New England B.S. Thread

It wasn't. The guy said he thought it was bigger. It's around a bend, on a main road and the pool was out back. How he even saw it was unbelievable to me! Maybe someone called. But anyways one phone call and it was all set.

 

Top of my head my town was 20 feet, not sure if town or state on that one.

Fines are the least of the worries IMO but they still suck. Generally I use a gallon of liquid shock, a few ounces of algaecide, and a chlorine tab weekly..then clarifier as needed. I'm also running just under 10000 gallons so your consumption will vary from those numbers of course.

Anything else you need just drop a line and ask. If you didn't already I recommend a rubber mat inside the pool where the ladder hits, like immediately. Cheap insurance especially where you have little ones.

 

Thanks! Yeah I shocked the pool and added some PH, conditioner, and alkalinity up. Currently chlorine level is a little high and PH is perfect.

Good point on the rubber mat!

 

Best thing about an inflatable pool is being able to Youtube yourself launching your Tacoma into it when it's time for it to go. Or the videos that make it look like destroying the pool was an accident, when it was clearly planned demo!

 

^^This, I expect videos in the Fall!

 

BRB going to search youtube for these videos (seriously, is this a thing!?)

@jpereira2 pulled off all my skids yesterday - talk about MUD. washed and pretty waiting for you driving without them for the next few days, Saturday afternoon is a day of mounting those back and my sliders. Long day.

 

My brother got a cheap smaller one last year and didn’t level it completely. Took a big running jump and went right through it by accident. It was at the end of the year and he got one twice as big for less than he paid for the 1st one.

so lessons I learned
1) level stuff
2) buy pools in the fall

 

Those who can't do, teach or or inspect, specific to the trades....

 

Yep, pretty much a thing. Make sure to get to the 2:30 mark.

https://youtu.be/U3OWWmoF-ME

 

One of the best cheap purchases for a pool. Couldn't hurt to pick up Sevin and spray the outside perimeter too. Carpenter ants and termites will try to feast upon pool liners.

I bought my pool early February. Got about 1000 or so off, though it felt odd having a pallet of pool stuff to load into the garage while it was snowing

Perhaps, but at work is one thing. You do NOT want those fuckers in your personal space.

 

Deal with it daily

 

and those who can’t inspect become a quality engineer

 

I can imagine, but work is work. My space is my own.

Have to say despite our rocky start, the building inspector was the best. Very thorough and walked me through everything right away.

The electrical guy though, grrrrr..busted me and my electrician's balls 3 times about stuff. Everything we had done for the first inspect was left uncovered so it could be seen, and I was home to tell him that as well "what you see is what we did in full". First it was ground the water...then after that, ground the pool..then it was one more thing I forget. WTF, give my guy a list and let's make it happen instead of fucking around

 

Shit... if I did that I might as well as never come back home lol! My wife will never let that go. But it would be a great story to tell haha!

 

Seen a few of those before even the one with the Cherokee on there hahaha! Shooting it looks fun though but too close to the neighbors. I could cut it towards the hill side going toward the wet land though while in a kayak and ride that shit down.

 

"Honest honey, it was the kids!" works for me every time. Oh wait, I don't have kids....

 

Hahaha that's the problem we dont have kids either! Could always say the dogs did it?

 

She has to leave the house sometime!