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They want a raised stamp from an engineer about the structural integrity of the pool being buried. I tracked down the engineer that designed it in 1995 and he’s dead. Waiting for a reply from the town.

Getting a permit is by far the elephant in the room at this point.

Hello everybody. I’m trying to get permits for a semi inground aquasport 52 install and I’ve hit a wall. The town is treating it like an in ground pool install and wants to see the documentation that came with the pool. It says right on the first page “it shall be built on a level base above...

Ok I understand. You guys determined where the pavers sunk and shimmed up those spots with trex boards. I must have the exact same issue. I used 12”x12” pavers hoping the larger footprint would help with that but I guess it didn’t work. To me it seems like the size of pressure plates might...

I had to have the guy that sold me the pool get them from the manufacturer. It was like pulling teeth but I did manage to get them. $250 a panel with the skimmer included in the price. I do have pics and some input on how to make the semi in ground install way easier. I’ll come back later.

And I also have clay dirt.

Dude that’s exactly what mine did. I just left it but it’s getting corrected in a couple weeks. Where exactly did you place the trex boards ?

Hello. I'm having a problem with an aquasport 52 oval that I installed myself a couple weeks ago. I had it set nearly perfect with my spinning laser but unfortunately I forgot to add the pressure plates and it lifted. I drained it and installed the plates and it lifted again anyway. It...

Hello everybody and thanks for the input ! I managed to get my hands on two more skimmer panels so now I have a total of three and the Hayward 1097 skimmers. Wasn’t easy but I got them. Two will be for the main pumping/filtration system and the third is going to be for an additional pump/filter...