Recent content by omegahacker

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    Successfully jacked up an Intex/Summer Escapes pool

    I have this problem not because of settling (though that may come over the next year), but because I put the legs on the same foam insulation as the liner. The foam collapsed under all the feet, and the 4 legs along the "edges" of the foam tiling pattern that had the least support (see pic)...
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    leveling the ground - nightmare

    I know I'm a little late to the party but hopefully what I did can help somebody out. This is a somewhat editted form of what happened over two separate years of prep: Center point: measure center and place a garden stake (green-coated metal kind) in the middle, then use a rope to get a feel...
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    Ultraframe legs splaying out

    For the 3 legs that are against the grass (like the one in the pic) I've jammed bricks in between the sod and the leg to keep them from coming any further out. The leg towards the house will be impossible to block because it's going to be continuous pavers. I'm not sure I can usefully get...
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    Ultraframe legs splaying out

    Yup, you're just seeing some bright sun coming through. The retainer band is just above the shot, though it only tighened up as the last ~foot of water was filled.
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    Ultraframe legs splaying out

    I just finished filling a 16' UltraFrame, and 4 of the 16 legs are splaying so far out that they have left or are threating to leave the pad I put down for them. obviously I'm worried about the structural integrity of the pool if every 4th (literally) leg is not carrying it's share of the...
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