You have a point but it's also a gated community and I'm pretty sure I could find some neighbor who would verify the make and model of vehicle that loaded it up.... They're all nosy Nellie's lolYou’re assuming he picked it up? It may have just been an enterprising person who saw an opportunity to add to their tool chest
Central Texas DIY 20x44 Vinyl Liner Build Done
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We've got a couple small things to do on the autocover still but it's functional. And the diving board is installed. And with that, I think this build thread is complete?
I'll give a detailed timeline and costs if anybody is interested.
We've used it SO much this weekend it's nuts. Loving it!!!!
I'll give a detailed timeline and costs if anybody is interested.
We've used it SO much this weekend it's nuts. Loving it!!!!
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The skimmer. Since that side of the pool is quite sloped that was the concrete crews solution. We're getting some planters to block it and prevent any kind of trip hazard. We don't want people going between the pool and column anyway.
But I much prefer newdudes version lol
- Jul 18, 2019
- 615
- Pool Size
- 33780
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Thanks! It's kind of ridiculous how much we used it this weekend. I think my husband was in the pool by 10am Saturday. And we definitely spent four hours in it yesterday.
My kid might have an ear infection now. (More likely from the lake) Oops
Do you know about putting rubbing alcohol in their ears after swimming? That is the active ingredient in the fancy stuff labeled Swimmers Ear.
Yes! I had to use some when I was kid. I started that yesterday when she was complaining. Hopefully a couple rounds solves the problem and it doesn't require antibiotics.
I'll probably start using that on her regularly and maybe even put ear plugs in. She had ear tubes (because of recurrent infections) until they fell out about 2.5 years ago so hoping not to go down that path again!
Just to wrap this thread up (we still have some trim pieces to put on the autocover lid but very minor stuff), I thought I would share the "final" cost, timeline, and some evening pictures of Jacque working.
The total doesn't include the pool floor labor cost which is still up in the air. I also didn't include some landscaping we did, new furniture we bought and so on. We also had some additional irrigation run so that price is higher than if we had paid for just fixing what we "broke" by putting the pool in.
So we were almost exactly five months from ordering to completion. We had 2-3 weeks in April where we didn't really do much and then a fair amount time was spent waiting for the pool floor to get finished (~6 weeks dealing with all that).
Thanks to everybody who gave advice or just lurked for pictures!
The total doesn't include the pool floor labor cost which is still up in the air. I also didn't include some landscaping we did, new furniture we bought and so on. We also had some additional irrigation run so that price is higher than if we had paid for just fixing what we "broke" by putting the pool in.
So we were almost exactly five months from ordering to completion. We had 2-3 weeks in April where we didn't really do much and then a fair amount time was spent waiting for the pool floor to get finished (~6 weeks dealing with all that).
Thanks to everybody who gave advice or just lurked for pictures!
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Hey @KfenTx I'm looking for some info in my build thread about installing the skimmer I got from Royal Swimming Pools and I was wondering if you had any photos from when you guys installed yours? It looks like you had a wide mouth one and one for panel pools, but I'm just looking for more references at this point. Were your panel walls pre-drilled at on the sides of the skimmer cutout?
I love this write up. I'll attempt to do this for my build as well.
@KfenTx Awesome pool! Looks amazing! A couple questions if you don't mind: Were you left with any wrinkles in the liner? In some of the pics it looked pretty rough as far as the fitment?
Second question, is there any way you can get some closer pics of the auto cover tracks at the four corners? How do you like having the auto cover with a corner radius on the liner? Thanks!
Second question, is there any way you can get some closer pics of the auto cover tracks at the four corners? How do you like having the auto cover with a corner radius on the liner? Thanks!
We have a couple wrinkles but they're not noticeable at all really, the vacuum and water weight do wonders
I will definitely take some pictures of the corners tonight. No complaints about the autocover with the radius corners. I really wanted square corners but that's a little difficult with a liner I think. The deck is still a 90 corner so aesthetically its nearly the same.
Yes, I'm in the same boat... I want square corners but I'm aware that its not a great idea with a liner. I figure a 6" radius is a good compromise without affecting the aesthetics too much.
I'm looking forward to your pics, thank you!
Alright! Took a bunch of pictures. Haha even tried to get some showing the wrinkles went away but kind of hard to see with the light and water movement.
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Fantastic!! MUCH appreciated. You even have the exact steps/ledge design I want! Who manufactured your liner? I'm in love with your pool, I'm telling ya. The corners are no where near as noticeable as I thought they would be.
Thanks and you're welcome! Our liner came from GLI (through Royal). It's light blue gunite and I've posted pictures in the big liner thread that show more detail