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Here it is :party:

Working on the picture thing:)

Our dig began today! Super excited to watch our backyard turn into an oasis!

Tomorrow, it begins! The dig on our new pool will start, and we're super excited! Pictures to follow.... :party:

First, let me thank you all for your fabulous advice. In the month or so since I've been a member, your input has helped us go from settling for an above ground pool (not that there is anything wrong with an AGP, but it wasn't what we wanted), to a vinyl liner in-ground installed by a...

As always, the advice on here is great! In the days since this post we've contacted two more builders and met with both. It's AMAZING how many different philosophies of pools exist. Fortunately, we may have come upon a builder whose business model and philosophy match ours perfectly. They...

Hi everyone! So, I had posted my concerns a few days ago about installing a bromine pool and got a lot of great feedback. One suggestion offered was to look at other builders since the one we intended to use was very negative towards a SWG which is our first choice. We took that advice and...

Our pool will have sunlight on it all day. Bromine, in that case, doesn't sound like a good option. We are the kind of people that will be diligent about our pool chemistry. Our understanding is that chemistry is as important, if not more, in the wear you get from your equipment t As is your...

We've decided to go with in-ground vinyl. We would really like a SWG, but have been discouraged multiple times by various pool people. They're reasoning was that salt is corrosive to equipment, it voids many manufactures warranties, and can eat away at decking. Both a pool frog and bromine...

We just put a deposit down on our first AGP. We ordered an 18000+ gallon, 54'' high 27' round Sharkline Heritage (resin) with a SWG (Solaxx Saltron, as the Aquatrol would be pushed to the max with our pool capacity),1.5 hp Hayward EC50 D.E. filter and 25 gauge liner. Is this a good starting...