Anyone else have a Splash Superpool?

[JLF]

Can't find many people with this type of pool. Looking for any tips. We're prepping ground now for a 17x29.5.
Previous owners used Lyme in place of sand, then pad, then pool. Thoughts!?
Our ground is "level" from one side to another but still has many divits...ground is super hard.

 

[JLF]

We are literally in the mix of about to set a pool. We are setting our soft side (Splash Superpool) in a sloped yard. Ground is level, tramping sand down now. Had lots of rain a couple days ago & one corner seems really wet & soft. What do we do? Good drainage all around, just this one low spot.
???

 

[ajw22]

I hope you dug down all points to level with the lowest.

How to level above ground pool - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[Bobby_Kodak]

Congratulations on getting a Splash Super Pool. We have ours since 2007 and have NO regrets in purchasing it. You must take care to level and compress and level the foundation. We have seen some minor settling through the years, but nothing critical. Additionally, take care to stretch or smooth the floor as you fill the pool. We have a few wrinkles that will not go unless we drain the 18,000 gallons of water. We live with the wrinkles.

I just posted a question about finding a leak in our pool. Hopefully, you will never have this problem. Maybe others reading your post will have an answer for me. Thanks!

 

[brettch]

We’ve had a Splash super pool since 2016. It’s held up well to winter freezing and plat the of summer use. Get you ground as level as you can any bumps or divots will be felt on feet through the pool floor. Anything other than sharp objects would be unlikely to harm the pool but could be uncomfortable on feet.

 

[stevebullows]

We installed our Splash Pools Super Pool in 2002, I had to replace 10 of the legs in 2017 because they rusted at ground level.
Again in May this year (2020) so many legs had corroded that two corners were collapsed and the whole of one of the long sides was no longer supported.
Many issues caused the demise of the pool:

1) In 2008 I converted the pool to a salt system, every splash of water attacked the powder coated legs and the 3/4 inch tube at the foot of each leg, rusting them so badly that they broke and collapsed
2) Originally I used 10x2 inch treated wood to support each leg of the pool, knowing that the ground is very hard and compacted clay, some of these sunk into the clay over the years
3) When I replaced some legs in 2017 I replaced some of the wooden pads with the Splash pools plastic feet, these also sank into the clay

6 weeks ago we emptied all the water, purchased 22 new stainless steel legs, and had a local steel stock holder cut me 22 pieces of 3/4 inch stainless steel bars bars 12 inches long and started 'digging'.
I say 'digging', you will understand what I mean when you tell you that when I first erected the pool I built a massive deck around it, so now I had to work under a deck that is 45 inches tall !!

I had to remove each leg, drive the old, rusted, partially disintegrated 3/4 inch anchoring pipes from the base of each leg and I dug a new footing, filled it with concrete and repeated 22 times, all while crouching under the deck in the Georgia heat and humidity.

3 weeks later we started refilling the pool, replacing the 19 year old seals for the inlet and outlets.
we painted the white band around the top of the pool and now its as good as new again.

While there is a 20 year warranty that's prorated, I got a small discount on the few legs I replaced in 2017 but didn't bother trying this time.

Now that the legs are all stainless, the 3/4 inch anchors are stainless and the retaining rings are all stainless, and everything now has concrete footings, I expect the legs to last for ever.
The Kevlar itself shows no evidence of deteriorating, other than the blue color has faded, I'm hoping to get another 20 years out of it, if not it has been a tremendous investment.
If anyone is interested in my opinion, I would upgrade to stainless legs and replace the galvanized tubes with stainless bars before installing the pool, then there is nothing to replace for many many years.

 

[Wobblerlorri]

Welcome, everybody, to TFP!

Wow, @stevebullows, that pool looks GREAT!! And the idea about stainless steel replacement legs is super smart!

 

[ReenieB2]

We installed our Splash Pools Super Pool in 2002, I had to replace 10 of the legs in 2017 because they rusted at ground level.
Again in May this year (2020) so many legs had corroded that two corners were collapsed and the whole of one of the long sides was no longer supported.
Many issues caused the demise of the pool:

1) In 2008 I converted the pool to a salt system, every splash of water attacked the powder coated legs and the 3/4 inch tube at the foot of each leg, rusting them so badly that they broke and collapsed
2) Originally I used 10x2 inch treated wood to support each leg of the pool, knowing that the ground is very hard and compacted clay, some of these sunk into the clay over the years
3) When I replaced some legs in 2017 I replaced some of the wooden pads with the Splash pools plastic feet, these also sank into the clay

6 weeks ago we emptied all the water, purchased 22 new stainless steel legs, and had a local steel stock holder cut me 22 pieces of 3/4 inch stainless steel bars bars 12 inches long and started 'digging'.
I say 'digging', you will understand what I mean when you tell you that when I first erected the pool I built a massive deck around it, so now I had to work under a deck that is 45 inches tall !!

I had to remove each leg, drive the old, rusted, partially disintegrated 3/4 inch anchoring pipes from the base of each leg and I dug a new footing, filled it with concrete and repeated 22 times, all while crouching under the deck in the Georgia heat and humidity.

3 weeks later we started refilling the pool, replacing the 19 year old seals for the inlet and outlets.
we painted the white band around the top of the pool and now its as good as new again.

While there is a 20 year warranty that's prorated, I got a small discount on the few legs I replaced in 2017 but didn't bother trying this time.

Now that the legs are all stainless, the 3/4 inch anchors are stainless and the retaining rings are all stainless, and everything now has concrete footings, I expect the legs to last for ever.
The Kevlar itself shows no evidence of deteriorating, other than the blue color has faded, I'm hoping to get another 20 years out of it, if not it has been a tremendous investment.
If anyone is interested in my opinion, I would upgrade to stainless legs and replace the galvanized tubes with stainless bars before installing the pool, then there is nothing to replace for many many years.

Great pics and story! I have one corner that sank in I'm draining it now I don't know what to put under it gravel?dirt? cement block? No deck. This is my eighth year with my used splash super pool. love it! I did not know you could paint the white I will be doing that! What do you use?

 

[Sunny Sue]

I also have a used Splash Superpool and love it! I would also like to know what paint was used on the pool. I also have a sand base that was installed 5 years ago and one corner of packed sand on excavated dirt has collapsed from the outer corner edge to about 2 feet in to the pool. I am planning on putting 2 big 16x24 inch 2 1/2 inch thick patio pavers and then an inch layer of sand. I’ll see how well that works. Water is cheap here but the labor to tear everything down is expensive and hard to find.... the pool is placed right next to a deck so I want to avoid tearing it down and ruining its alignment with the deck.