Recent content by koffey

The legs can certainly move beyond the pads. When filling my pool, I have to consistently walk around and shift the legs back to the center. Try as you might to get each leg perfectly centered is near impossible. I actually need to excavate a little more, first year with my stones, the legs...

Welcome. If you're talking 10 years out, why not just get an AGP for starters. A friend of mine was desperate to buy a house and ended up getting one with a pool and hates the maintenance involved with it. So, if you are new to pools, I wouldn't spend anything over $2000 and a few years with...

Opps, that's a bad on me.

wow that's close to the house. nice build.

Welcome, you're in the right place. Also, I empathize, sorry for your loss. I too just recently lost my dad last month. My condolences to you and your family during this difficult time.

You tossed in pucks, I'd immediately test CYA. If your pucks didn't produce CYA, add nothing but LC and once you have a good FC reading, add stabilizer. Once you have a good CYA/FC relationship, then you SLAM until you pass the OCLT. Read the pool school stuff. SLAM - Shock Level and...

I'd be more hesitant about leaving the liner outside due to mice, not so much the sun. I had a smaller pool and kept it in a small tin shed and the mice ate into it for nesting. Upsetting. I bought a keter 230 gallon deck box (circled, the other one is my wife's outdoor gym equipment) that I...

Don't forget to get yourself a proper test kit with salt testing. Since you're in Michigan, I'm going to assume that you plan on taking the pool down every season? I do. Last season when I installed the patio stones, much to my dismay, the frost heave shifted them enough that my pool was 1"...

When I built my intex, I used sections of pressure treated 2x6, and last year I installed massive patio stones, 4-6" thick, 18-26" long. The biggest thing that I learned for my first time setup, was only the legs needed to be level. Anything else can be out of whack. Sand and what not is only...

cool

Yeah, I've been travelling a bit, so I haven't had time to do much of anything. I was out to see my parents in newfoundland a few weeks ago and they have the smallest bbq.... Still managed to cook up a feed. Had just enough space for one more porter house. lol

Such nice tile, why didn't they conform the pieces.... Shame but still very nice.

Just an update. Things haven't been going to plan, I haven't been able to tend to the pool so I'm closing it for the season. Overnights is dropping to undesirable water temps, I have no heating source. Oh well, it was a good season for what it was, opened super late (mid June when it's...