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We used the foam cove, and then ran duct tape along the seams on both the top edging and between the pieces of cove where they butt up, to a) help stick it in place a little better and b) to help reduce any creases that might become visible when the liner is sucked tight under the water weight.

Ok, so we have two cats as well. That's something I'm really worried about - the solar cover (it just floats on the pool), if the cats (or a kid!) does fall in, it's going to make swimming to the edge extremely difficult. KimKats, you don't use a cover at all? I guess you probably don't deal...

Yeah, we plan to do a self-closing, locking gate as well, to keep them off the deck, but I'm just worried that if they (or family friends' kids) happen to make it over the gate somehow, a safety cover would offer that kind of last line of defence....and the deck only goes part way around the...

We are in year 2 of owning our 27ft round above-ground pool. Last year, we simply took the A-frame ladder in and out when we went in, and our two small children (6 and 3) were not able to access it any other way. This year, we are building a partial deck around half of the pool, and I'd like...

Thanks for the picture! Your deck is beautiful. Have you had any issues with people sitting on the edges at all, and pushing down on the sidewalls?

Last year we set up our 27 ft round above ground pool, and this year we will be constructing a deck around it. We have a large existing deck off the back of our house, and this new deck will be just off of the existing deck, with a set of stairs connecting. We've designed the pool deck so that...

I can picture it with sparkling blue water....good luck!!

We filled with our well water two weeks ago (new pool), as we knew our iron was quite low from well tests. Anyway, the water was terrible for the first few days, so cloudy, I thought we would never swim in it...all hope was lost. We just kept at it and were patient, following Pool School...

Today I...swam in my pool for the first time! The kids loved it, we were in for most of the day. I also tested FC and CC this morning, tested again after we swam, and added more chlorine thanks to a very noticeable drop. We really enjoyed swimming...but I gotta say, testing is a bit addictive ;)

Greetings, from the other side of Canada :)

It still doesn't feel real, like any minute it's just going to collapse (hahahah). I was reading a bit about the iron, and we just tested FC, CC and pH with our TF-100...FC - 0.5ppm, CC 0.5ppm (the colours went from pink to clear with just one drop for both), and the pH looks to be at 7.8. I...

Thank you!! Oh man, we were terrified of that wind. I just kept picturing the wall buckling, causing it to jump out of the bottom track, and then my tears would have filled a pool ;) The air was so calm behind our wagon convoy, they really did help!

We will have to close ours down likely mid September as well, and we JUST got ours put up this past weekend. We still don't have the pump/filter/heater turned on yet, so it won't be until next weekend that we are swimming. And I still think it's worth it :) Next Spring, you will be able to just...

Walls up....for the second time :grrrr: We had to retape a ton of the seams, as the duct tape sat in the sun and rain for over a week and was just peeling right off. Every little slight breeze or off-white cloud was giving us flashbacks of the first build!! No pictures of the liner going in...

She's up! And FULL of water!! I tried to get the pics to load and they were too huge, and then I gave up until now :) I'll post in a few! The water is JUST approaching the skimmer now, so we're anxiously awaiting to see that the pipes don't leak :) And then tonight we'll finally be able to...