Anybody know about EZ Panel Pools?

[BigDave]

I'm pondering moving up from our donut. I'm considering semi-inground pools and want to know if anyone here's had any experience with EZ Panel Pools. I like the idea of a rectangular semi-inground pool with deep end and insulated walls. Is this stuff OK or a croc?
http://ezpanelpool.com/

[BigDave]

I suppose I can take no response to mean "nobody has or has seen one of these so it's probably best to avoid". With that in mind, does anybody have any experience with semi-inground pools? What brand? What works, doesn't? Caveats?

[aylad]

I suppose I can take no response to mean "nobody has or has seen one of these so it's probably best to avoid".

Sorry you haven't gotten any responses to this, but I would take it to mean "nobody has or has seen one of these so it might be ok but nobody knows for sure".

Janet

[TMan]

Hey BigDave, We've been looking at them too. Our pool is an aboveground buried (not really 'buried') 2-3 feet in ground. It's already served 10 years and has rusted thru sidewall. However the price of the e-z panel is out of our range, we have a 18x33 now. I'm looking at a resin pool, Aruba, and looks like we may go that way. And no one in my area has them in thier stores and will gladly install it for some outrageous price because we're not buying a doughboy, hmpf! We like what we see about ez-panel but it raises up out of the ag-pool-cheap-fun price range with the base price, expandable liner, and xtra install costs. Let us know what you find.

[BigDave]

TMan,
I couldn't get enough information or find a builder in the area with experience with EZPanel and have given up on the idea, I'm now looking to have a standard oval AG installed in the standard fashion and save up for an IG and the proprty taxes that will come with it.

[BigDave]

What happened when you got the rusted through sidewall? Complete collapse? Trickling leak? Streaming leak? River leak? Mississippi Leak?
This is what keeps me up at night.

[TMan]

sorry so late replying. It rusted thru and the liner held for the 2d half of the swim season last year and in sept. it broke through. Which was the end of our swimming anyway. So we replaced the pool this spring. New pool is aluminum sidewall and resin bottom track with steel posts. At least the sidewall won't rust through!