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Yeah I added maybe half a gallon of 12.5% Sunday evening and it’s still at 3.5 so I was pumped. Thanks for the help

Ph-7.0 Ta-70 FC-3.5( upon taking cover off I added a bit of LC to avoid any algae blooms while filling it over the course of 3 days) Cc-0 Ch-30( this is a bit low I understand) Cya-45

Just opened pool. Crystal clear water. Filled up to proper level and let filter run for a day or so. Numbers come back pretty great. Just adding some borax to raise the ph and need to add some LC. Any reason to slam the pool of everything is looking good? First time opener if it wasn’t evident...

I have an 8 year old and 5 year old. We have an above ground which has access from our deck through a locking gate. We don’t regret it at all so far. Makes it so we always have something to do outside even on hot days (despite electronics calling us to stay occupied inside). We just emphasize...

I have 2 large floats and 2 small floats. I put the small floats under the large ones and then run a bungee cord thru the handles of the large ones and around a deck post. Have had some severe storms these past few weeks and they haven’t budged. Wouldn’t be much help to you if you don’t have...

Yeah I will never install another one either! I’m a remodeling contractor so I’m used to projects but mine was a huge pain. And of course I have crusher run under my pool so digging down my pavers and buttresses for my oval pool was like chipping away concrete. I don’t recommend lol

Might as well just take over yourself. If you’re seeing the errors and the company that you’re paying doesn’t then I think you could save some money. Everyone on this site could guide you through it no problem. And once your numbers are balanced and you have your rhythm down it’ll be a breeze...

Nice! I was going to do foam board too. I priced out 1 1/2” because I was afraid of the thin stuff not being enough over my crusher run. It came to like $700 or something and I was already over budget. If I have to re do the liner because of some bad puncture from pitting I think I’ll fork out...

They came with the pool. They’re missing the railing but it hasn’t been an issue. Facebook marketplace always seems to have them selling.

I also used some Geogrid in between layers of 57 under the crush. I didn’t want to pay $400 for an engineers opinion so I just over built to the best of my knowledge. That pool is super heavy and it’s only 2 ft from the back of the wall block. I didn’t want to take a chance of soil settling. Was...

Good idea. Yeah next season I’ll plan on some pvc pipe. We have tons of 3”and 4” left over from jobs. How easily does algae grow on the mats? I have a pretty clear pool at the moment but I don’t want that mat to be my Achilles heel.

The biggest flaw of this project is the liner bottom, we didn’t know what the heck we were doing and it was late and we were rushing while spreading the sand. Well now there’s a bunch of pits all over the place from the pressure. Oh well. As long as it doesn’t get punctured it all looks the same...

I put about 4 sand bags in the bottom. It stays out pretty well even with kids all over it. However the liner is getting indented from all the use, so I have a pad ordered and on the way. Hopefully that will prolong its life.

thank you, the wall and pool ordeal was very new to me. It would have gone a lot smoother had I done it before (obviously). But the initial trial and error took up a lot of time and brain function. Probably took me about month and a half. All in all it ran about 7k. I got the pool for $300 which...

Thank you. I did that design on my main deck so I figured I had to follow suit. I hate butt joints in the decking so that’s the reason behind it. It’s ridiculous how much blocking is needed to run boards like that. It’s exhausting. Also a good tip for those building decks is to use a router on...

Just thought I’d finally share some pics because I love seeing everyone else’s. I’m a remodeling contractor so I’m very diy, however installation of the actual pool was a huge challenge for me. Not only because it was a used pool I disassembled last summer and didn’t have very specific...