Hello there,
I am new to this forum, and I'm (obviously) looking at above ground pools. My wife and I went to our local Big Lots fully prepared to get a summer wave 10x30" pool, but soon realized we needed to buy the cover, ladder, and a tarp for under it. Realizing the price and how they didn't have what we needed, we left and ended up coming home to research. I don't normally buy on impulse, and I'm glad I didn't today either. Boy, have I been tracing a rabbit since then. It's hard to find all the info you would need without getting into high end professional pools. Not many places for the less expensive pools.
I have a lot I need help with so here goes. We plan to keep it close to our house, and I want it hidden from the road. I have trees in the way to put it directly behind my house, so it will go beside my back deck a few feet off the house. To fit in this spot I'm limited to a 14-15' pool. I would like round. We started out looking at 30" until we realized how shallow that would be, so now I am wanting a 48" preferably. I have been looking at Coleman, Bestway, Intex, etc. The usual's from what I can tell. Is there a line I should stay away from?
From a pump side can I live with what it has and add a SWG to it? I know enough about pools to know I don't want chlorine. However, I also don't want to keep dumping money into what I don't understand, so I didn't think a sand pump was needed. Am I wrong? It adds a lot more money. Been looking at a Bestway 14' x 48" Camo Steel Pro Frame at Walmart for 250, or a 14' by 42" Coleman Power Steel at Walmart for 279. By the time I add the salt system and some other things like a skimmer it got up to $500. At that rate, I started wondering if I needed to get into professional grade pools and let them do it and be done with it. Is it worth it to go that route?
I have already learned I should dig down to level it. Thanks for that! Any advice for a complete pool noob is appreciated!
I am new to this forum, and I'm (obviously) looking at above ground pools. My wife and I went to our local Big Lots fully prepared to get a summer wave 10x30" pool, but soon realized we needed to buy the cover, ladder, and a tarp for under it. Realizing the price and how they didn't have what we needed, we left and ended up coming home to research. I don't normally buy on impulse, and I'm glad I didn't today either. Boy, have I been tracing a rabbit since then. It's hard to find all the info you would need without getting into high end professional pools. Not many places for the less expensive pools.
I have a lot I need help with so here goes. We plan to keep it close to our house, and I want it hidden from the road. I have trees in the way to put it directly behind my house, so it will go beside my back deck a few feet off the house. To fit in this spot I'm limited to a 14-15' pool. I would like round. We started out looking at 30" until we realized how shallow that would be, so now I am wanting a 48" preferably. I have been looking at Coleman, Bestway, Intex, etc. The usual's from what I can tell. Is there a line I should stay away from?
From a pump side can I live with what it has and add a SWG to it? I know enough about pools to know I don't want chlorine. However, I also don't want to keep dumping money into what I don't understand, so I didn't think a sand pump was needed. Am I wrong? It adds a lot more money. Been looking at a Bestway 14' x 48" Camo Steel Pro Frame at Walmart for 250, or a 14' by 42" Coleman Power Steel at Walmart for 279. By the time I add the salt system and some other things like a skimmer it got up to $500. At that rate, I started wondering if I needed to get into professional grade pools and let them do it and be done with it. Is it worth it to go that route?
I have already learned I should dig down to level it. Thanks for that! Any advice for a complete pool noob is appreciated!