Starting the pool install today! Fiberglass. Viking Pools - Gulf Coast (40 ft x 16 ft x 8 ft). I'll add pictures as they go.
Starting the pool!
- Thread starter RobinsonFamily
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WoooHooo!! Fun Times Ahead!!! Welcome to TFP RobinsonFam 
Glad to have another fiberglass pool owner here!
I remember well the crane lifting our pool over the house and into the yard. What a scare! The PB said he's never seen one go that high before, <gulp!>
Take lots of pics for us. We love 'em!
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Glad to have another fiberglass pool owner here!I remember well the crane lifting our pool over the house and into the yard. What a scare! The PB said he's never seen one go that high before, <gulp!>
Take lots of pics for us. We love 'em!
Yippee
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,759
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Very nice. My pool pics are in my signature below. Good luck! Oh .... and welcome to TFP!
Yeah, I'm worried about that.....my house is a 2 story with a tall peak (you can see similar sized houses in the pic out the window). And the pool is 40ft long. So if they go long-ways, that's going to be more than three stories high. (If I am around, I plan on taking some pictures or video of the process.)
This was on Thursday......I have other pics, but they are a lot more boring than this one. 
Pool is in the hole and is nearly full of water. If the weather holds, they should be doing all of the trench work and patio work early next week. But, there's threats of rain.
Pool is in the hole and is nearly full of water. If the weather holds, they should be doing all of the trench work and patio work early next week. But, there's threats of rain.
More! More pics!! Love it
What equipment will you be running? Have you ordered your TF-100 test kit yet??
Time to start reading --> ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
What equipment will you be running? Have you ordered your TF-100 test kit yet??
Time to start reading --> ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
We'll be running Hayward equipment. Most of it will probably be the basic equipment, but I did upgrade to a variable speed pump so I can run at a lower speed. I've been reading up on the chemistry, but don't yet have my test kit (Amazon Prime, so I figured I'd see what test kit the pool guys give me and if necessary, a new one will be at my house in a day or two).
There are only two test kits we trust- The TF-100 is the one you want with a big pool like that. $70, from TFTestkits.net or Amazon. Worth every penny and will save you a ton.
How are you going to sanitize? SWG is perfect for that pool.
How are you going to sanitize? SWG is perfect for that pool.
Nice! Looks like you have a similar type lot as we do (see Direction overlooked?). Do you have a patio design layout you can share? It looks like you chose to locate the pool with the yard over the house which is what we originally had planned for, so Id love to see how you are thinking of tying it together.
Our plan is to have a big rectangle around the pool (I know, boring....). Basically, the pool is perpendicular to the house so that we still have a lot of yard left to the nearest long edge. We'll be putting 2ft of concrete on the "back" side, 4ft on each end, and then 9ft on the near side for entertaining space. Basically, you'll walk from the existing patio out to the pool decking without any height change. Once it's all built out, we'll put a couple of bistro tables out there, plus a grill and a large umbrella and maybe a lounge chair or two.
We have dogs and didn't want to leave them no place to romp and play. The back fence is almost north south with the pool being in the southern corner, but there are no trees (newly built neighborhood), so we couldn't position to take advantage of any.
It's been a slow drizzle since Saturday, so I'm not sure if they'll work today or not.
And as for sanitizing, right now, I'm planning on using bleach.
We have dogs and didn't want to leave them no place to romp and play. The back fence is almost north south with the pool being in the southern corner, but there are no trees (newly built neighborhood), so we couldn't position to take advantage of any.
It's been a slow drizzle since Saturday, so I'm not sure if they'll work today or not.
And as for sanitizing, right now, I'm planning on using bleach.
Sounds like a nice "destination" pool/patio. I hear ya on the dogs. Isnt it funny how they get such a preference? Im pretty sure we bought our house based on the yard for our pup (6 yr old golden/yellow lab mix).
My only suggestion is to get a little more than just 2' on that back. In fact I would suggest 4' being the minimum. It helps also to keep grass clippings away from the pool when you mow, and allows for chairs or two people to be on that area of the deck. More is *always* better with cement decking. People complain after the fact wishing they had more, but I've never heard anyone say they had too much.
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Our yard (and pool) pretty much belongs to our dogs. They occasionally allow us to share the space.
The concrete patio has been set up (foundation, form, and rebar) and the city inspector is scheduled for Monday. If everything passes inspection, they should be bringing in a pump truck to finish off the patio. Clean-up on Wednesday and swimming on Thursday! At least that's the "word on the street".
