Home and garden projects
Jun 8th 2017, 1:52 pm
#783
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Joined: Jul 2015
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 2,055
Re: Home and garden projects
The geology in Florida is unusual, with high water table and highly permeable ground. Here in this part of NC the ground is solid clay and digging into it is like digging candlewax, literally. You can dig a hole with vertical sides and the side will not fall into the hole, at all, and it can be difficult for a septic tank to drain because of the clay. I don't even know where our water table is, all I know is that I have never dug deep enough to find it despite a having dug down 4-5 feet on at least 14 occasions that I remember.
The only significant risk I would see here is that rainfall could pass behind the pool liner and try to float the liner out, but so long as there is concrete apron around the pool to direct water several feet away from the pool, that problem is unlikely IMO. That said, it is generally bad practice to leave a pool empty for longer than the briefest possible time.
The only significant risk I would see here is that rainfall could pass behind the pool liner and try to float the liner out, but so long as there is concrete apron around the pool to direct water several feet away from the pool, that problem is unlikely IMO. That said, it is generally bad practice to leave a pool empty for longer than the briefest possible time.
So, while the risk may be low, it's still there.
Jun 8th 2017, 3:07 pm
#785
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: CT
Posts: 33,488
Re: Home and garden projects
Jun 8th 2017, 3:10 pm
#786
Austin. TX.
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 5,930
Re: Home and garden projects
I've had a pool for the last 15.5 years....
the most useful resource for me has been troublefreepool.com forum. It is brilliant and has saved me a small fortune here.
Balancing pool chemistry is the most important thing and there is no way I will ever trust a pool store to do it.
the most useful resource for me has been troublefreepool.com forum. It is brilliant and has saved me a small fortune here.
Balancing pool chemistry is the most important thing and there is no way I will ever trust a pool store to do it.
oh, we're on form today!
Jun 8th 2017, 3:50 pm
#790
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Joined: Jul 2015
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 2,055
Re: Home and garden projects
I've had a pool for the last 15.5 years....
the most useful resource for me has been troublefreepool.com forum. It is brilliant and has saved me a small fortune here.
Balancing pool chemistry is the most important thing and there is no way I will ever trust a pool store to do it.
the most useful resource for me has been troublefreepool.com forum. It is brilliant and has saved me a small fortune here.
Balancing pool chemistry is the most important thing and there is no way I will ever trust a pool store to do it.
Jun 8th 2017, 6:00 pm
#792
Deep in the woods of CT
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 7,002
Re: Home and garden projects
Darn, my dogs are going to want a deck next to their pool now!
Jun 12th 2017, 9:50 pm
#794
Wolf In Sheeps Clothing
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 947
Re: Home and garden projects
Awesome! Today I worked more on cleaning my pool. I chlorine washed all the walls and scooped 130 dead frogs out of the bottom of the pool.
On Friday I have a sewage truck coming to pump out the rest of the dirty water.
On Saturday I have a pool guy coming to install me a new timer for the pump.
On Sunday I might be swimming
How long is it going to take for your install start to finish?
On Friday I have a sewage truck coming to pump out the rest of the dirty water.
On Saturday I have a pool guy coming to install me a new timer for the pump.
On Sunday I might be swimming
How long is it going to take for your install start to finish?
Then the landscaping starts - boy did they mess up the garden! Fortunately it was only grass but it was a bit of a shock.
Jun 13th 2017, 1:08 am
#795
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Joined: Mar 2015
Location: NC, USA (ex Yorkshire)
Posts: 4,375
Re: Home and garden projects
Well the digging started last Thursday morning and the pool was in, leveled and plumbed by lunchtime Friday. Our city requires an inspection of the pipework and that happens tomorrow. Once that's done they can finish the back fill and do the concrete around the pool. With luck we should be in it before the end of the month!
Then the landscaping starts - boy did they mess up the garden! Fortunately it was only grass but it was a bit of a shock.
Then the landscaping starts - boy did they mess up the garden! Fortunately it was only grass but it was a bit of a shock.
My landscaping is in total ruin right now - partly due to the lack of a previous owner and partly where I dumped the wheelbarrows full of crap found at the bottom of the pool.
