To ensure we didn’t have a January repeat of not being able to buy a pool I ordered a Bestway 12x24x52 with 1600gph pump and sand filter late November by which time they were already going “on sale” so got it at least 20% off from memory. I will admit the physical exercise has been good even if it didn’t feel it at the time.īy this time we are well into spring (October down under) with no end in sight to have all the prep work completed and a hot summer predicted. What fun it was to dig 600mm deep holes for the posts through the largely solid rock hard clay. Looking at the area it was now obvious I would need to build a retaining wall so project retaining wall got kicked off. Can’t take a trick as it was spread out before I caught the mistake so I let it ride figuring a bit of sand over the top would be good anyway.įurther to not taking a trick and despite them using a laser level the supposedly level area sloped around 2 inches right to left and had a high point in the middle so we had some more work to do. They were supposed to lay down a couple of inches of crushed gravel fines as a final leveling base but ended up supplying standard sub-base used under concrete slabs with larger pebbles all through it…. Eight hours later through rock infested clay we had a flat area. A little more expensive but he did arrive as promised. Well the forest around the yard is cleared and it was time to level the ground, for a period of time I really thought that some hard work with a cultivator would be enough till the reality of that slope took over so lets ring around so local bobcat guys.įirst contractor came out, gave a quote and then never showed up on the day, failed to answer calls so instant drop and ring another contractor. This photo gives a good idea of the slope right to left and from the back to the front So sort of lucky we had a reason to rip a section of fence out The only way into the yard for a bobcat is via the long driveway of the neighbour over the back and through the fence that needs to be replaced. The overhead photos may make it look like the area picked is relatively flat but nope not a chance with over 600mm (2’) fall from diagonally across the area this was not going to be a simple dig it by hand type job… so let’s go find a bobcat person to level it out. I was lusting after a 16x32x52 as bigger is always better but laying it all out on the ground showed that realistically a 12x24x52 was going to fit neatly and still allow room for fencing around the outside.
12x24 rectangle above ground pool code#
We have a requirement to have any pool fenced here and we are allowed to use the boundary fencing as part of this however the existing fence was overgrown and certianly not up to code to use so it needs to be replaced.Īutumn and winter seen me undertake a clear fell of the bushes and shrubs growing in the garden beds along 50m (150’) of boundary fencing. Sounds somewhat familiar to many I guess. Now all the stories of 24’ 27’ etc larger AGP’s really started to push me to put in the largest we could fit. Whilst disappointing it may have been a good thing as in doing a bunch of google searches I ended up finding TFP and started reading intensely. Five hours later not one of the stores had any stock of 10’ or 12’ versions, found a single 15’ but it would be too big, guess the summer had been hot, that ended that idea and we retired to the air conditioned comfort of inside.
The main back yard area slopes quite a bit as we will see a bit later however we have a concrete area at the other end that is relatively flat and could fit a 12’ round pool so off we trotted around all the likely stores that carry the basic Intex pools…. We got back in the middle of the mid-summer heat wave that we seem to get most years making it even worse. The story starts back in Jan 2018 when we got back from holidays in far north Queensland again enjoying every day in the resort pool and lamenting that we didn’t have one of our own to cool off. We live in Canberra, Australia, where summer temps can go past 40c (104f) in summer and drop to minus 7c (19f) in winter, pool use season is maybe 4 months depending how fast things heat up in spring I really meant to do this as we did all the prep work but when it was clear that it was going to be slow I decided to wait. This might be a boring story but hopefully when we get further into the saga there will be some interesting modifications and tweaks to the AGP that people will find useful or helpful.
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