Finally installing. A few random questions:

[badutahboy]

The only things that go in the ground are the channels. The track, pressure plates and straps go on top of the ground.



Have a fun day, Dennis

Sweeet jebus that'll save me a lot of time. It took me like 2 hours to dig the one trench yesterday... I ought to be able to get the other two done in about 30 min apiece now.

thanks a lot! I'll try to post some pics tonight..

[badutahboy]

Stupid weather. It was supposed to be cool today, but dry.. it's been raining all day.. grrrrr... guess all I'm doing today is building the braces... Guess that's ok though, since they take FOREVER... daaaaaang.

Dennis, one more question for you.... do you scoop any loose dirt over the plates and straps, or should I just lay my foam right over the top of them? I know you usually cover them with sand, but what should I do in my circumstance?

[badutahboy]

Got one more question for you dennis....

Do I need to cover the panels with dirt prior to laying down my foam? They're sitting on top of the dirt, just like yours show in your pics... I'm afraid the sides of them will tear right through the foam and ruin my liner.. but at the same time, if I cover them, I either have to bring in an inch of dirt, or taper the rest of the pool to avoid humps.

Any advice?

[hrsdennis]

Yes, they do need to be well covered. I would install the wall first and then cover the pressure plates.

Dennis

[badutahboy]

Dammmmmmmit


This thing is one problem after another.

Got the wall up this morning (that was a battle, with two worthless helpers.)... got ready to put down foam, and realized that I don't have a skimmer.. they didn't ship it.

I called into poolsupplies customer service, and they REFUSED to overnight it, no matter what... So now I'm waiting a week before I even get my skimmer.

What should I do in the meantime? I'm afraid of the walls collapsing, but I don't know what I can do to prevent it... Any inout?

[hrsdennis]

By all means, finish the pool and get some water in it before it blows down. You can fill the pool to just under the skimmer level.

Setting up the filter with temp hoses going over the wall is easy. I would stay the course and get er done.

And please let us see what is going on.

Best of luck, Dennis

[badutahboy]

By all means, finish the pool and get some water in it before it blows down. You can fill the pool to just under the skimmer level.

Setting up the filter with temp hoses going over the wall is easy. I would stay the course and get er done.

And please let us see what is going on.

Best of luck, Dennis

I haven't taken any pics because I suck like that... I'm horrible about remembering to take pics, and I always regret it later...


Just ran into another problem.. we're 3" out of level from one end to the other... I have NO idea how that happened.... so I guess we're tearing stuff out and re-leveling.

I'm so damned frustrated that I'm ready to scrap the whole project.