Happy Friday, I am hoping I can get some advice. We are having an 18 ft round 54 inch pool installed in a couple of weeks. We are new to a pool like this. We have only used the metal framed pools. We do not “need“ to countersink. Our yard is level. But my husband wants to.
He wants to countersink 18 inches. He thinks countersinking will……
Be more pleasing to the eyes.
Will feel more like being in an “in-ground” pool.
More “private” to get in and out of the pool. Less likely that the neighbors will see your your full body above the fence line.
If/when he builds a deck around the pool, that deck would only be 3 feet above ground instead of 4 and a half above ground.
Easier to get in and out of pool. (Less climbing)
I am a freak. I overthink EVERYTHING. I get all worked up and I always think of worst case scenarios. I could think of many disastrous reasons why not to countersink.
Potential collapse of the walls when need to change liner.
If there is a manufacturing defect in a side wall, then we need to dig out the 18 inches to replace the sidewall
I dont want a deck around my pool, I want the deck on the ground near the pool, with a walkway to the pool. So, if we don’t countersink then he most likely won’t build a deck around it. Also, a lady I work with says she has to stain her deck almost every year or it looks like total Darn. Too much maintenance for us, I know it!
The amount of dirt that is going to be left in the yard. I am told our yard is going to be torn up.
Now I hear talk of drain tiles if we are countersinking. We don’t even know what drain tiles are. L. O. L.
Counter sinking does not void our warranty.
Thanks!
He wants to countersink 18 inches. He thinks countersinking will……
Be more pleasing to the eyes.
Will feel more like being in an “in-ground” pool.
More “private” to get in and out of the pool. Less likely that the neighbors will see your your full body above the fence line.
If/when he builds a deck around the pool, that deck would only be 3 feet above ground instead of 4 and a half above ground.
Easier to get in and out of pool. (Less climbing)
I am a freak. I overthink EVERYTHING. I get all worked up and I always think of worst case scenarios. I could think of many disastrous reasons why not to countersink.
Potential collapse of the walls when need to change liner.
If there is a manufacturing defect in a side wall, then we need to dig out the 18 inches to replace the sidewall
I dont want a deck around my pool, I want the deck on the ground near the pool, with a walkway to the pool. So, if we don’t countersink then he most likely won’t build a deck around it. Also, a lady I work with says she has to stain her deck almost every year or it looks like total Darn. Too much maintenance for us, I know it!
The amount of dirt that is going to be left in the yard. I am told our yard is going to be torn up.
Now I hear talk of drain tiles if we are countersinking. We don’t even know what drain tiles are. L. O. L.
Counter sinking does not void our warranty.
Thanks!
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