Setting up Inflatable swimming pool HELP needed!!!!

purplesofa

I want to set the pool up on our deck, we have one that is ground level.

Will the slatted wood be ok for the pool,

kids say put it in the yard, I want it on the deck.

help please.

purps

misanthropic

I'd help you Purps but I haven't the first clue...

we have an inflatable pool. how big is yours? ours is 18' round x 4' deep. it is extremely heavy and needs to be on a flat surface. even on sand it gets packed down so hard and stones you never knew were in the sand start poking through. you'd feel every slat and the space in between and i can't imagine it would be a good situation. you'd probably have a hard time while it's filling with the water wanting to push the pool down between the wood decking. my personal opinion would be to put it in the yard. pm me with any other questions...

purplesofa

thanks middle child .......that makes sense.

guess it will go in the yard.....

My daughter tried to tell me but I guess i had to hear it from someone else.

purps

bigdreaux

no purps, do not put it on slats. trust me, your asking for trouble. you need sand underneath it. it will tear if you do as you are planning.

middlechild

no prob. glad to help.

hubert

Shoot, I just gave you directions for an 18 foot pool.!!!! (duh) I was thinking it wa san 18 footer, because of the next post that talked about it. Ignore the assembly procedures, but use the other info. Sorry.

Nope, not on the deck. You'll rip the liner.

Did it come with directions? If so, go by the directions. If you don't, you are wasting your time. I'll get you started. I put in four pools in my lifetime. I don't know it all, but I know the 18 foot above ground pooll quite well.

Okay, find a lever area of your yard, I think depending on zoning laws, at least six feet from a building (house, home) and also six feet from property lines. If you don't they will make you take it down. You should check with your town hall, and get a permit. They will give you the rules. Ask them if you don't know them.

Measure out 6 feet, plus 9 feet more from a building (15 feet) and drive a pipe in the gound, fairly straight up, not angled. Take a heavy duty string or chord, tie a loop in one end, drop that over the pipe. Make sur eit is loose, so it can revolve around the pipe. Measure out exactly nine feet, tie a not in the string at that point. That will be the centerline of the support posts for the pool. Take flat stones, preferably cement, 4 inch by 4 inch square. Set them on the grasswith the center of the stones exactly on the nine foot mark from the center pipe. Level the stone. Measure the distance to where the next post wil be, and do the same, until you have a "ring" of flat stone all the way around. That will be your wall for the 18 foot pool. If you rland there is pretty flat, you may get by without leveling "across" to the other side. If you need to, you can measure from the pipe across to each flat stone, with a fairly straight 2 by 4, ten foot length. Just eye the board along the 2 inch wide edge. If it bows a lot, get a better one. You are ready to assemble the pool. Put the ring together on the flat stone, one piece at a time, like you would a train set. Check the radius from the center of the pool with the string knot again, then start with the wall. I hope you have directions here, because if you don't you should find someone who can help you with the rest of the assembly. You'll need at least two other people or more to do the rest. Once you get the wall up, take the pipe and string out.

Now, either get some fine powdered sand, or they also sell a kind of calk material, something like cat litter, to put down inside the pool. Fill the bottom with about 3 to 4 inches sand or similar material, all the way around. Rake it, and back fill around the edge to the ring, sloping it down. You need to cover the ring area, and the cement blocks real good. You don't want the liner to come in contact with the blocks, because it will eventually cause leaks, or worse, a tear. Just smooth it down by hand near the wall area, tapering it down to the center. (I dig out the entire pool area about 4 inches deep, but you don't really have to do that). Check for stone, even small ones. remove them and your ready to install the liner. It's not tha hard a job to do, but it can take a day or two, depending on nhow much help you get, and if anyone is experienced in doing this.

If you have any questions, p.m. me and I'll try to (swim) walk you through it.

Good luck. :)

Hubert

What-A-Coincidence

i am king at inflating ;-)

hubert

Maybe I should go there and blow it up for you, I am full of hot air tonight. LOL !!

Hubert

smellsgood

purps,

if you put it on the grass, the grass will die!! I was just swimming in ours, you just inflate the top ring. Alas, ours is deflated due to a cat jumping up on it and scratching it a couple years back. The surface must be flat, ours is just on the gravel. Make sure to put chlorine in it otherwise it will get slimy...fast!

Setting up Inflatable swimming pool HELP needed!!!!

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