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Greetings again, year 2 of my polygroup pool, the time spent leveling and using the material I did for a base paid off, pool is still level, I left it up over the short winter we have here in South Texas, it was a green swamp, but that is due to the filter finally biting the dust. I ordered a...

Ok so I got the pool up and level, hooked up my 16" sand filter and 3/4 hp pump and all is working well. Following the TFP method and pool is clean and water sparkling clear. Been swimming in 85-90 degree water for weeks. I went to vacum the pool the other day, this pool comes with a skimmer...

Mine is 85 any less and I would freeze to death

Looks great!

It's level baby! Level in the middle as well. Ground cloth laid out and liner ready to be installed. Liner and rails laid out, ready to install the legs. Pool is up, my other half is spreading out the wrinkles. Filling the pool. One post is about 1/4 inch out of level, other than...

Not much new to report, I can only go outside after 7:30pm to level the base materials, and then can only work an hour at a time, I have managed to level the circumfrence of the pool so far and it is spot on, now to drag more material into the middle of the spot and level this with the outside...

Wow-nice

Ordered 4 cu yards of the 3/4 crusher run with fines and it was delivered yesterday. This is the pile. Spreading it out. View from the deck, now to spread it all out, level it, tamp it... repeat :pth:

So my neighbor saw me dealing with the hole and suggested I wet the ground, it serves to make it easier to dig, and since water seeks its own level it shows me exactly where the high and low points are in the circle. Funny how you get caught up in doing something and dont remember the most...

Yes the water level is very "Redneck" as we say in Texas, but this thing is accurate I cant see the hump in the ground that my other half can, but with this thing it is clear I had a 4 inch rise on one side of the dig, we are slowly knocking it down with a Tiller about an inch at a time until we...

Just wanted to show some differences in the Intex vs Polygroup Pro series of pools for those of you who are curious. I will keep this album updated so you can see the progress of the install. Wish me luck. Here you can see the new horizontal beam on the left and the orig Intex beam on the...

Too Cute, pool looks great, pup looks happy

UPDATE: Turns out the new pool I bought is not the Intex, it is instead the Polygroup Pro Series with the basket skimmer. Looks like a well built pool, in fact the horizontal and vertical beams while not as large as the Intex ones, seem to be much heavier grade of steel than the Intex. Time...

Houston Black Clay is an awful beast... When dry it is hard as a rock, get it wet and even you will sink into the ground when walking across it. It is a very expansive soil as well. So when it drys back out it shrinks as well. I am going to go with the pavers, even though I am extending the...

Thanks for the suggestions I do appreciate them :)

Duraleigh, Yes I meant to say "fines or screenings" the soil we have here is Houston Black Clay, when it gets wet the pool sinks and the soil turns to GUMBO. My theory is if the fines are wetted and compacted they in a sense become like concrete thus I cant see the need for the pavers under the...

So last year I had the pool up, it was about 2 inches out of level. I drained it to clean it at the end of the year "after failing to keep the algae under control" and we had a wind storm which flipped the pool over and bent some of the T joints and some of the horizontal members. Rather than...

I bought this pump: http://www.doheny.com/poolsupplies/Dohe ... tads-plaid^49743322626-sku^2601-adType^PLA-device^c-adid^24923145306 I purchased the 3/4 hp for my Hayward Sand filter, it works great, runs quiet, and was delivered quickly. [attachment=0:1er0u2hp]pump1.jpg[/attachment:1er0u2hp]...

Years ago before I knew about TFP I owned a 24ft AGP that a friend gave us. I was constantly adding Chlorine-Muratic Acid-More Chlorine-More Muriatic acid etc etc etc. My liner in that pool lasted only 2 seasons before it began to dry out and crack and eventually leak. Mind you it was out in...

Bama, I would just use bleach for that size pool, I add about 4 cups per day and have a sparkling clear pool, I opted not to do SWG as I heard the horror stories on the board. Keep in mind the tabs will up your CYA VERY quickly... Bleach is cheap and easy and frankly is the ONLY thing I have...

You should be fine, I think most people are speaking about draining the pool completely. I just drained it below where the skimmer would go as I did not want water spilling out at my feet :lol: If you look at my pictures you can see where I placed the skimmer, basically between the pool...

I would be more than happy to help. No I did not re-enforce the sidewall of the pool. Nor has anyone else here who installed this skimmer that I am aware of. I am going to outline EXACTLY how I installed the skimmer and if you follow these instructions you should be good. 1: Drain the water...

There are some issues, for example the existing valve that is on the filter has been out in the sun for a few years and is simply worn out. In this picture you can see the drip drip dripping of water from around the valve, so I ordered a 1 1/2 inch smooth stub from Amazon that is actually made...

Greetings, Just wanted to show off my install of the Hayward Skimmer on our Intex pool. Here we go. [attachment=2:3azh0xzk]skim-1.jpg[/attachment:3azh0xzk] With the cover off showing the weir lowering to let water in. [attachment=1:3azh0xzk]skim-2.jpg[/attachment:3azh0xzk] And from across...