Recent content by robamato

I just went down to my county land use office to pick up the building permit they said was ready for me for my IG pool. As I was getting ready to pay for it and leave, I got into a discussion about the sewer pipe running through my backyard. To make a long story short, the person I was talking...

Great article! My main concern was whether the expanding soil would damage the pool wall, but it looks like the main problem is deck related. I plan on building a wooden deck anyway so I think I'm OK to use the clay dirt as backfill. However, I will install a drain at the bottom of the...

It seems like the one consistent thing among all IG Vinyl kit makers is that you cannot use expandable material to backfill the overdig. Unfortunately that includes my central NC heavy clay dirt. Why is it that expandable material cannot be used? Is it prone to swelling and exerting too much...

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I'll get some prices from local installers for this part. Hopefully it won't break my budget. :shock:

I'm getting closer to actually pulling the trigger on my 16'x32'x8' kit. The thing that I am still up in the air about is which bottom material to go with. I will (hopefully) be doing the bottom myself so I will most likely have to split the work out over several days. I am in central NC and...

Thanks everyone. Thinking this through some more, I think I can picture the benefit of the laser when working alone - which is what I'll be doing. The transit would be "free" though. Decisions, decisions.

I'm preparing for my DIY IG vinyl pool build and I'm wondering which is better to use when leveling the walls: a transit or rotary laser. I have a relative that has a transit and said I can borrow it for the project. Does anyone have any comments on this? Thanks.

Thanks for the tip Duraleigh. I'm pretty much stuck with building the pool since that was the deal I made with my wife in order to buy the tractor with the front-end loader. Hopefully our thick NC clay doesn't get the best of it. By the way, it looks like we're both pilots, but I'm nowhere...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Oh - and by the way Waste, I printed and read all of your "DIY IG Liner Pool" posts a few weeks ago when I first started researching this and they are awesome! :goodjob: You loaded them up with things that I doubt would be included in any manufacturers...

Hello. I am planning to build my first DIY vinyl pool. My question is which pool shape is the easiest for a beginner to build? I'd like to go with an oval (i.e. a rectangle with a semi-circle at each end), but would a rectangle be easier? If a rectangle is easier, are the larger radius...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Based on this feedback, I think I'll be targeting the other said of my backyard where it is much more level!

Thanks a lot for the quick replies! BK406, your assumptions are correct on my lingo. Sorry for the confusion. My slope isn't as severe as yours. If i was to set the pool elevation where one corner was at grade level, the grade at the diagonally opposite corner would be at the bottom of the...

Hello I'm new to this site and planning to to a 100% DIY small oval IG Vinyl pool (~15'x30'). This info on site is amazing. I initially had truckload of questions, but just reading the various posts answered all but a few. My yard is hilly, so I'll need a retaining wall on the low end -...

That is a really nice job. Seeing what you did has really got me exited to do my own DIY pool. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind: 1) Where did you get your pool kit from and were you happy with it? 2) It looks like your pavers were laid on concrete. Is that right? Thanks, Rob