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    Utility Easment Issue - Does this make sense?

    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...
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    Backfill Question

    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...
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    IG Vinyl Pool Bottom Material

    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...
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    Transit vs. Rotary Laser

    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.
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    What vinyl pool shape is easiest to build?

    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...
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    Questions about Bracing, Backfill and Retaining Wall

    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 -...