Thanks for the info on who makes the pools. My wife's friend up in NY puts one up herself every summer, and says you really do need only one person to do it. Apparently the top of the pool has a rubber ring you place around the lip, and as you will it, once you flatten out the bottom as best you can, the water does the rest, lifting teh ring, thus the walls, and stretching out many of the wrinkles. She says she walks around the inside of the pool as it fills the first few inches so she can see where the bigger wrinkles are and smooth those out, and by the time there is a foot in there she just steps out and lets the hose do the rest of the work. The filter is a small gadget that hooks right to the side, the only thing you need to do is put in the hose that attaches to it that filters the water. I think chemicals (chlorine, and sometimes PH) is dispensed in this little plastic tub that floats around. You drop in a tablet of chlorine, the floating tub has holes in the bottom, that adds your chemicals.You can leave it in the pool floating when not in use, and just fish it out if you're going to be in with the kids. She says it was a bit more work the first time she set it up, as she had to put down the base cloth that goes beneath it and then walk it to search for rocks and hard lumps and twigs and branches, but that if you have a decent enough, relatively flat patch of ground, that's about an hour of walking around to prep the spot and then you're good to go.
Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com ----- Original Message ----- From: mark To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] swimming pools the company that makes these pools is called intex they are called easy set pools ----- Original Message ----- From: Chanting Monks To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] swimming pools Jennifer, Have you considered one of those rubber pools that you can set up yourself that is small enough for you to handle your kids in, and which you can replace relatively inexpensively in a year or two? The Wal Mart here has a 13 foot round pool, only 3 and a half feet deep, with filter, a cover that is like a shower cap for the entire pool, and a little ladder for about a hundred thirty bucks. The pool is a sturdy rubber, I have several friends who have them, and I think they now make an oval one that isn't exactly going to impress the International Olympic Committee, but is big enough to do laps in. I am not sure of the brand name, but I have been thinking about one because I live in Florida, and if a hurricane blew through, I could just empty it, roll it up, and then put it back up after the wind stops blowing. For the price and being able to replace it so much more easily than one of the pools with metal walls and posts, that might offer you the best of both worlds. Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jennifer Jackson To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:32 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] swimming pools Hey everybody, you guys have been lots of help with my housing questions. I really appreciate it. My newest question is about pools. I am not interested in a house with a pool now as my kids are so little. Perhaps if I just had one and could swim with him to supervise, but with three there is no way. Anyway, how big a space in the yard do I need for a pool? I am thinking above ground. I would love something big enough to really swim laps in, but probably I am going with something smaller and more reasonable. I know we have several people with pools on the list, and I will welcome your opinions. Jennifer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
