Recent content by zirconx

Check your regulations and find out exactly what you need. You'll probably have to put in a yard fence if you've got an inflatable ring pool.

What kind of sand did you put in it? Maybe it's the wrong size?

My plan was to use bricks & wood under the legs instead of the foam, but in the end I decided not to. The foam is very strong, I can stand on it with one foot while lifting up on the partially filled pool and the foam does not compress. It's rated for 3600lbs per sq ft. I bought the densest foam...

Re: My new pool slab has a 5" slope - ugh Pool is only 1/3 full, I am waiting for the concrete to cure before filling it more. But it looks good so far. Seems within an inch all the way around. Sorry I don't know why it's double posting the images, I try to edit it and fix it but...

Re: My new pool slab has a 5" slope - ugh Yea a frame with rock would probably work fine, but thats more work than I want to do right now. Mainly the setup & tear down every year. I built a foam cutter today and cut enough foam to rise 4 inches over an 8 foot span. I hope to lay them out...

It's worse than I thought. 4-1/4 inches over the 12 foot diameter of my pool. Thats over 1/3 inch slope per foot. Crazy. Maybe I'll sell all my pool stuff and get a trampoline instead.

I didn't hire him to build a pool slab, I hired him to extend my patio so I had room for a pool on it. I should have been more specific.

He said "I wish you would have been more clear about what you wanted". :(

I talked to the contractor, he didn't really have any ideas. I'm going to try to make it work with brick under the posts and foam under the pool. If that doesn't work I might have it torn out and repoured. This $125 Intex pool has already cost me over $1000, whats a few more $$$$. The...

Unfortunately I don't think this would work, because the new slab (on one side) is level with my existing patio. So unless I want this new patio section (remember it's only a pool for 4 months out of the year, the rest of the time it's a patio) to have a big step up, I can't do this. I'll talk...

Yes I meant under the pool floor. I would use bricks or wood under the legs. I realize I can't just raise the legs, I also have to raise the floor under the liner, or else I'll be stressing the liner. So if I have a 4" piece of foam board under the lowest point, then a 3" a after that, then a...

There many threads on here about people using foam under their pools? The water weight will be about 150 lbs per sq foot, I believe, or just over 1 lb per sq inch.