Quote Originally Posted by keith_r
i was thinking a beer bottle would probably be good as well.. you may have to put some "slits" in the end of the pipe, but you could probably melt a patch into the slits..

Didn't need to make the slits, Keith. It worked like a charm - took less than three minutes! I used the flared 1" standpipe in a 2" bell, so I didn't make the flare very wide (had to leave a little wiggle room for the water to pass by the flare) I could have easily made it wider than I did though. Here's a couple of pics...




In fact, I used the same beer bottle to widen the ends of the 1" hoses that came with the Intex pool so that I could clamp them on the outside of 1" PVC pipe. That worked like a charm too!