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Mark, Thanks! I had never even given that a thought. We are planning on putting a duel fuel wood/oil bunner in our house for the up comming winter, we are going to use to heat the water for the house for radiant heating & regular water use as well as forced air through the furnace. Now all I will have to do is convince my husband to run an extra pipe out to the pool. If you have a picture of the stand alone unit that you built, I would love to see it. That is an absolutely awesome idea. Good job Mark! Thanks, Sara

I can't get the the thing to work. I keep getting this message: Sorry, dynamic pages in the tags are not allowed WTF does that mean? I thougth I was computer literate, I have been had!

We instaled our 24' above ground pool last July. We bought the 2" blue foam insulation from lowes and put down under the liner. We had to cut it it fit the shape of the pool and then blew through about 20 rolls off duct tape to secure it all together. It has been the best thing ever! My parents pool has had a sand bottom for over 20 years (yes it is still standing) and the bottom of their pool is rough and bumpy to walk on on. Mine is soft and smooth! I will tell you that when dirt gets in the pool, it seems to lie in the seems, but that is the only time you can even tell where the seems are. If I had to do over again, I would have gotten the happy bottom and put on top the blue foam for and extra layer of protection. Good luck! If you go with my reccomendation, you will not be dissapointed!

Ok, I have a 24' above ground pool and am currently using chlorine. Last night I bought a SWG (got a GREAT price) and am thinking about switching. I am now using thoose cheap testing strips, but I kno I need something better. My question is, will the Taylor 2006 kit that you all keep raving about ork for both the chlorine and the SWG? It seems that it will work, but sometimes I need the answer Barney style, rather than having to figure it out on own. Thank in advance for your paitence in my ignorance and you answers. Sara

Sounds to me like you need new medium in your filter. Not sure, I have always used sand. if your filter medium is dirty your pool will NEVER get clean. If your filter looses pressure too much for too long, your pump will burn up. I would change out the DE if I were you. As far as you other questions. Yes, they are an incredible amount of work (aboput 2 hours a week). Yes, they do cost alot of money (about $200/year). Yes it is worth it if you want to spend quality time with your family at home. THat last one was not one of your questions, i just thought I would add my two cents.

I do get a lot of sun in my backyard. I think we are going to go with the solar panel thing. We can get it from Namco for $200, not bad...I thought it would be more than that! Thanks for your help.

My parents have an ester williams 18'x32' that is burried about 1 1/2 feet on one of the short sides. They have had it for about 15 years with no problems and the original liner to boot! It is a great pool and has stood the test of time. If I was going to have to bury a pool, this would be the one I'd choose just from my personal expirences with it. Thanks for your reply. As it turns out, we needed to bury it less than 2 feet and the cost difference of the steel pool package versus the extruded aluminum pool package was close to $3000, so we opted to go with the steel pool. I'm still a little nervous about having to bury it but since my original post we have further discussed this issue with our pool installer and he assured us that we would be fine going with a steel pool. I have also talked to friends and actually gone around the neighborhood as well and talked with people who have steel pools partially buried and they have had no problems. I hope we are as fortunate as they all have been. Thanks again for your reply. Your welcome. I am sure everyting will be fine. After telling my mom about this question she corrected me. Apparently my math skills are a little rusty. Her pool is actually about 25 years old, not 15 as I earlier stated. That should give you an added boost of confidence! Happy Swimming!!!

My parents have an ester williams 18'x32' that is burried about 1 1/2 feet on one of the short sides. They have had it for about 15 years with no problems and the original liner to boot! It is a great pool and has stood the test of time. If I was going to have to bury a pool, this would be the one I'd choose just from my personal expirences with it. Thanks for your reply. As it turns out, we needed to bury it less than 2 feet and the cost difference of the steel pool package versus the extruded aluminum pool package was close to $3000, so we opted to go with the steel pool. I'm still a little nervous about having to bury it but since my original post we have further discussed this issue with our pool installer and he assured us that we would be fine going with a steel pool. I have also talked to friends and actually gone around the neighborhood as well and talked with people who have steel pools partially buried and they have had no problems. I hope we are as fortunate as they all have been. Thanks again for your reply. Your welcome. I am sure everyting will be fine. After telling my mom about this question she corrected me. Apparently my math skills are a little rusty. Her pool is actually about 25 years old, not 15 as I earlier stated. That should give you an added boost of confidence! Happy Swimming!!!

Have you thought about doing it yourself? We installed our pool last year, we learned alot in the process, but we did it. Getting the gound level is key. We had a friend come in with a sod cutter to help with this process and used the snow plow on the tractor to clear the extra dirt and what not. You could probably call a landacaping company if you don't have the means to do it yourself. Then we burried patio bricks where the uprights went and put down a layer of sand (small amount). Getting the walls up was the hardest part! We had 5 people helping and got it up in about an hour. The most important thing we learned at this portion is to go ahead and put up the smaller top rail (not sure what it is called) and the center post srew thingies (not sure what they are called either.) The reason this is important is because if the wind blows it will knock down the walls (we learned this the hard way), and for some strange reason this small piece of metal gave the pool walls enough stregnth to stay standing. We used the blue foam insulation (from Lowe's) as a "padding" instead of sand and blew threw about 20 rolls of duck tape to join them all together. We cut the holes for the skimmer and return where we wanted them using a drill to start the hole and tin snips to cut. Then we covered the area with roll on bed liner stuff available at any parts store, this was just an added layer of rust protection. Next we put in the liner and and installed the top rails, added a little bit of water and got all the wrinkles out. It was smooth sailing at this point. We installed screws at the uprights on the patio blocks to ensure that the pool wouldn't move before we had the water delivered. I have put togerther alot of things, and I would have to say that this was easier than the metal swing set. Good luck!

My parents have an ester williams 18'x32' that is burried about 1 1/2 feet on one of the short sides. They have had it for about 15 years with no problems and the original liner to boot! It is a great pool and has stood the test of time. If I was going to have to bury a pool, this would be the one I'd choose just from my personal expirences with it.

I live in Maryland. I am looking to extend the swimming season. I know that there is a propane option available, but I am not all that crazy about that one. The swimming season is mid June to early September without any type of "heater" I thought maybe a could squeeze in a few more weeks. What would you suggest?

Ok, my family and I installed a pool last year. My husband didn't want one, I wanted ingorund, so we comprimised and got a 24' above ground pool. We are going to install a full walk around composite deck very soon. My husbands family have an inground pool and my family has an above ground pool, we are no strangers to the working of pools. What I want to know is how do you heat your pool. My huband's family never used anything, so I am trying to talk him into something. My family used a regular blue solar cover, I thought it worked fine. I have seen so many things on the market I don't know where to satrt: Solar cover Solar Pill Liquid filled fish shaped things Solar rings Solar panel kits Money and time are not an issue, I just want safe and effective. What do you think? Thanks!!!