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Glad you went with 27' vs 24'! Like the saying goes... Get the biggest pool you can fit and afford. A 27's is pretty good size. So, as for a few of your questions, here's my observations from my own experiences (though it sounds like you've already purchased/ordered the components, so some of...

It'll be almost as much fun to furnish the deck as having the pool! :D

Thank you! I was very pleased with the results and it adds that much more enjoyment to our oasis. Now the challenge is to get some furniture that'll complement it.

I'm actually quite impressed by the construction quality of that board. Glad to see Intex building robust electronics!

Finally got a deck built around half my pool! I went with Wolf Decking's Serenity product in "Silver Teak" finish, and I'm very happy with the results. This pool is semi in-ground (almost 3 feet), but the trench wasn't backfilled, so the deck installer had to work around that. The deck itself...

Congratulations on the new pool! What kind of soil do you have on your property around the installation site? I have a glacial silt that packs as hard as concrete and I still had a very slight amount of settling. My pool is a 32x16 and one end settled just shy of 1/4 ~ 1/3 inch compared to...

I live in the PNW where electricity is much cheaper than gas. I'm using a heatpump by AquaCal, model is IceBreaker SQ166R. It both heats and cools if needed. Works quite well and is fairly energy efficient. Hydropool.com | AquaCal Heatwave SuperQuiet IceBreaker SQ166R Heat Pump 126,000 BTU...

I actually added most upgrades as we went along... But, as many, my UV system will likely turn into a regret. My way to cope with it is by telling myself I live in Western Washington and Sun is a privilege, not a right. Yup... I'll keep telling myself that until the bulb goes out and I bypass...

To add to this discussion, my overlap installation was "tucked in", but in a slightly different manner than Wreaking's. I'll try and get pictures later on this week with better lighting. Also, I absolutely love the Crystal Creek patterned liner. The water color varies from a deep blue, to a...

It's probably much too late for a response (seeing how this was posted a few months back), but basically Doughboy recommends that clearance for accessing the screws to remove the top rail if/when a liner change is needed. You can bury it flush, as long as whatever you use on those last couple...

My specific city has some of the strictest requirements in the state...if not the whole country! They require 6' barrier (as opposed to the more common 4') with very specific "max" gap measurements, self closing gates that open "outward" from the pool, the latches described by PoolGate, above...

I'm sure you'll get many useful responses, but I just wanted to reply just to say....wow! That is going to be one amazingly beautiful pool!!!!

Would your deck guy be willing to fly up to Seattle? That's an amazing job!

Your bring a great point... I am looking at all options at the moment. It'll be some time before I do the backfill. I will definitely update this thread if I end up going with EPS/geofoam, if anything for posterity. Thanks for chiming in!

Being foam based, it does sound like something that would be weaker... But, for context, here is some technical data on geofoam, including its compressive resistance: Geofoam: Technical Library The way it achieves reduction of lateral pressure is by assuming the majority of the volume in the...

Hello everyone! My semi in-ground AGP build is underway. The pool is 32x16 oval, and the excavated perimeter around the pool extends laterally, on average, about 2 feet from the pool wall, and is anywhere from about 24" to 34" deep (more than 60% is at around 34" of depth). That is a lot of...

I love it! Sorry it took so long to reply (don't mean for you to feel you posted those in vain...), I don't have notifications enabled and didn't realize you h ad posted them. I am so glad we went with the crystal creek liner. Looks great!

Thank you for the information! And, that is the right way to install the expandable liners as per Doughboy specifications, so your guys did it by the book, it sounds... Excellent! BTW, I think yours is the only Crystal Creek I've seen pictures of... Looks great! I'm glad we went with it, and...

Wraenking... I realize this thread is over a year old but I noticed that seems to be a Crystal Creek liner from Doughboy... Did you get the 20 or the 25mil? We purchased a 25mil Crystal Creek for our 32x16 Doughboy Saratoga and I'm wondering if it would have been best to go with the 20 mil for...

I'm curious about this, as well. I will be installing a Doughboy Saratoga 32x16 in a few weeks and our soil is glacial silt, which packs well, but I wanted to add a layer of protection around the pool walls to keep the rocky stuff from potentially scratching off the protective coats.

Awesome! :)

Although I haven't personally attended the sew expo, it takes place at the Washington State Fair grounds, which I have a view of from my home! In fact, the location of the pool will be on the view side, so you would be able to literally watch the expo commotion while floating about... I'm...

Wow!!! That looks amazing, thank you for sharing the pictures! Really what we're trying to shoot for. We ended up not going with a Tuscany, mostly because the installer stated they had fitment issues more often than it was worth, especially at the huge premium over the next step down, the...

Thank you! Still absorbing the wealth of information on this site!

I have yet to find pictures of a Doughboy Tuscany (preferably 32x16) from an actual owner. Every picture I've found while searching seems to be promotional/stock photos. Any actual installations out there? I would really love to see what the very few of you out there have done with the...