Swimming pools

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(05-15-2018, 09:14 PM)Cure4CF Wrote: I’ve been debating on getting one for the past couple years. I hear there a lot of work.  But it’s hot and the kids would love it.  I would just be going above ground as I couldn’t afford an inground one.  It would be from a pool place like Eastgate pools and spas or Watson.  I had one of them cheapos and never could get that piece o shite level.

Who has one?  Would you get another one?  Anything I should be looking for when shopping for it?   Thanks in advance!

I installed one last year. Got it from Home Depot, it's a Blue Wave Belize-- 15' x 52". Since my back yard isn't level, it took a massive amount of work for me to get the ground ready for the pool. I had to bust up a 17' x 17' piece of concrete then dig up the ground to get it close to level. I say close because i had to build the lower side up (something that no one recommends). So i did it by building a level box (kind of like a massive sand box) and i built the low end up by filling it with layers of the busted up concrete and some large cinder blocks and adding in the dug up earth. After i did all that, i had to build a retaining wall on the back and north side of the yard for support and to build the ground up to make it level. Through trial and error and redoing stuff, it took me 6 weeks to get it ready to install the pool. Because of my patience and ridiculous need for it to be perfect, i was able to get it to within 1/8" of being perfectly level (they say anything within 3" of level is acceptable) and it's not changed in the 9 months it's been filled--which is a good thing because i don't need 21 tons of water flowing down my back yard and flooding my neighbors yards. 

It was a long, sweaty and physically demanding job but it is welllllll worth it when it's hot out and i can get in and cool off for hours. Fortunately, i had a nephew and father that were very helpful along the way. 

I doubt you have such a large hill to climb (pun intended) so i would suggest doing what i did; watch lots and lots of videos of pool installations and stick to the time tested adage--measure 50 times, cut once. With all the hard labor behind me, i'm guessing i have several years of enjoyment ahead, and when this pool is in need of replacement, the second go round will be much easier.