ChrisNC - I did it in 3 days, first day was 5 hours and I had 2 friends helping. The second day was 6 hours and I had my wife and son mixing the vermiculite, and the third day was 6 hours with the wife and boy on the mixer again.
Malibu07 - I ordered the padding as an extra with mine, if you have any tips on the padding I could use them as I will be installing Friday, thanks.
8corneflakes - I booked some friends for Saturday to help install the liner, any tips would be appreciated, thanks.
Martha_D - I am super proud of my son, he has stuck with every day ( a 12 year old with good work ethics)
TXFamilyof6 - If you are referring to the collar around the walls I did it myself but I had the local concrete company deliver me 7 yards of concrete @ $98.00 a yard and it took about 1 hour, very easy to DIY. Now if you are referring to the pool bottom I had a estimate of $1800.00 and I had to supply the $700.00 of pool krete so I did it myself and it was far from easy but worth saving the $1800.00