Not Sure How this will Go......<Pool or boat?>

[HangOutdoors]

@captainhook I totally agree, although I have some neighbors whom are a hassle and more interested in what I am doing. So I am sure they were going to make a phone call.

I found a Dingo for a couple hundred bucks for the day delivered and I have some fill and mason sand ready to be delivered on Friday. So everything is set to go on Friday, Saturday as long as I can get the building permit and the electrical inspector tells me what he specifically wants me to do and if I am capable of such.

I read about bonding, running the wire around the pool 6" deep between 18" - 24" away from the pool. Tie it into 4 of the legs and something with a skimmer. The pump is double insulated and doesn't have a bonding lug. Not sure how it is going to work out.

 

[Yambers]

I didn’t even bother with all the permit bullshit. Ran an extension cord and took it down in the winter. Equipment for that pool draws so little an extension cord is fine. I even upgraded mine and was running the saltwater chlorine generator and it still drew little.

I agree with this. I ended up running a dedicated line, but ran it on a cord for 2 years.

 

[HangOutdoors]

Building Permit was just approved, meh. Had to pay another fee... Cutting into my boat mod funds. So will see what the Electrical Inspector says. I would love to just run a heavy cord and then sort it out later. That would be awesome.

 

[HangOutdoors]

Game on. Soon as it is installed. Admiral gives me keys back to boat

 

[HangOutdoors]

Slow going with sod removal

 

[HangOutdoors]

Meh

 

[mkbcaptain]

Palm trees delivered and installed. I have to wait a year to hang the hammock.

 

[HangOutdoors]

Leveling this thing by hand is utter hell...... I just want to be on the boat

 

[RobbieO]

Leveling this thing by hand is utter hell...... I just want to be on the boat

I’m praying for you bro. You’ve put a lot of work into your boat and pool. Hope it all comes together soon. Happy Wife, Happy Life.

 

[Julian]

Leveling this thing by hand is utter hell...... I just want to be on the boat

I thought you'd rented something to do it with???

 

[HangOutdoors]

I rented a Dingo, but that doesn't really allow me to level the ground and fine tune. I returned the Dingo already to Home Depot. I used it to remove the sod and put it close with a few inches or so, but I am leveling down to virgin earth per the recommendations. So I have a 13' 2 x 4 with a hole in one end and I have a pin through it and a level attached to it. We rotate it around the circle to bring down high spots to level. Clay, dirt and sand mix. Using flat shovels and the flat side of the pick and just moving around the circle. Hands are pretty tore up. Admiral has a bad back, kids are helping as well. Apparently it is bad to build up to make level because the upright will sink. So I have been told to level, for the most part, down to virgin earth. Then put my 2" x 1' x 1' concrete Pads down. Put 1" of Masonry sand around then use Foam Board, preferably extruded, 1". Pink or XPS to give it a nice smooth bottom and extra protection. Then set and fill pool.

The hardest part is leveling the damn ground. Worse thing I have ever done in a long time The circle we are leveling is between 2" - 1' below grade, because of the slope.

Anyhow from what I have read on Home - Trouble Free Pool which seems full of great info and knowledge. Once I check the level on all the pads going around and they are within 1/2" or less of each other on virgin earth, the rest could be done fairly easily and quickly.

This is an earlier pic from today, as of early evening we are about 60% ish and running into an area of clay roots and stones.

 

[captainhook]

If I can make a suggestion—make this pad big enough for the pool you’ll upgrade to after you decide you love this one. My first one was a blow up pool that was like $20. That lasted less than a week before I bought the first Intex. Kept that for five years and then moved and bought a bigger one. I posted a pic earlier of what I have now.

With all the work you’re doing, it probably makes sense to plan ahead.

 

[RobbieO]

I rented a Dingo, but that doesn't really allow me to level the ground and fine tune. I returned the Dingo already to Home Depot. I used it to remove the sod and put it close with a few inches or so, but I am leveling down to virgin earth per the recommendations. So I have a 13' 2 x 4 with a hole in one end and I have a pin through it and a level attached to it. We rotate it around the circle to bring down high spots to level. Clay, dirt and sand mix. Using flat shovels and the flat side of the pick and just moving around the circle. Hands are pretty tore up. Admiral has a bad back, kids are helping as well. Apparently it is bad to build up to make level because the upright will sink. So I have been told to level, for the most part, down to virgin earth. Then put my 2" x 1' x 1' concrete Pads down. Put 1" of Masonry sand around then use Foam Board, preferably extruded, 1". Pink or XPS to give it a nice smooth bottom and extra protection. Then set and fill pool.

The hardest part is leveling the damn ground. Worse thing I have ever done in a long time The circle we are leveling is between 2" - 1' below grade, because of the slope.

Anyhow from what I have read on Home - Trouble Free Pool which seems full of great info and knowledge. Once I check the level on all the pads going around and they are within 1/2" or less of each other on virgin earth, the rest could be done fairly easily and quickly.

This is an earlier pic from today, as of early evening we are about 60% ish and running into an area of clay roots and stones.

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It's a good thing your soil is not clay. Sticks to everything and clumps. I can't imagine trying to level clay soil.

 

[malibu Dan]

May I make a suggestion as well. We had put up a 12x24 inter pool at our last house. Leveling was a pain for sure. I wish I would have put sand down a few inches deep that extended out a few feet around the perimeter.. after a few years the shear weight of the pool pushing down on the soil exacerbated rocks coming up underneath.. you could walk around the inside of the pool and occasionally feel the rocks under your feet. Also the sand perimeter would have made it easier to maintain the lawn edge during the summer..

 

[HangOutdoors]

@malibu Dan Thanks for the info. The plan is to go two feet beyond pool with sand or so. Plus all the legs will be on concrete blocks. There will also be 1" Foam Board Extruded, triple taped between the bottom of the pool and the sand.

Since you all know I like diagrams, here is the one where it shows what I am doing.

Good news, is I just finish the initial level all the way around the pool and going to go get a Slurpee...!!! Going to get concrete pads and will get those installed next then level all of them to each other, then sand... Roller or Compactor, foam board, then pool.

While the pool is filling this week I will be putting on my Keel Guard and loading the boat with everything ready to go!

 

[HangOutdoors]

Wow. So I have the top rail assembled and I bought some pavers for under the legs. I made myself a water level out of tube, a 5 gallon bucket, dye, wood and some wooden yardsticks and I was going around and checking for the lowest paver so I can level all the other pavers to it which is the next step. I did this because my red Bosch laser level I can't see in the bright sunlight and I am not going to go spend $400+ on a transit rotational level right now.

Anyhow, I went up to the Market to buy water coloring dye and on the way out I saw these. I bought 2, one Strawberry and one Lime Margarita. figured they would be refreshing. Chilled them up, filled up a tall plastic tumbler with about 3/4's or slightly more and ice. Started drinking and measuring. About 30 minutes or so later I am stumbling around the pool, while the admiral is writing down the measurements I am giving her on each of the 24 pavers. Next thing I know I am pretty smashed. It Crept up on me quick, probably with the heat as well. I go read the bottle and realize it is almost 14% ALC./Vol. I didn't realize that. Figured they were a girly drink. So Yeah. None the less, refreshing on a hot evening. Pool is getting there....

Bottled Strawberry Margarita | Rancho Gloria (rancholagloria.com)

 

[RobbieO]

Wow. So I have the top rail assembled and I bought some pavers for under the legs. I made myself a water level out of tube, a 5 gallon bucket, dye, wood and some wooden yardsticks and I was going around and checking for the lowest paver so I can level all the other pavers to it which is the next step.

Anyhow, I went up to the Market to buy water coloring dye and on the way out I saw these. I bought 2, one Strawberry and one Lime Margarita. figured they would be refreshing. Chilled them up, filled up a tall plastic tumbler with about 3/4's or slightly more and ice. Started drinking and measuring. About 30 minutes or so later I am stumbling around the pool, while the admiral is writing down the measurements I am giving her on each of the 24 pavers. Next thing I know I am pretty smashed. It Crept up on me quick, probably with the heat as well. I go read the bottle and realize it is almost 14% ALC./Vol. I didn't realize that. Figured they were a girly drink. So Yeah. None the less, refreshing on a hot evening. Pool is getting there....

Bottled Strawberry Margarita | Rancho Gloria (rancholagloria.com)


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Close enough!

 

[HangOutdoors]

You can also see all the fence I am taking down and trees, since I want a privacy fence. Neighbor has a lot of clutter in their yard. Figured start clearing now and do fence in fall after salmon season

 

[HangOutdoors]

Ok, I think today will be the day that I get the boat keys back from the Admiral and I can get on the water this weekend. Pavers Down, Sand down, Everything spot on level, XPS Foam board going down and pool will be set up this afternoon with water going in.

 

[jetboatjay]

This has been so much fun to follow. Please don't just add water and be done with the project....figure out a way to update us on the deck around the pool or the installation of the paver walkway from the house to the pool....something to keep us entertained please! This has been great for months now.

In all seriousness, you have done great work. Your "do-it-yourself" attitude has inspired me to fire my lawn service and mow my own lawn! (But not every week, they still come 3 times a month. )