We bought our share of solar covers. Since we had a 16 foot by 32-foot oval pool, I always needed to trim the cover. Some came as a 16 foot by 32-foot rectangular shape. Others came as ovals but did not fit the shape of the pool. We depended on the sun to heat our…
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Like the railings, the gate would be made of 2 x 4 rails and stiles and 2 x 2 balusters. How the gate would operate was the issue. I did not want anything on the pool deck to help with the gate that would cause toes to be stubbed. I thought about a sliding gate,…
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I continued my work on the pool deck. I now would start on the filter side of the pool deck. Things went fairly well. I designed and built a hatch opening to get at the filter skimmer cover. The filter itself would be placed on a concrete pad outside the deck. I planned on building…
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Using pressure-treated deck boards was the most cost-effective way at that time. There were some man-made products on the market, but they were very costly. Now you can find a variety of types and colors of decking at your home improvement stores for a decent price. I was not going to use the one-inch thick…
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Even though the deck was not complete, I needed to put down something between the house and pool deck. The kids were walking on the dirt and bringing it into the pool. I needed to get the concrete patio done. The thought of just a concrete slab did not thrill me. In fact, to get…
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Excited to get started on the pool deck, I was up early on Saturday morning. I needed to wait until 8:00 AM to start using power tools as to not disturb the neighbors. I would first need to layout the posts locations. Believe me, I spent a lot of time figuring out the height of…
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Once the pool was in place, we filled the openings around the pool with stone gravel. Nothing with equipment. Simply good old back breaking work. Once that job was complete, I could start on the pool deck. I would use pressure-treated wood for the structure. I would have preferred a more stable, man-made decking, but…
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The contractor excavated an area behind the pool where there was a three-foot hill. Before I could start the pool deck, I needed to build a retaining wall. Using 6 x 6 inch pressure-treated timbers, I started laying the base for the retaining wall. Once I had the first layer level, I secured the timbers…
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I had an above ground pool for over 25 years. Over the years I seen that green nasty algae form on the pool walls and cloud the water. The key is to manage the pool water chemistry so that does not happen, but at the same time limit the amount of chemicals in the water…
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Even though I had read the pool instructions several times, I sat down at the kitchen table and wrote out a list of things to do. Trying my best to prioritize my list, I rewrote the list a few times until I got it right. I was ready to start right away, but I would…