- Jul 23, 2014
- 3
Hello all. My wife and i purchased an intex monster, we are not new to pools really as we've had an inground 15k gallons and above ground round 5k gallons. We have finally settled in the home we will occupy until we make the retirement jump to Hawaii so...........heres what we've done so far decided to "sink" 22" in the ground and deck the perimeter all the way up to the house,added salt water set up, we've always had pucks, looking into propane heater (pool will never be taken down, yeah Texas) my wife has voted and won on making a pergola for the cover (really IS that a cover?) it all has gone together nicely, boy did we get a kick out of the 2 skinny cute models they had on the video putting together the pool: yes we merely watched for fun lol. A little back ground on me I'm a custom builder/remodeler, tattooer, hot rodder, musician and now middle aged, so i tend to think things through a little better now well the ground was so tough it almost killed the little excavator, got it super duper "darn did he use a laser" level and **** it rained the day after it filled (14326 gallons) i never get rain at my house, well people it sunk because omg it rained. This pool is way heavy. Intex says use wood or pavers for the bracings, no, the way i see it thats going to trash the vinyl straps. Cant do it. Heres what I'm going to do after this season: re-level area, plastic whole area lay 2x6x20 every 4' 4x8x5/8" sheets on top of that with indoor outdoor carpet for cushion to make a "platform" that will evenly distribute this monster weight of 119,335.58# and yes i did install french drains any and all comments are welcome i love to post and take pics so............more to come. EDIT: 52" deep. Jason
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