now and does an excellent job on cleaning the surface. Only con on it is I take it out when we're in the pool so it doesn't get hit. Last thing is the output. I haven't seen it on any videos yet but there are amazing parts being made from 3rd printers. I just had the piece in the link printed from a place I found locally for $9.30. All I did was send them the stl file and what material that the link says it needs to be made from (PLA I believe). Now I can get some circulation in the pool which I couldn't before and it just snaps in the existing output. www.thingiverse.com/thing:3715513 Figured I'd share a few things that really helped me. Good luck and love the deck.

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Great vid to help people like me maybe have a chance to prevent this so I am looking at anti rusting (somehow) it's pretty wet in this part of Europe. Your vid also helps me with pump placement since my space is a bit restricted. My kind of guy, great dog, great family and all the best to you! Your vid has also helped me to work out the leg and overall pool placement since I want to straddle a small bush instead of cutting it down and digging all the roots up (they go down way more than across so i'm not worried roots coming up towards the pool. All the best to you.

I watched your first and second of your vids R8 enjoyed it I tend to watch all American pool info and dream how lucky u guys are to have great weather big gardens I run out blow mine up get in in between rain and rain and rain 😢😢😢😢luv from Barnsley yorkshire

I have an Intex pool from 8 years ago. They were obviously made cheaper and cheaper as the years go by. Ours has no rust that I can see after 8 years. Rust is a common complaint with those pools now. A bigger filter is so worth it!

Thanks for the vid. My wife & I were about to buy the 16×32 Intex but I had to research before spending $1.8k on something that will rust out in one year. There are a few videos like yours where they ran into that problem and most have converted from salt. Thanks again, great deck by the way.

same problem with ours... but I neglected to put the concrete down to stop the legs from sinking... so they rusted out and now we are getting another.... but look at how much they are asking for them now.... they are gouging.... 3k for one now... but we found one for 1800.... next one we are going to coat the corners with flex seal and use expanding foam in the areas where the corners go into the top sleeve... then coat the foam in flex seal so no water gets to the edge tubing..... then I am going to put a waterproof material over the corners... maybe use some of the old pool lining to make corner skirts.... I use hydrochloric acid to clean the saltwater diodes... much quicker..(mixed with pool water)... I have a different saltwater setup though... mine has one short and one long set of plates with a timer to set when it goes on and off.... my pump was also faulty and not pumping water as fast as it should ...and that made the salt build up terrible on the plates.... got a replacement under warranty and works soooo much better... more volume of water and plates only need to be cleaned every 2 or 3 weeks... and the vacuum? yeah... had to replace it.... faulty too... also the vacuum tubes crack after a while and its cheaper to buy the whole vacuum again than just get the tubing....????? great ..... all my hoses as they failed are being replaced with marine hose....from west marine.... and that's not cheap....stainless steel clamps help too... the good ones...not cheap.... we got 3 years out of it but it was a stretch.... even with the legs sinking and rusting.... I really liked how you put the 4x8 foam down...easier to tell if level.... those concrete blocks for the legs? where you get those? I'm in Fl too..... I'm using our old intex pool for the tarp on the bottom... I just cut the corners like a cardboard box and voila.... In the end..... it's cheaper than a $30,000 same size inground....just dissappointing there are so many cheap aspects to this thing.

You need to check there's usually a 2 year warranty 👍🏾💯💰

Sweet dog Johnathon

That same exact thing is happening to my vacum ugh

Finding your videos on this pool very helpful. Thank you. Curious as to how badly the sides leaned in when filling. I am about 3/4 full and they are still leaning in a lot. Worried I may not have something right...

Hey Man, Great Video - I watched both, the set up and this 1 year recap. They are very informative. We're getting ready to assemble our 12 x 24 Intex purchased in March, 2021. I sincerely hope that there have been improvements regarding rust control, we'll see & report. I have one question - that i hope you can answer ... In your set-up video, you used 9 sheets of 4 x 8 foam board for the base. That's exactly 12/24. Was there any overhang or was that a good fit to support the bottom? Thanks, again.

I just bought one , and it hasn't arrived yet but was just wondering if your ground was level or is that why you built a wood frame around it first and filled with dirt then sand . Asking because I have a bit of a slope on one end of my yard and that looks like a good way to take care of the problem and keep erosion out . I really like the idea of the insulation sheets down first on top of the dirt,,great idea.

Legacy portable pools The liner is 6 layers thick We have a full deck around ours it's been up for 15 years no rust I live in a state where we have a very harsh winter it has a 30-year warranty

Add an Anode, That will stop the rust.

Getting a bigger filter is definitely worth it!

Salt makes it rust. I removed my salt system and no rust at all. I’ve had many intex pools and once I removed the salt no rust.

Do you have the intex ultra or ultra xtr? The ultra xtr claims to have double powder coated galvanized steel frames which prevents rust. If you only have the ultra, I wonder if the xtr will be better as far as actually preventing it from rusting. I'm looking at the xtr and am wondering if anyone has experienced rusting with theirs. Anyone with the xtr, please let me know.

I wonder if you can silicone wrap the frame corners to prevent the rust. Is there any rust further down inside the vinyl folds or anywhere underneath? About to install one this summer w/ salt.

My kids and I are researching pools and want to put in a pool with deck built like yours. What is the cost of a deck like that around the pool?

The concrete blocks aren't level to the ground (16x16). I am trying to learn before my pool goes up next week. any reason why they are not level?

is that the "Ultra Frame XTR " or "Ultra Frame" ??? Because "supposedly" the Ultra XTR metal is galvanized and has 2 years warranty, where the "Ultra Frame" has only 90 days warranty. I have the Ultra XTR on its way and you got me worried about the rust. I believe the rust start from inside the pipe (not from outside). I'm thinking to coat the inside pipes with marine grease. I don't know about that, knowing that petroleum product and rubber don't behave nice together. Hopefully someone might be able to shim in

How is the foam that you put underneath the swimming pool holding up

Would you need to take apart the deck if you decide to replace the pool?

The salt system really does a lot of damage to these pools. After running the salt system for 2 seasons, ours was totally destroyed, rusted so bad it fell apart literally. If intex is going to sell salt systems, they need to make the pool hardware resin , because salt systems ruin metal pools.

What is your gaily climate?

use wood instead of the metal