Hey, Ben, Southside's story sounds like mine, years ago.

I got an Intex 15'x36' at the beginning of 2000, and went through a lot of the same problems. In 2001, I found PF and learned to use the B-B-B system (It didn't have a name then) and had a GREAT season. 2002, I added a 4'x10' solar panel and had the largest inflatable home hot tub in New Jersey. That fall, I started construction of my current pool, and had no fear of maintaining it because of what I learned on the Intex Donut. My wife and I say all the time that the little donut never owed us a dime!

Carl