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Yall Talked to a builder in town and he pointed that I might have to beef up the walls duet o pressure from the dirt. That was the only issue he found, and nothing else. So I would either have to lay 1x2's from 18 to 18 inches vertically across the sides of the dodecahedron or add an auger...

Indeed I thought of that too, but I am totally fuzzy on the gains of vinyl v. gunite if I go that route. For instance, the kits I have seen vary from 10 to 15K plus and I am not sure if this cost includes pump, digging, permit, what-nots. Here in Plano, TX we can commit a builder to do a gunite...

Dang dyslexia .. indeed the pool is an intex 18 foot by 48 inches .. from their site: An alternative to the Easy Set™ are the extra strong and sturdy Intex® Round Ultra Frame Pools. Intex® Round Ultra Frame Pools offer a classier look and are constructed of high grade steel that is powder...

I thought of that too, but reading about the seams, issues with leaks, plus coming up with the whole skimmer + filtering + etc ... I thought the Intex is already complete and ready to be lowered down, though I believe a liner + good engineering would be just as efficient. Actually I really do...

The terrain is slanted 1 foot from the deck towards the fence, and the water level is uneven. I will have to tiller the soil to level it up, plus the stairs is hard for my mom (78) to climb up, and we play voley but the ball gets out constantly which is a pain to get in and out ... besides, I...

I am in Dallas, TX and since the pool is not attached to anything it is as if it is still above ground, being that ground is now lowered :) ...

Hello experts We recently purchased an Intex round pool (18 foot by 48 inches) and it is now sitting above ground in an 1 foot inclined backward. I was thinking about moving it underground with the following plan: 1) Dig a 19 foot by 4 9 ½ inches deep in mirroring the round shape of the pool...