Raptureready1953
I have an Intex too. 16'round. You will find life much easier if you bring a little table over to your pool when you want to do a filter change. Lift up your pump off the ground slide you little table under there and put your pump back down on the table top. Unscrew the little screwwy thing to let the air out then take the tops off. Get your dirty filter cartridge out - spray it off w/ the garden hose or get a new one. Reassemble the thing. Remove the table, set the pump back on the ground, unscrew the airvalve screwy thing till water comes out like a fountian then screw it back closed.
I don't hate changing/cleaning my cartridges anymore. Last season,I never lifted the pump off the ground. I used to do it while water was pouring out the whole time. Can you imagine doing that every week for the entire summer? This summer my husband saw me doing that and he waltz right over and picked the pump up, put it on a lawn chair and waa-laaa changed the filter w/o all the mess. I almost fainted, then i wanted to punch him for not showing me this last year. Then i kissed him and told him he was my hero. Man .... i must be stupid..... why didn't i think of that myself? Must be all bleach going to my head!

BTW- I ordered parts from the Intex website this summer. The parts came in less than 8 days.