This winter I was lucky to have someone give me a pool as long as I took it down and hauled it away. I am super excited for this as I grew up on a lake constantly swimming and since moving away the largest pool I have had is one of those 6' intex deals that was more for sitting in then swimming, except for young kids. I am hoping to have the pool up and at least swimmable by the end of April where around here it can start getting into the 90s. The pool is a 24' Celebration Impress, the person I got it from was great to give me the filter, pump and some cleaning accessories, so at least that was all set. This build is a real budget build, money is tight but I could not pass on the opportunity.
I went with a liner from poolsupplies for a comparably good price ( I know there's better quality out there)
I decided on doing a salt water pool and after much back and forth I went with Pureline PL7700 (40k gallons). I read some good reviews here and although it doesn't seems to be a well used brand it was several hundred dollars cheaper than the Hayward I was planning on going with.
The filter is a hayward, but I am not sure of the model atm. The pump I already have is a Pentair Dynamo 1.5 hp, if I understand right a variable speed is better for salt water systems so when this one goes out I'll look more into that.
Several of the bottom rails I recovered were pinholed from rust throughout so I bought a couple of replacements. There were some borderline ones but the integrity of the rail did not seem to be affected so I cleaned those up. I am planning on spraying them all down with truck bed spray before laying them down.
The electrical was already run near where I am putting the pad, I am going to change the breaker for a GFCI breaker and then on the end put a Intermatic T101R with everything connecting to that. I got lucky and found one on amazon warehouse for $20. For the bonder I bought Perma-Cast PB2008 also on deal at amazon. I haven't bought the 8 AWG cable yet but the best deal was on a site I found here, I just have to find that again when it comes closer to installation date.
I also found found a pool cove set that fits my size pool for $30 on amazon warehouse that will save more than that in the sand I don't use I was almost going to get a ground pad but couldn't justify the cost.
Now for some pics, hopefully I do this right.
The site before
I tried doing the sod removal manually and spent 2 days getting very little done then decided to spend the $100 to rent a sod cutter, best decision yet. It removed the top layer like butter and did in 1 hr what would have taken days maybe weeks to do manually.
Electric is the path to the left, I am going to move it slightly behind where the filter is sitting and have the pad in front of it. Then all the plumbing will be underground since it is a good 5-6ft from the pool edge.
Eventually I am going to put some sort of path from our back porch but that is my last concern. I could not avoid cutting it since I had the machine doing the work though.
I do have to level the pool area still though, this will probably take the longest of everything. It definitely has me wishing I was much younger, I never remember digging taking the wind out of me so bad. Luckily it doesn't seem as bad as it looked. Bringing everything down to the lowest point I estimate about 1-1.5" has to come off the majority of the space.
I went with a liner from poolsupplies for a comparably good price ( I know there's better quality out there)
I decided on doing a salt water pool and after much back and forth I went with Pureline PL7700 (40k gallons). I read some good reviews here and although it doesn't seems to be a well used brand it was several hundred dollars cheaper than the Hayward I was planning on going with.
The filter is a hayward, but I am not sure of the model atm. The pump I already have is a Pentair Dynamo 1.5 hp, if I understand right a variable speed is better for salt water systems so when this one goes out I'll look more into that.
Several of the bottom rails I recovered were pinholed from rust throughout so I bought a couple of replacements. There were some borderline ones but the integrity of the rail did not seem to be affected so I cleaned those up. I am planning on spraying them all down with truck bed spray before laying them down.
The electrical was already run near where I am putting the pad, I am going to change the breaker for a GFCI breaker and then on the end put a Intermatic T101R with everything connecting to that. I got lucky and found one on amazon warehouse for $20. For the bonder I bought Perma-Cast PB2008 also on deal at amazon. I haven't bought the 8 AWG cable yet but the best deal was on a site I found here, I just have to find that again when it comes closer to installation date.
I also found found a pool cove set that fits my size pool for $30 on amazon warehouse that will save more than that in the sand I don't use I was almost going to get a ground pad but couldn't justify the cost.
Now for some pics, hopefully I do this right.
The site before
I tried doing the sod removal manually and spent 2 days getting very little done then decided to spend the $100 to rent a sod cutter, best decision yet. It removed the top layer like butter and did in 1 hr what would have taken days maybe weeks to do manually.
Electric is the path to the left, I am going to move it slightly behind where the filter is sitting and have the pad in front of it. Then all the plumbing will be underground since it is a good 5-6ft from the pool edge.
Eventually I am going to put some sort of path from our back porch but that is my last concern. I could not avoid cutting it since I had the machine doing the work though.
I do have to level the pool area still though, this will probably take the longest of everything. It definitely has me wishing I was much younger, I never remember digging taking the wind out of me so bad. Luckily it doesn't seem as bad as it looked. Bringing everything down to the lowest point I estimate about 1-1.5" has to come off the majority of the space.
for you!! Right now it is 
after your paid work then the pool work!!
