Recent content by hwy17

At least I think I count four from the various angles it's been captured at. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_swimming_pool

This is a post for the benefit of any future DIYers considering this. If you have a pool without a good shallow or step area for teaching kids to swim, you might find yourself wanting a swim platform. I do, for my AGP, and I stalled for a year thinking this should be something easy to DIY. But...

I did a metal AGP with the cheapest possible components and I am happy with it. $1200 steel 18', $100 liner, $100-200 for base foam (I would use sand next time), $50 skimmer set, and I didn't cheap out on the equipment maybe $800 for a Hayward pump and filter combo. That was all 2020 prices...

Yeah I've heard TFP's praise of robots even for AGP's since I got the pool. I guess I'm still interested to find out for myself.

Luckily on that part, my pool gets pretty much zero leaf litter. Only dust and stuff that blows in on the wind. And yeah I'm still expecting to do a manual vac once a while, just hoping it won't have to be once a week anymore. We'll see.

My expectations aren't very high so that sounds like a positive review to me. If I don't end up deciding it's not even worth the effort to put in the pool then I will consider it a success. Did you have a ladder or steps? I have an A-Frame type ladder and I'm not sure if I'm just doomed to have...

I've got: Swimline 18' "20 gauge" (quotes because 20 gauge here just means as thin as they can get away with) liner - $106+tax. Just as cheap as 2020! I got on that one earlier this year. Intex 18' round bubble cover - $56+tax. Not bad. I like these oens in particular for how thin and light...

Is it 1.5" threaded and could take one of these? https://www.amazon.com/Pentair-27001-0022-2-Inch-Replacement-Sta-Rite/dp/B004VU9740/ Unfortunately, for a main drain I'd suspect it's more likely it's the liner clamp seal that is leaking. I'm doing my liner this year and thinking about...

There are not dissimilar metals there, that's a plastic base. And you can see the salt crust all over the pump!

It's salt rust, I have posted the same pump base left out in the weather without salt. I'm not blaming the pool for being salty, they have to be. I think it's weird to be evasive and blame this on "moisture".

That applies to the water in the pool. When it dribbles out of the pool slowly over long term and evaporates onto things the salinity reaches 100%, aka crusty salt. I can go get a picture of my flex hose bands next to demonstrate. And yes, I realize this effect occurs in both LC and saltwater...

Not that I think this rust is the end of the world, the degraded mount will probably still do it's job good enough until the pump itself dies if the leak is fixed. But anyway, for illustrative purposes, here is my Hayward powerflo that has been left out in the rain for 4 years, without saline...

I think there's some argument to be made that it's a good idea to start with an Intex or other softside pool. For not a lot of money you can find out in a year or two whether you're going to enjoy taking care of the water or not. The problem is the equipment that comes with them can be...