I purchased a 24by4ft metal frame in 2008 in april but was unable to put it up until late July use the first time in August of 2008. It was problems from the start fill the pool up and it started to leak out from the valves opening, then the filterpump wouldn"t work at all so I called the company they kept on giving us the run around about the replacing parts to the thing until this day we never have receive anything fron the company. In 2009 we put it up again because we took it down for the winter, and here now in June it is still the same way. What a freakin rip off intex corp.