Recent content by tripod14

Thanks Casey and CJadamec! After it was all said and done, it was two pavers that were about 1/2" -3/4" above the others. Y'all convinced me to give it another go and get it right! Once I got that fixed, all was right with the world. THank you both for all your help! Maybe the storms this...

Well. Today is the day. I'm going back in! Thankfully I haven't cut the hole for the skimmer or jet yet. I am going to try to leave the pool wall up, but will drain the pool and fold the liner inward. I'll try to kick the bottom of the track in a bit and stake where I can (shale is a real...

Yeah I would have preferred that as well. We originally planned to, but the poles didn’t line up that way in the end. When I noticed that the bolts would be exposed, i went back and looked at the instructions and they made it seem that was from a cosmetic standpoint. Is there a structural...

Ohhhhhh. So youre saying the left/right of the posts are causing them to go in/out? I just went around and checked for plumb left and right and I do see where some are anywhere from 1/4” to 1” our of plumb left/right.

Not sure if this is of any benefit, but I just used my measuring tape and measured at the top of the post and the bottom of the posts and they are within 1/4" of each other. A circumference of 684" (top) and 684.25" (bottom). Using that math, it should theoretically just be a matter of pushing...

Thank you! I just picked up a sump pump to drain the water out as fast as possible. Do you think that if I took the following approach it would work? 1) Drain water 2) Loosen top rails (while leaving posts secure on the top and bottom tracks and the liner in) 3) loop a strap around the bottom...

I'm very concerned about the resin tops and bottoms stripping now that I've screwed and unscrewed so much and the fact that this pool wasn't super expensive (Target - Blue Wave pool). Do I have to take the posts off or could I drain the water (again), loosen all the top plates and then try to...

The wall overlapped by an 1 or 1 1/2", so i just used the screwdriver through the holes trick to widen it back out. I REALLY don't want to have to take this thing completely down again. I don't know that my back, my pride or my friendships could withstand it. I am a very handy dude and this...

Ugh. That would make the 4th time I’ve had the pool down. The wind (read: momentary light breeze), hosed me last week when it would blow a portion of wall over as my father in law and I did battle. I’m wondering if using ratchet straps on the bottom of the pool would sinch it in to get it...

Yeah. I loosened all the top rails and then had someone push in his side to get it plumb, while I measured directly across the pool to get 18’ and then screwed it back down on both sides. Did that all around the pool. I started filling again hoping that the water would equalize and fix the...

Update: I tried the ratchet straps but it did not do much. I also had someone help me measure from post to post across the pool and we were within 1/2” on every post pair except for one. Here are some pics. The pool looks pretty level on the top rail which is why the support posts are confusing.

I’ve gotten my 18′ 52″ pool up (with the help of a small army) and started filling it up. Only to discover that the “eyeballed” plumbing of the vertical supports are all over the place and in some cases 2-4″ of being out of plumb within a 4′ level. I’ve tried taking the top rail loose in...

Ph was between 7.8 and 8 I think. It wasn't at the 8.2 mark that I have as the highest measurement Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lol. Oh. It's not getting drained. It took me a couple days to fill. As luck would have it a storm has rolled in, so she doesn't want to swim all that bad. Maybe in the evening. We'll see. I went ahead and shocked the pool, if for no other reason than I haven't done so in over a week and...

Oh. And the ph tested a little high. Judging by the newly antiquated test kit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk