Recent content by trailbuddy69

This is what we decided to use. Bought used for $75. Our little weenie dogs can get in and out.

Now I just need suggestions for planting ideas to help hide the walls of the pool and to keep drunk folks from stepping off into the abyss. I am in metro Atlanta so I think this is zone 8-9? The area around the pool gets full sun between 9:30am and 6pm. Needs to stand up to salt water...

please check out my install. It includes photos. Me and my mom did it all ourselves. We put the pink insulation board under our tarp and it is wonderful. Good Luck!!

For anyone that has followed our progress, here is the final result. We are so pleased with the outcome of our project. Most of this work has been done by my mom and myself. After a lot of calculating and cussing, the stairs to the upper level are done. Yes, this was a DIY project. Just...

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Thanks for all the input. We don't have many days that we hit freezing temps, but when we do it's usually due to ice storms and power outages are a concern. I think I will close this year and hope for an easy opening come Spring.

Been averaging 82 in the late morning to 87 in the evening. Only gets full sun for 6 hours each day.

We were afraid of pushing the screws too hard thru the liner and causing a split so we put pressure and kind of screwed them into the liner. It looked very odd from the outside seeing those 14 screws with water dribbling around them but they stopped the water enough to finish the work. I then...

This is the exact one I ordered. It installed so easily.

I wish I knew all the proper names for these parts. Starting from the skimmer working down, I threaded a 1.5" male adapter into the bottom of the skimmer then glued a length of 1.5" pipe then another 1.5" male adapter into a 1.5" ball valve then another adapter and short length of pipe then a...

This is our first pool. It is an Intex rectangle Ultra Frame with the SWG/sand filter/pump combo. I'm not sure if we need to actually drain below lines and remove all pump/filter stuff to warm storage for the winter or if we should just put the cover on the pool but still run a few hours each...

Just wanted to share our thru the wall skimmer install. We had minimal water loss and didn't lower the level for the install. We had two people, one in the pool and one outside of the pool. We split the butterfly gasket in half with a razor blade. The inside person used an awl to puncture...

More pictures of our install. The flimsy little skimmer basket that came with our Intex just wasn't working for us. I bought a Hayward wide mouth skimmer and, with a little ingenuity, created the Frankenstien you see here. I was able to connect to the existing Intex hoses and it seems to be...

We will not back fill against the pool. I am planning to build somewhat of a boardwalk that will extend/cantilever over the hole where the pool sits and then set potted plants as a deterent from stepping off into the abiss. - - - Updated - - - We are. It's been a lot of hard work with more...

I was was thinking the same thing.