So here we go...
After much research/debate/soul-searching/etc we decided on an above ground pool. We have 3 boys (10, 7 and 5), and we thought this would be a great time to do something like this. We went with the Doughboy Autumn Breeze, largely because we wanted to be able to put in a deep end (and I had read a lot of good Doughboy reviews).
We have a tree filled back yard (which we like, we also have 3 dogs to go with the 3 boys and the trees are good camouflage for the chaos that creates
). Here is our starting point...
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We had to remove some of the trees that were right in the middle of the yard (we'll keep all the surrounding ones). We are trying to keep one of them. We may have to make a decision on that one later, depending on the deck situation. Good thing those suckers have shallow roots, the bobcat arrived on Tuesday and made short work of our yard...
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Play set has been moved to the other side of the yard for the time being. Pool building crew arrived the next day and got down to work...
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Water going into the liner (it's the Doughboy Blue Bayou liner, looks darker in real life than the pic on the web)...
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After 2 (6,000 gallon) loads of water...
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Third load of water went into today (and we are topping up with our own well water). At $210 for a load of water, I'm starting to realize that this pool water chemistry business is kind of important. So it is a good thing my water testing kit arrived today (Thanks TFTest peeps! Quick shipping, everything as advertised, I'll post results in another thread).
The electrical people came today, finished up the electrical work (we had a very small local company do it, which was great. He was talking to the guy who does the inspections this morning to make sure he would have everything up to par for that), did the bonding as well.
Now we are waiting on a crew to come and put in the footings for our deck (the plan is to go all the way around). Once the footings are in, we will (fingers-crossed) do the rest (there is a very large load of lumber in driveway as I type this). Kids are super-excited and can't wait to be swimming.
I'll update with deck pics, they are not supposed to be coming until late next week. In the meantime, time to get that water balanced!
Thanks so much for the great info in this forum, I've learned a lot! (And I love looking at everyone's pics).
After much research/debate/soul-searching/etc we decided on an above ground pool. We have 3 boys (10, 7 and 5), and we thought this would be a great time to do something like this. We went with the Doughboy Autumn Breeze, largely because we wanted to be able to put in a deep end (and I had read a lot of good Doughboy reviews).
We have a tree filled back yard (which we like, we also have 3 dogs to go with the 3 boys and the trees are good camouflage for the chaos that creates
). Here is our starting point...
We had to remove some of the trees that were right in the middle of the yard (we'll keep all the surrounding ones). We are trying to keep one of them. We may have to make a decision on that one later, depending on the deck situation. Good thing those suckers have shallow roots, the bobcat arrived on Tuesday and made short work of our yard...
Play set has been moved to the other side of the yard for the time being. Pool building crew arrived the next day and got down to work...
Water going into the liner (it's the Doughboy Blue Bayou liner, looks darker in real life than the pic on the web)...
After 2 (6,000 gallon) loads of water...
Third load of water went into today (and we are topping up with our own well water). At $210 for a load of water, I'm starting to realize that this pool water chemistry business is kind of important. So it is a good thing my water testing kit arrived today (Thanks TFTest peeps! Quick shipping, everything as advertised, I'll post results in another thread).
The electrical people came today, finished up the electrical work (we had a very small local company do it, which was great. He was talking to the guy who does the inspections this morning to make sure he would have everything up to par for that), did the bonding as well.
Now we are waiting on a crew to come and put in the footings for our deck (the plan is to go all the way around). Once the footings are in, we will (fingers-crossed) do the rest (there is a very large load of lumber in driveway as I type this). Kids are super-excited and can't wait to be swimming.
I'll update with deck pics, they are not supposed to be coming until late next week. In the meantime, time to get that water balanced!
Thanks so much for the great info in this forum, I've learned a lot! (And I love looking at everyone's pics
).
