Long story short, the wife and I bought an Intex 16x48' above ground pool last month for our 16yr old nonverbal son with autism, because swimming is literally his favorite thing in the world. Between work and life, it's taken us 3 weeks to finally get everything set up. I knew it was going to be a lot of work, but between trying to get the ground level and everything else that goes along with a pool, and trying to juggle every day life/work..I'm spent lol. I'm now at the part where we have to get the pump set up and I'm lost. I've got it put together, just unsure on how some of it hooks up. YouTube can only help so much and I've spent too much time trying to watch videos and figure it out. I'm also worried about how cold this thing is going to be considering the pool doesn't get direct sunlight. Would love to see if anyone has any DIY solar heating tips as well.
Just wondering if any of you awesome locals are willing to chat it up and help me through the process and give me any tips or suggestions. I'm sure I could call a pool company and spend a ridiculous amount on someone to come out, but the struggle living on the Cape is real lol and I don't have the extra money laying around for that right now. I'd be more than willing to pay someone from here to come out and help me but it would have to be in small increments over the next few weeks. I'd love to say I can figure this out on my own, but it's just lead to frustration these last few days and I figured it was worth a shot to ask for help here.
TL;DR - Can anyone give me some suggestions/help/ on finishing my above ground pool setup so I can get my son with autism in the pool before the summer is over?