Sooooooooooooooooooo what happened? Are you too tired from working on getting the pool up?????????? Fingers crossed that it went good!
Kim
Kim
New build, 27ft round above-ground in Canada
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She's up! And FULL of water!! I tried to get the pics to load and they were too huge, and then I gave up until now 
I'll post in a few! The water is JUST approaching the skimmer now, so we're anxiously awaiting to see that the pipes don't leak And then tonight we'll finally be able to turn the pump/filter/heater on, now that our water is high enough. We've been slowly filling with our well water since Friday. And, of course, our water has some trace iron in it so the water is a lovely shade of transparent green!
I'll post in a few! The water is JUST approaching the skimmer now, so we're anxiously awaiting to see that the pipes don't leak And then tonight we'll finally be able to turn the pump/filter/heater on, now that our water is high enough. We've been slowly filling with our well water since Friday. And, of course, our water has some trace iron in it so the water is a lovely shade of transparent green!She's up! And FULL of water!! I tried to get the pics to load and they were too huge, and then I gave up until now
Awesome!!! Glad it's because you were busy not because you were in mourning.
Walls up....for the second time :grrrr: We had to retape a ton of the seams, as the duct tape sat in the sun and rain for over a week and was just peeling right off. Every little slight breeze or off-white cloud was giving us flashbacks of the first build!!
No pictures of the liner going in (it was just my husband and myself, at 5.5 months pregnant, so no spare hands to snap a photo of that part!! )
Two excited little muffins waiting for their pool to fill! They eventually made a couch out of patio cushions...we filled from our well over a 4 day period, so they lost interest (rather quickly )
Uprights and top rails going up! This makes the pool feel a tad more stable!
Bring on the WIND!! We were getting gusts of 30-50mph out of nowhere, and were having bad flashbacks of our pool falling down the week before, so we did what we could while we waited for the water to fill....
And...she's full of water!! The level is JUST about at the skimmer now, so as mentioned we will be turning on the heater and pump and filter tonight. There is iron in our water (super trace amounts, we weren't concerned about it, but in lieu of a filter we chucked a bottle of bleach in last night and this morning...lovely transparent green) Our TF-100 came yesterday so we are eager to test and swim!
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No pictures of the liner going in (it was just my husband and myself, at 5.5 months pregnant, so no spare hands to snap a photo of that part!!
)
Two excited little muffins waiting for their pool to fill! They eventually made a couch out of patio cushions...we filled from our well over a 4 day period, so they lost interest (rather quickly
)
Uprights and top rails going up! This makes the pool feel a tad more stable!
Bring on the WIND!! We were getting gusts of 30-50mph out of nowhere, and were having bad flashbacks of our pool falling down the week before, so we did what we could while we waited for the water to fill....
And...she's full of water!! The level is JUST about at the skimmer now, so as mentioned we will be turning on the heater and pump and filter tonight. There is iron in our water (super trace amounts, we weren't concerned about it, but in lieu of a filter we chucked a bottle of bleach in last night and this morning...lovely transparent green
) Our TF-100 came yesterday so we are eager to test and swim!
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Us too! I'd have eventually posted a photo of the pool materials in a huge bonfire
Lol nice. I love how you circled the wagons to keep the wind at bay. That's awesome. Looks beautiful. Yall did a good job.
Thank you!! Oh man, we were terrified of that wind. I just kept picturing the wall buckling, causing it to jump out of the bottom track, and then my tears would have filled a pool The air was so calm behind our wagon convoy, they really did help!
The air was so calm behind our wagon convoy, they really did help!
STEPH!!!!!!!!!!! You did it! You REALLY did it!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE the circle of wind breakers! NICE idea!
The little muffins watching their pool fill. OH SO CUTE! Do cushions EVER stay where they start? NOPE! The best times and memories start with cushions and sheets LOL
OH happy day!
I am going looking for a thread about how to filter for the iron in the water. You can look in youtube also. There are cheap, easy ways to do it.
Kim (I am SO happy for you!)
The little muffins watching their pool fill. OH SO CUTE! Do cushions EVER stay where they start? NOPE! The best times and memories start with cushions and sheets LOL
OH happy day!
I am going looking for a thread about how to filter for the iron in the water. You can look in youtube also. There are cheap, easy ways to do it.
Kim (I am SO happy for you!)
It still doesn't feel real, like any minute it's just going to collapse (hahahah). I was reading a bit about the iron, and we just tested FC, CC and pH with our TF-100...FC - 0.5ppm, CC 0.5ppm (the colours went from pink to clear with just one drop for both), and the pH looks to be at 7.8. I think we're going to start the filter tonight and then test again tomorrow, but obviously we need to bring the pH down, the FC up and get the filter going. BUT what I read about the iron is that the chlorine is going to bring out the colour more vividly So, yes, tonight is a night of reading!!
So, yes, tonight is a night of reading!!
I did a 30 foot on a farm in SC yes i got all the right tools and people but the heat gave us just 3-4 hours in AM and 3 in the evening, i thought mine was a pia and i am so glad i read this thread !