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Yeah, the problem I've found is that with the giant field and airflow behind/through/around the house. I need a solid 2 days of 80+ and sunshine to get the water back up to a temperature that folks will swim in. We tried to get in it yesterday, it was 78 degrees in the pool. I got in to clean...

Just a update for the masses, got the drone out and got some updated pictures. So far so good. Running out of summer time here in Ohio so the next challenge will be winterizing it. My PH started at 7.8 and TA around 145. I've been keeping it around 7.0-7.2 using Muriatic Acid and have...

I have the Taylor kit and the pool math app. Right now, because it's virgin water and I purchased 4 giant tubs of 3" dichlor tabs when we purchased the house, I'm using a Hayward chlorinator and the tabs. My CYA is not registering yet so I can use some of these tablets up for now until I get...

July update: the pool is great! Been open for 3 weeks now and we are loving it. Haven't gotten the water tested yet but she is crystal clear. Ended up building some wood stairs up to it because the 2 ladders we tried were not suitable for a man of my size. I do have a funny story. My...

Yeah, it's the best option I think my brain could come up with. And, I really don't want to take the caps off and liner braces with the water full, so I think I may buy a 6" wide roll of that clear flex seal/Gorilla tape that can be applied wet, and hope for the best. They are phillips head...

Hey hey, well the good news is we are in the pool!! Huge thanks to all of you for the advice. The bad news: As I'm standing in here in the pool I have noticed a few things I did poorly: 1. The pool floor is not smooth. We wetted down and tamped the sand, but it apparently wasn't enough...

Will take a look at that. I have to shut the pump off this weekend to do some proper wiring so that'll be a good opportunity to fix those. Although. That's alot of wasted 90 degree elbows!!

That's a good call out. I got all this from Home Depot. Never thought to check the 90's. Would they be in the same aisle?

Haha, my clothes aren't too bad. My hands though, I look like Grimmace. I have threaded unions on both pump and return side so I can clean the filter and replace the sand without having to cut anything!

Thanks for the input. I'll see what pool stores are close to me and try to get that done this weekend. I am about 1/2" of water away from testing out the pump. So, I have not done much PVC solvent welding in the past, so this was an entirely new process for the most part. I think I did ok...

Hey Kim. We had to unhook the liner from the wall and pull it back far enough to dig out the sand (by hand) from the wall. Without this step, as you clean out the track, more sand just pours into it. A medium sized flat head screwdriver was used to scrape/push the sand out of the track. So 1...

Good Monday morning!!! Well the weekend was productive. We got all of the sand out of the track, the wall back into the track, and final assembly completed!!!!!! A shop vac and a screwdriver and 3 of my buddies teenage boys did the trick. Those young kids can work for hours and not be...

No, I'm talking about the metal track that you push down over top of the liner. We had to use a small rubber mallet to get them seated. Just seems sketchy to put sharp metal directly on vinyl.

Unfortunately it stormed the entire 2nd half of the day and all night. So we are holding off until the weekend when I have some more volunteers. I think there are 4 places the wind pulled the wall from the track. Also, another concern, these metal support strips are a real PITA to get on...

And Disaster. So we ran out of time and daylight this past weekend to get the liner in. So my wife and I took today off and got the liner installed ourselves. It's a J hook or V hook liner so it's a piece of cake compared to a overlap. And now the bad news, and I'm looking for any...