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Thanks for the photos Annika!!

Outdoorsgal, When I called the sod company, they said the hybrid breed they sell would be alright. But to be honest I haven't asked the specifics. We have a well designed sprinkler system, with good overlay from one spray head to the next. But I know I will have to water 48 hrs before, and...

Thanks Barlidge!! This is exactly what I was looking for! We just hard plummed it without the through wall, even though I have it here in the box, because I was too nervous. I wonder if I could have the upper screws going above the seam, and cut the opening just below the seam line to keep some...

Wow, I had no idea there had been so many replies! Thanks guys! Casey, Thanks for sharing the photo! It looks good at 3 inches! I think if we are going to keep it to two, I will have to suck itSant up and help with the mowing around here. SantaCruz - I had looked into buffalo grass, but...

Hooking up the plumbing for our new Bestways 9 x 18 and have a sand filter question. I ordered the Intex 3000 gallon pump/sand filter combo. It lists a 1.44ft2 sand filter The pool came with a sand filter that lists 1.02ft2 sand filter. I cannot find listings for the hp of the pumps. What is...

Does the Princess variety grow higher than the Tiff? I imagine in this heat, seed or sod will both require high watering for the first few weeks.

We have common Bermuda invading my front lawn, and taking over the dirt that is our backyard construction zone. I have fought a battle with it for years, but think it is time to surrender. We are considering doing hybrid Bermuda in the back and have two options. Tifway sod @ .47 a sq. ft...

I though I saw people having problems with a non Hayward through wall skimmer, but cannot find the post now. What is the preferred standard size skimmer? Thanks! :)

Latin, We had our old pool up with no foam or sand, and didn't like the feel under the feet. With your addition of sand, you may not even need the foam. We are doing a thin layer of sand as when we compacted our road base, there were some spots were the gravel in the road base still feels rough...

Thank you Casey!! If we do use the foam boards would it be: sand tarp foam pool Thanks again. I notice, and appreciate, how you have been chiming in on everyone's posts to help out.

Casey, Because we have already leveled and have the pavers in, it would not be advisable to put a thin layer of sand (less than an inch) under the pool bottom itself while leaving the pavers be?

We have leveled and compacted our pool base, including pavers for the legs. Now my husband wants to put a thin layer of sand because he is concerned the tarp and foam boards will not provide enough protection from the road base. Could we put sand over the pavers as long as we made sure the...

Thank you! Road base to be delivered today!

We are in the home stretch (YAY!) of pool 2.0 build, but I have a question. Due to gopher issues, we built up a frame for our pool(using treated lumber and lag bots, then reinforced with rebar) and plan to do the following: weed cloth 3" of plate compacted class 2 road base foam boards taped...

Re: New Costco Abive ground pool. I can't see why you couldn't have the sock of CYA anchored in front of your fill hose, but maybe someone with more knowledge will chime in and prove me wrong. We recently took down our old soft sided pool and are replacing it with the same one from Costco. A...

I may just do that. I used to send our dog out, but other than one lucky catch she only scares them down into the tunnels. I may just have to pay the $6 in shipping for trapline. I think I only balked, because that is the price of one trap. But you are right, it does help a small business.

My husband got one with a shovel once. His prize kill to this day. Saw a little jerk poking his head out, grabed the hose and blasted water down there. Less then a minute later a soaked gopher came stumbling out. My triumphant husband ran faster than I have ever seen and grabbed the shovel. I...

Re: Gopher tunnel porevention I think we need to dig out more of their tunnels. Which in turn rips up more of the yard, but it will be worth it to get a handle on this. I'm going to be so sad if we do all the work of digging two inches down into our hard level soil by hand, re-leveling...

Re: Gopher tunnel porevention Casey and Bella, We were debating if we should dig down a bit, then compact crusher, then do tarp, foam, and pool. We were only going to go down 2" though, as we cannot partially bury ours. Or, we considered doing 2" of crusher above ground, leveled and framed in...

I'm beginning to go crazy with these **** gophers. Will using a compacted limstone dust/crusher run/whatever else it is occasionally called base help prevent feeling tunnels/dips? With the old pool, we just had a tarp under the pool and started to feel collapsed tunnels through the bottom of...

Alright, it seems the recommendation is to keep the hayward pump, and just get a larger sand filter. However, looking at the charts it appears I would need a HUGE sand filter to accommodate such a high strength pump. 30", 500lb seems to be the recommendation. Realistically, this simply isn't...

Yippee, Thanks for sharing! That pool looks incredible! I think I am going to get a few quotes for concrete. Seems to be the best way to ensure no gopher tunnels, and provide a seating space.

We had these ones on our 9*19 pool, and they were awesome, but they do not convert from A frame. However, it may be worth it to build a small platform/steps outside the pool for these to attach to in order to have something really stable inside the pool...

Dave, limestone screenings? That is the only one I am seeing sold in my area. In the Polygroup vs Intex thread, he used "3/4 crusher run with fines". It looks similar, but this is not the recommended material? Maybe I should just pour concrete :hammer:

I tried searching, but maybe I wasn't using the right key words. I'm trying to find photos of the compacted crusher rock used as a base for pools. We are thinking of using this as our base for an intex style pool, and possibly extending it out to make a patio area. Once compacted, could you...

Techguy, the cart filter has a crack, so I need to switch out filters. I wanted to do sand, but it's my understanding that a 1.5 hp pump would be too powerful and cause tunnels in the sand. Is that right? I would love to do a through wall skimmer, but it is a rectangular pool and I have only...

I'm thinking of ordering that one for my small 4600 gallon pool. Hopefully someone will chime in here with their review.

Thanks! I think I will place the order then. It's nerve racking doing this all over again. Hopefully the over the side skimmer will work for a while, until we install a through wall one.

I currently have a 150sq ft cart filter, and a 1.5 hp pump. Getting rid of them, and switching the pool out for the following: 4600 gallon pool, over the top hanging skimmer, intex 3000 gallon sand fiter/pump combo. This is the filter/pump combo...