I already feel like I am in way over my head and we have barely gotten started. Unless we win the lottery this will be a complete DIY project. This time around I will be responsible for the day to day upkeep of the pool and I have been trying to educate myself on all of this. I am already a bit overwhelmed. After reading through the Pool School information it seems we were doing a lot of stuff incorrectly on our previous pools (about 8 years ago we had a smaller above ground pool and after that we had one of the Easy Set Intex pools).
The home we recently moved into previously had a 24' round AGP. The present deck had been made to fit. The pool was gone by the time we moved in and the deck railing is rotten and needs to be replaced immediately because as you can see by my user name we have a house full of kids (actually minus 2 as they are grown and on their own). I would love to make the deck around the pool larger but we will see what happens once we get started.
We just purchased a used 24' round AG Doughboy pool. It is approximately 3 years old and appears to be in good condition. We should be dismantling and bringing the pool home this coming weekend. I will be ordering a new liner very soon but there is so much to get done before then. The previous owner had leveled the ground where he set his pool then placed plastic down and put sand on top of that. My husband had the kids raking and pulling up the small amount of grass that had begun growing in the sand but I told him I thought it would be in the best interest of the pool if we rake up/shovel off the sand that is left and pull up that old plastic and start all over.
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The sand filter that we have is a Hayward S-180T and it seems that we could have a standard chlorine pool or a salt water pool with this particular filter system. I forgot to write down the name and information of the pump system and I am waiting on a reply from the previous pool owner for that info and will update as soon as possible. I just received this info on the pump: Magnetek Century pool/spa motor, ¾ hp 10 SPL. If possible I think we plan to go the salt water route.
Should we empty the sand filter before moving it and start fresh?
We are all looking forward to jumping in.
Since I know how we all love photos here are pictures of the pool we are getting.
Here are pictures of where we plan on putting the pool.
Views from the yard looking towards the house.
Views from the top back deck looking down into the empty pool hole.
View from the driveway stairs looking down.
The home we recently moved into previously had a 24' round AGP. The present deck had been made to fit. The pool was gone by the time we moved in and the deck railing is rotten and needs to be replaced immediately because as you can see by my user name we have a house full of kids (actually minus 2 as they are grown and on their own). I would love to make the deck around the pool larger but we will see what happens once we get started.
We just purchased a used 24' round AG Doughboy pool. It is approximately 3 years old and appears to be in good condition. We should be dismantling and bringing the pool home this coming weekend. I will be ordering a new liner very soon but there is so much to get done before then. The previous owner had leveled the ground where he set his pool then placed plastic down and put sand on top of that. My husband had the kids raking and pulling up the small amount of grass that had begun growing in the sand but I told him I thought it would be in the best interest of the pool if we rake up/shovel off the sand that is left and pull up that old plastic and start all over.
Feel free to comment on this if you so desire.
The sand filter that we have is a Hayward S-180T and it seems that we could have a standard chlorine pool or a salt water pool with this particular filter system. I forgot to write down the name and information of the pump system and I am waiting on a reply from the previous pool owner for that info and will update as soon as possible. I just received this info on the pump: Magnetek Century pool/spa motor, ¾ hp 10 SPL. If possible I think we plan to go the salt water route.
Should we empty the sand filter before moving it and start fresh?
We are all looking forward to jumping in.
Since I know how we all love photos here are pictures of the pool we are getting.
Here are pictures of where we plan on putting the pool.
Views from the yard looking towards the house.
Views from the top back deck looking down into the empty pool hole.
View from the driveway stairs looking down.