Attention Intex Rectangle Experts -- Need your help and advice!
After our disaster last summer: Haste definitely makes waste... pool fail. Suggestions for rebuild welcome!
I spent a lot of time digging around the site, trying to find old pool links I had saved but didn't quite fit the bill. Anyway, after scouring for dimensions and fresh pool build ideas, we followed the wooden frame idea with the dimensions that it should be 13'10"x25'10" to the middle of the boards that the legs sit on. We tried that, and we didn't even come close. I've read other posts were they put it on a 14'x26' pad and it was almost falling off.
My question is, how much of a difference does it make if the inside of the frame isn't level with the frame boards? We didn't put foam or extra sand down (there was already a nice 1-2" layer of sand down to begin with and my partner-in-crime assured me it wasn't going to make a difference. I, not having the science to backup why it would be a big deal couldn't defend getting foam to put on in the inside to level it up to the boards. Is the inside of the frame being a tad lower really impacting where the legs are ending up?
Here are pictures of our current build and situation. (Actually we're draining the pool because we were hopeful the legs would pop out further and they just didn't budge).
1) Frame being built. So level, so confident, such hope.
2) Far side legs while pool just starting to fill. We were nervous at this point, but relied on the 13'10" that a lot of people seemed to use!
3) Deck side legs sit nicely in their spot, even with the pool full.
4) We let it fill overnight, really hoping those legs would get to their spot. But they didn't. So now it's unlevel because the deck side legs didn't move. That's a long way to go to reach the middle of that board.
So now we are draining it to see if we can't lighten the load to move the frame sides over a bit. The crew is working their tails off!
If you feel like you have any advice that could be helpful while we wait for the drain, let me know. I'm hoping to avoid a full drain, but my hope yesterday didn't do me any good, so I don't have hope for that either. Thanks TFP'ers!
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Here is what we used for inspiration/dimensions to build the frame/setup--wanna give credit where credit is due:
Dimension pictures from this post: planning the install of 12x24x52 intex pool
This inspiration from @slroten thread: 32X16X52 Intex Rect Pool - Paver spacement/measurements
And this beautiful setup from @racerboy6996 thread: intex 16ftx32ftx52in install
After our disaster last summer: Haste definitely makes waste... pool fail. Suggestions for rebuild welcome!
I spent a lot of time digging around the site, trying to find old pool links I had saved but didn't quite fit the bill. Anyway, after scouring for dimensions and fresh pool build ideas, we followed the wooden frame idea with the dimensions that it should be 13'10"x25'10" to the middle of the boards that the legs sit on. We tried that, and we didn't even come close. I've read other posts were they put it on a 14'x26' pad and it was almost falling off.
My question is, how much of a difference does it make if the inside of the frame isn't level with the frame boards? We didn't put foam or extra sand down (there was already a nice 1-2" layer of sand down to begin with and my partner-in-crime assured me it wasn't going to make a difference. I, not having the science to backup why it would be a big deal couldn't defend getting foam to put on in the inside to level it up to the boards. Is the inside of the frame being a tad lower really impacting where the legs are ending up?
Here are pictures of our current build and situation. (Actually we're draining the pool because we were hopeful the legs would pop out further and they just didn't budge).
1) Frame being built. So level, so confident, such hope.
2) Far side legs while pool just starting to fill. We were nervous at this point, but relied on the 13'10" that a lot of people seemed to use!
3) Deck side legs sit nicely in their spot, even with the pool full.
4) We let it fill overnight, really hoping those legs would get to their spot. But they didn't. So now it's unlevel because the deck side legs didn't move. That's a long way to go to reach the middle of that board.
So now we are draining it to see if we can't lighten the load to move the frame sides over a bit. The crew is working their tails off!
If you feel like you have any advice that could be helpful while we wait for the drain, let me know. I'm hoping to avoid a full drain, but my hope yesterday didn't do me any good, so I don't have hope for that either. Thanks TFP'ers!
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Here is what we used for inspiration/dimensions to build the frame/setup--wanna give credit where credit is due:
Dimension pictures from this post: planning the install of 12x24x52 intex pool
This inspiration from @slroten thread: 32X16X52 Intex Rect Pool - Paver spacement/measurements
And this beautiful setup from @racerboy6996 thread: intex 16ftx32ftx52in install