Finally installing. A few random questions:

[hrsdennis]

Hey Bad, Check out this thread and let me know if this is the pool you are installing.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=4411

Those instructions are something else.

[badutahboy]

That's the thread I was referring to..

My wall has a different pattern, but from what I understand, Atlantic pools packages the same pool under 3 different names, with different wall designs.. The one I bought is called the J-5000.. they also call it the Vantage, and I don't know the third name, but I don't think it's gibralter... regardless, the pools are VERY similar... so I would assume the install procedure would be almost exactly the same.

[badutahboy]

Bump.. Dennis? got any advice?

[hrsdennis]

Hi, I am off today to build a 15 x 30. I will get a few detailed photos for you. I only use a string on one side and a center point as a guide. From there I space with the bottom rails and connecting straps.

With a tape measure I make sure the distance apart is the same at the front and rear of the braces. I also check the entire brace assembly for square before backfilling.

I hope I can post more this evening, Dennis

[badutahboy]

Hi, I am off today to build a 15 x 30. I will get a few detailed photos for you. I only use a string on one side and a center point as a guide. From there I space with the bottom rails and connecting straps.

With a tape measure I make sure the distance apart is the same at the front and rear of the braces. I also check the entire brace assembly for square before backfilling.

I hope I can post more this evening, Dennis

Awesome... That's pretty close to what I was anticipating doing myself... I'd appreciate the pics!

Thanks a ton for all your advice. Without folks like you, the entire web would be a useless collection of porn and news sites.

[waste]

Bad, not all the porn is useless

[hrsdennis]

OK Ted, just because I had an uncontrollable laugh at your last comment, that doesn’t make me guilty of anything.

So I got to work today, I had my camera but forgot the batteries. I had my cheap backup however, it always travels with me. When I get to a job I just want to know four things. I need to know where one end of the pool will be and where one side will be. I also ask where you want the vegetation piled and where you want the filter located.

In this case the pool was to run parallel with the house, not the back fence. I measured off the house to set the stakes for my side string. If you look close you will see my stakes are just screwdrivers, they work best for me. I came in 15’ from my end point and I have a center. With a center point and a side string I am set to go. This picture shows my first brace set against the string and point directly at my center stake.



From that one brace assembly I can use the bottom rails and straps to correctly position the rest of the braces. With all of this laid out you need to check for square before you begin to dig. Make a rectangle out or the six braces. Crisscross a tape measure from the outside brace on one side to the opposing outside brace on the other side. Adjust all three braces on one side or the other, side to side, until they measure perfectly square. If one side is just a touch off the string and it measures square you are set to mark your trenches. Once marked simply move the brace assemblies aside and dig.



This is where my laser level works its magic. The bottom channel is 3”. If I have determined the ground level to be a one I set all of the brace channels and the tops of all of the blocks at a four. I then move the brace assemblies back into place. I line up with the string, check for square and then recheck the top level of the front and back of each brace. I may have to tap one down a bit or raise one a hair, but I make them all prefect. I then backfill and pack the trenches and the braces are set.

Hope that helps a little, Dennis