Hello, my name is Rob and I'm a recovering pool installer.... {hi rob}
So during my college years, my summers involved 60 hour work weeks installing AG pools. Since then many friends and family have used my knowledge and I have installed maybe 10 over the past 15 years. I even started a small company to give my unemployed uncle a job, he moved away and I didn't have the time to run it, so I have all the equipment (transit...) stored.
One of the pools I did 11 years ago was my wifes parents, a 24' Doughboy. They have been wanting to get rid of it, my wife and kids use it the most, I open/close/maintain everything for them. So I agree to relocate it to my backyard. I'm super careful with all the top rails, and when I get to removing the wall channel, I notice corrosion. Great this "free" pool just got more expensive, I already had purchased a liner on-line for it. So I purchase a new 24' Desert Spring Doughboy pool only, I don't need all the extra stuff like a liner, pump, filter...
The installation went very smooth, I had my old college buddy help me, it was a lot of fun just like the old days.
I wake up 6am see the water level is at a perfect level, shut it off back to bed. Get up the family is all checking out the new pool, I notice the ground is wet. I have tears (6-10) in the bottom cove around half the pool from using the back side of the same broom I have used hundreds of times to get out the wrinkles. Yes I put on a fresh layer of duct tape on it even up the pole a little. So I just bought a new Doughboy liner and will install asap. Oh and btw, I take apart the Hayward DE40 filter to give it a good cleaning, and notice it's cracked, so I bought the Doughboy pump and DE filter. Nice "free" pool huh?
Great having a web site like this to share.
So during my college years, my summers involved 60 hour work weeks installing AG pools. Since then many friends and family have used my knowledge and I have installed maybe 10 over the past 15 years. I even started a small company to give my unemployed uncle a job, he moved away and I didn't have the time to run it, so I have all the equipment (transit...) stored.
One of the pools I did 11 years ago was my wifes parents, a 24' Doughboy. They have been wanting to get rid of it, my wife and kids use it the most, I open/close/maintain everything for them. So I agree to relocate it to my backyard. I'm super careful with all the top rails, and when I get to removing the wall channel, I notice corrosion. Great this "free" pool just got more expensive, I already had purchased a liner on-line for it. So I purchase a new 24' Desert Spring Doughboy pool only, I don't need all the extra stuff like a liner, pump, filter...
The installation went very smooth, I had my old college buddy help me, it was a lot of fun just like the old days.
I wake up 6am see the water level is at a perfect level, shut it off back to bed. Get up the family is all checking out the new pool, I notice the ground is wet. I have tears (6-10) in the bottom cove around half the pool from using the back side of the same broom I have used hundreds of times to get out the wrinkles. Yes I put on a fresh layer of duct tape on it even up the pole a little. So I just bought a new Doughboy liner and will install asap. Oh and btw, I take apart the Hayward DE40 filter to give it a good cleaning, and notice it's cracked, so I bought the Doughboy pump and DE filter. Nice "free" pool huh?
Great having a web site like this to share.