Just finished putting up our pool last week. Water is balanced, SWCG is setup, and the water temperature is fine!
Started by cutting the sod out last year, putting down geotextile road base fabric, and covering with road base. Compacted it and let it settle over the winter. This year, I installed weeping tile around the pool perimeter, run out to a 30 gallon dry well buried 15' away, and 4' down. Our yard has a lot of clay so water tends to hang around in the spring - hoping this helps. After the drain tile, I covered the base with a layer of crusher fines to help with setting the pads, and to give the overall surface a smoother finish - these were compacted and 'wetted' as well.
I borrowed a transit level and set all of my pads. Everything was within 7/8". Had some friends come over and we got the pool up in about 5 hours one evening. Didn't get the liner in and rain prevented us from working into the night. We used 3/4" XPS foam as the base, foam wall pad on the walls, and foam cove around the base. The inside of the pool is very nice, both bottom and sides.
Took about 30 hours filling with a hose. The water was very cold, but within 3 days (with just a couple black tarps on top of the surface) the water was nearly 70 degrees. Plumbed everything with rigid 1.5" PVC and Jandy valves on the skimmer/return lines. We used a 3-way Jandy valve at the return, should we want to add a water feature in the future. There are unions near the skimmer and return, at the SWCG, and between the pump/filter. Had a bit of a leak at the skimmer on the exterior wall, but tightening the screws inside the pool solved that.
We went with the Hayward ProLogic for our electrical distribution/automation/control. It's working very well and really simplified the electrical installation. Everything is bonded, including the water which is bonded by the Permacast plug right at the return. Next year we will be building the deck, and that drove the location of the equipment post/equipment.
We are using the "Generic" Kreepy Krauly from Amazon and it works great, right out of the box. Didn't have to do any modifications, works great as is! We got the Confer 6000X ladder, which will be used with the deck next year. For now, we just built some steps, with a gate, to use with the ladder for the rest of the season.
We still need to determine some way of holding the solar cover when we want to use the pool. It's too big to move for one person, and we are reluctant to use a reel as it would be quite intrusive to the sight lines of our yard. Want to use Solar Saddles but don't want to drill into the pool! Also want to build some sort of equipment/ProLogic cover after we build the deck - not sure what to do there yet either.
Started by cutting the sod out last year, putting down geotextile road base fabric, and covering with road base. Compacted it and let it settle over the winter. This year, I installed weeping tile around the pool perimeter, run out to a 30 gallon dry well buried 15' away, and 4' down. Our yard has a lot of clay so water tends to hang around in the spring - hoping this helps. After the drain tile, I covered the base with a layer of crusher fines to help with setting the pads, and to give the overall surface a smoother finish - these were compacted and 'wetted' as well.
I borrowed a transit level and set all of my pads. Everything was within 7/8". Had some friends come over and we got the pool up in about 5 hours one evening. Didn't get the liner in and rain prevented us from working into the night. We used 3/4" XPS foam as the base, foam wall pad on the walls, and foam cove around the base. The inside of the pool is very nice, both bottom and sides.
Took about 30 hours filling with a hose. The water was very cold, but within 3 days (with just a couple black tarps on top of the surface) the water was nearly 70 degrees. Plumbed everything with rigid 1.5" PVC and Jandy valves on the skimmer/return lines. We used a 3-way Jandy valve at the return, should we want to add a water feature in the future. There are unions near the skimmer and return, at the SWCG, and between the pump/filter. Had a bit of a leak at the skimmer on the exterior wall, but tightening the screws inside the pool solved that.
We went with the Hayward ProLogic for our electrical distribution/automation/control. It's working very well and really simplified the electrical installation. Everything is bonded, including the water which is bonded by the Permacast plug right at the return. Next year we will be building the deck, and that drove the location of the equipment post/equipment.
We are using the "Generic" Kreepy Krauly from Amazon and it works great, right out of the box. Didn't have to do any modifications, works great as is! We got the Confer 6000X ladder, which will be used with the deck next year. For now, we just built some steps, with a gate, to use with the ladder for the rest of the season.
We still need to determine some way of holding the solar cover when we want to use the pool. It's too big to move for one person, and we are reluctant to use a reel as it would be quite intrusive to the sight lines of our yard. Want to use Solar Saddles but don't want to drill into the pool! Also want to build some sort of equipment/ProLogic cover after we build the deck - not sure what to do there yet either.
I see you used the pink foam for the base, I'm assuming to make it softer to step as well as to add a barrier between the pool and the base.ive seen that material at Home Depot but never used it myself. Will it disintegrate/mold with the moisture? When we installed our 22x48 and now this one I was looking for a type of material I could use to make the bottom of the pool softer on the feet as well as protect the liner and the only thing I saw was some kind of gorilla pad. What made you use the pink foam?
