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Post by iadave on Mar 16, 2012 20:08:37 GMT -5
Actually I had a friend dig one with the 4020. Laid plastic on the bottom. The weight of the water will hold the seams from leaking. As I recall he did put some sand in and around for the beach effect.
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Post by Ron/PA on Mar 17, 2012 6:52:18 GMT -5
There's a guy over the hill from me who had one installed that's just a sand lined hole with a liner in it. A custom made liner I'm sure, as it was a very intricate hole. A gentle slope from ground level that ended up into a 8 or 10 foot deep end. As I recall from the permit it was pretty pricey and I never did see how they tied in the pump and filter.
Anyhow, our pool dealer where we get supplies, helped a local farmer build just what you want to do. He had bin rings and buried it so he had just the right height above ground, ran a split covering over the edge, then put in an over the lip liner. He'd already cut out the intake and return holes and found a way to seal the intake then worked the liner in just like a store bought pool. As far as I know it's still standing, although I doubt it's in use any longer. They built a small deck with steps from the ground and a storebought ladder into the pool.
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Post by alex8100 on Dec 12, 2012 13:04:01 GMT -5
Pools are really a large part of your delight and they offer a cooling ambience wherein you can refresh yourself and get rid of irksomeness.Me and my wife also looking forward to installed it.However once you have decided to construct a pool, there are so many thoughts that walk in randomly.This information will be helpful for me.Thanks everyone...
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Post by 420 on Dec 12, 2012 13:54:15 GMT -5
MARLAND,my main concern would be the complaints from neighbors,I have seen your picture...............
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Post by MarlandS on Dec 14, 2012 12:31:49 GMT -5
I don't get in them .. too much like bathing............
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Post by royranch on Dec 19, 2012 20:04:08 GMT -5
I want pictures of it when finished, please.
And send one to Jeff fox worthy also
Roy
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Post by jodyd on Jan 7, 2013 21:46:07 GMT -5
We had one when I was a kid. We dug three bin rings into the ground so it was flush. We put a 1 1/2 "PVC pipe split open over the sharp edge. We put in a liner. We actually had a drain on it too. When it drained, it went into the garden which was at a lower elevation. It worked great.
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Post by ke1028 on Jan 17, 2023 21:21:31 GMT -5
This is an old post, so I am responding to anyone reading this wanting to do this going forward. I grew up in the same town where GSI is located. They sold bin rings for pools for a while in the early 90's, they had a special corrugation pitch they used so that they could use a single coil sheet and make the pool 48" tall. We had one, several others in town did as well. You do not need to have external stiffeners, just a heavy enough gauge and by that I mean something around 14-18. Standard liners work. Cover the bolt heads on the inside with closed cell foam and secure with tape. Tape doesn't matter, once water is in the pool the foam isn't moving. Heavy sandpaper for the top edge, and go to a hardware store and buy a u-channel gasket and enough low pressure 1" black plastic flexible water tubing of the type they use to run sprinkler systems. Run the U-channel over the top edge. Lap the liner over the u-channel. Take the flexible tubing, set up a jig and grab a utility knife and cut a slit in it, keep it straight. Slide the tubing over the lapped liner. That's it for the liner. The hardest part is cutting a skimmer basket in the steel, and keeping it from rusting AND leaking. The corrugation makes a skimmer tough, but if you are handy with tin snips, you can fashion an intake well enough and seal it with cork gasket, silicone and screws. You will need to pad with thick closed cell foam around the framing so that the liner does not perforate when water puts pressure on it. If you can keep the skimmer from rusting (best case scenario use bedliner spray or roll on), it should give you 10 years before you have to start thinking about a replacement. Good luck.
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