Just getting started in St. Louis

[James63038]

Hello from St. Louis! Checking if there was anyone else out there from STL? We live on 26 acres and have plenty of space for a pool. Looking forward to researching on here about it.

[Watermom]

Nope, not from St. Louis, but just wanted to say hi and welcome you to the Pool Forum!

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[PoolDoc]

Just got through suggesting this to someone else. You may want to consider buying an Intex pool THIS year. You can enjoy it now, learn to manage your pool water, and discover what you really like.

You may end up keeping the Intex, but if not you can probably Craigslist it a year or two later for 50%, if you get a larger Ultra pool:

Intex 32-Foot by 16-Foot by 52-Inch Rectangular Ultra Frame Pool

If you do, two key points:

1. The pool site needs to be LEVEL, not nearly level.
2. Prep the site 100% and THEN buy the pool from Walmart or Amazon or someone else that will give you a 30-day return. Intex does honor warranties, but slo-o-owly.

If you're ready to install the pool as soon as it arrives, you'll be able to exchange it if there's a problem (maybe 5% of the pools) rather than wrestling with Intex.