Above ground pools

Jeff · March 19, 2018, 01:25:59 PM

I mispelled it.
http://lomart.com/

Above Ground Swimming Pool Manufacturer | Pool Filters | Pool Products

LeeB · March 19, 2018, 02:12:47 PM

Made in Arkansas. Might be worth a trip to the factory.

Jeff · March 19, 2018, 02:53:04 PM

I've been impressed with ours. I've seen several pools in our neighborhood come and go within the time we have had ours.

LeeB · March 19, 2018, 02:56:19 PM

The manufacturers also make two other brands, both with good reviews. It seems they don't sell direct to the public though. Closest dealer is about 2 hours away. Might be better to just buy online.

Jeff · March 19, 2018, 03:07:41 PM

We bought ours from a company that you would get Oxygen and oxyacetylene tanks filled, however they no longer sell the pools. I imagine the customer service end of things would be taxing trying to help everyone figure out why they can't see the bottom of their pools through the green cloud. Pools are easy to maintain, but a chore if you neglect them.

LeeB · March 19, 2018, 03:13:10 PM

I never tried to maintain a pool but we have a hot tub. Keep the chlorine right and it's a piece of cake.

Chuck White · March 19, 2018, 07:03:18 PM

We had been doing some checking, way back in 2001, and we were contacted by Quality Pools in Syracuse, NY and we set up an appointment and they showed up to describe what they had to offer!

Well, we didn't buy that year, due to the high price quote of $15,000., so we kept looking and then in 2003 they came back up and we bought the same pool for $6,500!

Really nice, deck all the way around, made with extruded aluminum, with a large deck area on the side towards the house, and a raised fence all the way around!

If I stay up with it, on the routine maintenance, which is primarily the PH balance and vacuuming it's not really all that much, just have to monitor it regularly!

Grizzly · March 19, 2018, 07:04:20 PM

Not something I worry about I guess. No chemicals, no maintenance, just jump in. And worry about the leeches later. :D

And it does double duty in winter. Sorry, but us poor guys gotta find something to compete with. :D :D

thecfarm · March 19, 2018, 09:24:15 PM

Don't waste your money on a pool. Get horses instead. :D

Jeff · March 29, 2018, 04:18:48 PM

I'm blaming this photo on this topic. The liner must has ruptured on the bottom. The pool thawed, and then it emptied in less than a day. Not good!

DelawhereJoe · March 29, 2018, 04:43:58 PM

I have seen ice break brittle liners then as the water drains out, it cuts the liner the whole way down the side. Above ground liners are cheap enough about $400 for an 18'x36'x52"

Jeff · March 29, 2018, 04:50:40 PM

First failure in 25 years. The first one we changed out just a couple years ago because it was bleached out and it just seemed like time to do it, but in all that time it had never failed like this. I think know what happened. Lat year I could feel something under the liner that felt like a stone. We live on a gravel pit so I figured a stone had worked its way up through the sand bed. It was extremely cold for a long time this winter enough to freeze the pool solid. I bet that pushed against what ever that was I felt under the liner and that is where the failure is. All conjecture. I won't know for quite some time because fixing that pool is way down my list of priorities this spring. I'll know perhaps around the middle to end of June.

wildtmpckjzg · May 24, 2022, 06:17:56 PM

I've looked at a lot of above-ground pools, and they range in price from $200--$2000+. Obviously, you get what you pay for! However, I'm not looking for the pool of the century, just something for them to splash around in. I was thinking about 18' X 48". I have seen some at Walmart, Academy, etc they're called Easy Set. Essentially, it's an inflatable ring around the pool liner, then it "grows" as you fill it up. It really sounds kind of flimsy to me. Seems the only way in and out is through the ladder, any pressure on the inflatable edge and you'd have a flood! Also, everything I've read says you have to level the ground and cut away any sod, or otherwise, the grass will rot underneath, causing nasty smells and possible fungus, rot, etc. Ok, so we get an above ground pool installers near me pool from Walmart. They only deliver it curbside, and won't even take it inside the backyard. Then, we set it up--oops, did we forget to cut out the sod first? Well, moving right along, we then set up our pool, be it a Walmart cheapo or something nice about $2000 plus. Now, what will I find out?

I guess I'd like some advice from above-ground pool owners who have had theirs for a while and can inform me of the pros and cons, the things you never find out until you've had it for a while. Is it a pain to maintain? Expensive? Do the kids enjoy it at first and then grow bored with it? Well, any advice, suggestions, etc., thanks!

Jeff · May 24, 2022, 08:43:57 PM

We removed ours this last fall. We looked into replacing it. Not sure what you get for 2000. We priced year before last and it was 6000. Its was 2000 in 1994.

thecfarm · May 24, 2022, 08:56:58 PM

This is our walmart pool

START TO FINISH COLEMAN ABOVE GROUND POOL 22X52 - YouTube

We buy chemicals from a pool store. We bought chemicals one year from walmart and other stores. We struggled with the pool all summer. Seem like the pool store stuff is better?? All I know is the pool stays nice and clear and when we check the water all is fine when we used the pool store chemicals.
We did get a used haywood pump and I feel that makes a big difference.

Ricker · May 25, 2022, 06:44:33 AM

When the boys were younger, they are in their 20's now, we had the biggest Walmart blue blow up the top ring pools. We got about 6-7 years out of them before needing to replace them. Cost about $350-$400 each, worth it for what we wanted. I did away with the factory pump and filter set up and got a used sand filter and a pump for a pool twice as big as what we needed, that cost about $150. But you didn't have to run it 24 hrs a day to keep it clean. Plus it was a built in whirlpool, the pool had the current of a small river!

SawyerTed · May 25, 2022, 08:40:39 AM

We ordered our pool online after several weeks of studying pools both in ground and above ground pools. All in we spent around $6,000 for the pool, 18x34 oval, the grading, sand, landscaping and electrical. We spend another $3,500 on decks and we aren't finished with what we want to do.

I've spent the last week two or more hours a day getting ours cleaned up for the summer. Neglecting the routine maintenance and closing procedures is what has created a week-long process instead of 4 or 5 hours over the weekend. We were in a rush and I neglected to balance the chemicals and shock the pool with chlorine when we closed the pool. That neglect has created 5 times the amount of work. In previous years, I could open the pool in the spring with a few hours spread over a weekend. This year it was a mess. I've learned my lesson!

Follow the maintenance and cleaning schedules, keep the chemicals balanced and a pool is easier to maintain than a lawn with less time invested.

In the end, it is all worth it as long as you use the pool. It is like a motorcycle, a boat, a vacation home, a side-by-side utv, a gym membership, or a computer, the only way you get a return on the "investment" (very broad use of that term) is by using the pool regularly. It is easier if you are the type who likes to have friends and family around periodically.

kantuckid · May 25, 2022, 09:11:34 AM

YES! they are some work.
Ours was in use for the entire time our sons were young enough to enjoy it. It was bought sort of used for $100 15' dia by 4'. It had been a demo pool for a hdwe store that went kaput, guy bought it at auction, never set it up, then sold to me. It was a steel frame decent quality but pump was meager version. Winter covers were a serious challenge that I doubt I ever really found a solution I felt great with.
I miss using it, not maintaining it.
The dump truck load of sand I bought to install mine cost more than the pool and that was over 20 years ago. It also found me wheelbarrowing tons of sand over to the pool location. ;D Our original liner lasted the entire use period. I gave the pool away for free after a long use period. The days I miss it are around the 100 degree temps, the rest not so much.
Price chemicals, covers, decks, etc., and ask all the right questions before you "go there".

Nebraska · May 26, 2022, 08:05:55 AM

I have a client that dug an above ground pool in the ground. They lined the hole with steel from a Harvestor silo insulated it with foam board. With the cover on it, it didn't require much heat over winter to keep from freezing up. They poured a nice patio around it, it looks like a real underground pool. They haven't had livestock for a while so I haven't been on the place for a couple years, but last I knew they were still using it. It's probably much easier to do out here in the country... I'm sure zoning etc would have kittens if one tried that in some places.

Sedgehammer · May 26, 2022, 08:43:09 AM

Quote from: Nebraska on May 26, 2022, 08:05:55 AM
I have a client that dug an above ground pool in the ground. They lined the hole with steel from a Harvestor silo insulated it with foam board. With the cover on it, it didn't require much heat over winter to keep from freezing up. They poured a nice patio around it, it looks like a real underground pool. They haven't had livestock for a while so I haven't been on the place for a couple years, but last I knew they were still using it. It's probably much easier to do out here in the country... I'm sure zoning etc would have kittens if one tried that in some places.

That would work well . I wonder what it wood cost to buy enough used panels for a 30' ?

kantuckid · May 26, 2022, 09:36:35 AM

I am reminded of the man who dug an inground pool with a wheelbarrow and a shovel in the mid 1950's when I was a young golf caddy who walked by daily as he worked away, evenings and weekends. The roadway lane adjacent to the 18th hole going into Shawnee Country Club was about 400 yards long and had a row of middle-income homes backed up to it.
This guy dug for months and months, over a year total, until he had a rectangular hole deep enough for pouring his pool. The dirt removed was piled below the pool downslope.
The molded fiberglass ones catch my eye more than a seemingly flimsy above ground type. I realize the above ground ones are engineered but it's still often some very thin sheet meat held by sheet metal screws that often strip out. I had to sub out larger screws on mine a bunch.

SawyerTed · May 26, 2022, 11:45:50 AM

I have to wonder and am a little concerned what a rock thrown by a mower would do to my above ground pool. We've had it a few years and it hasn't happened yet.

Jeff · May 26, 2022, 01:15:05 PM

I punched a hole in ours running over a dropped in the grass propane regulator. I fixed it with JB weld, but ultimately, that is where our worse wall corrosion ended the pools life, but the repair was 20 years old.

Kids shanked a golf ball in the back yard on a full swing when the end of our yard was all woods. It hit the pool from about 8 feet away. Oh you could tell exactly what hit it from there after.