Regarding above ground pools, are plastic or hard walls better?
Question:I am considering purchasing an above ground pool, no smaller than 10 foot but no larger than 15 foot. There are two types available it seems, the easy set plastic walled kind and the intex hard walled kind. Can someone who has purchased these in the past tell me the pros and cons of both?
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Answers:
I had a 15 foot that had the hard-walled kind that I felt I got a better value for. It gave me years of great service and always looked great. The way it was constructed just seemed more substantial than the plastic walled. It took a lot of work to prepare the ground (using grass, weed killer, 6 inches of compacted sand) to set my pool on. I then put a rock border around my pool to make it look landscaped. My neighbor even dug down about four feet and set his hard sided above ground pool into the ground a little bit to make it look more like an in-ground pool and it really looks great!! He also, chose the hard walled kind rather than the plastic walled, feeling that it would last longer. Hope this helps...
I have an Intext metal frame pool that is 24' in diameter and 4 ' deep. I am going into my third "season" with it. I can't say I'd recommend the salt --> Chlorine generator as it has gone out twice for me and I am now using chlorine tablets to chlorinate it. The pool itself seems pretty sturdy though. I got a better ladder because the one that came with it was a bit shaky. Some of the couplings for the pump connections got stiff but I used Vaseline on all of the gaskets and that fixed it right up. Haven't heard good or bad regarding the easy set or the newer hard "ultra frame" ones.
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