We are in the process of putting in a small pool and this video was a big help on how to level the sand and get the base set properly. Thanks for the video!

@The5MFamily

7 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Looks like Y'all are doing a good job leveling the sand for the pool. Can't wait to see the finished project. It's almost that time. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.

This video still hits. Thanks my man.

Thanks for this. I didn't learn these skills as a kid and at my age I can't ask.

You are one busy family, grandads are always full of knowledge

Awesome😊

This is the best step by step video I've seen on here. Most people do it and then video themself telling you how they did it instead of literally showing you how they did it. Thank you for this

It's going to be a good summer with a refreshing pool to jump in. 😊

This video was great

This idea worked like a champ for us! Thank you for sharing. 😊

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video! Thank you for taking the time to share

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Have had these types of pools for 5 yrs now, this summer we upgraded to an 18' from a 12'. It was 4" off, but it survived the summer. Tomorrow we r gonna attempt to relevel the ground. Lets hope threes a charm. Thanks for the inspiration

Looking forward to the video with the pool up .

Awesome video. Thanks fornthe ideas. God Bless you and your Family bro.😊

Looks good so far

Great detail on almost all parts. Only thing I'm having trouble finding details on is the solar pad. Thanks for what you did help with.

That's a lot of work. I'm interested to see you put up the new pool.

Thank you for this video having a good hard time trying to get my sand level in one area. Hoping this tool, you made helps going to try and do the same or get close. I should have spent more time leveling it. But honestly, I spent over 4 days just shoveling sand and trying to get it level. Thank you for the concept.

You need to put a cover over the ground. I literally had grass blades grow through my brand new pool liner.

Great video guys thanks I'm planning on doing the same this year with our pool

@The5MFamily

18 күн бұрын

Good luck!

It will be a lot cheaper and better if you would have got foam pad like r14 or higher and tape them together. That will keep the pool warmer and better flooring and moreover a lot cheaper and less cumbersome

@sherbeauty

Ай бұрын

Where do I find the foam pad you’re speaking of?

@Michael-zl4ry

Ай бұрын

@@sherbeautyLowe’s or Home Depot have 4x8 foot sheets

@thefirmament1616

27 күн бұрын

If ground is not leveled. Will be shit

@quiptown8976

26 күн бұрын

This is what I did. Works beautifully and feels great on the feet.

@quiptown8976

23 күн бұрын

@@thefirmament1616 True for anyway you do it. Level is rule #1. I don't like to use sand for no other reason than it washes away during storms or if the pool springs a leak.

Great Job Bubba! Looks great! I'm about to start my pad and I'm usually this to fo it!

@The5MFamily

12 күн бұрын

Good luck!

The pad looks amazing. Great job. ❤

Great job.

@seanrobert2227

Жыл бұрын

What kind of sand is that? Where I live at the concrete mill they have concrete mix sand, asphalt mix sand and septic sand. Just trying to get an idea of what to buy

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Masonry sand.

Papa showed Tobin that when he was young, we put a small pool in the back yard

If you have a rectangular pool I'd suggest framing it with some 4bys and make them LEVEL (very important), anchoring it with some rebar, then run a 2x4 with a small notch cut to slide over top of the frame. Wasn't my idea, but it saves you some time.

@The5MFamily

11 ай бұрын

Great tip!

Do you have a video on your deck build?

😊hi there awesome people😊

My geound has a very slight incline, so i was thinking id till my ground, pack it and put my pool mat down under my tarp and just go with that. Cuz if i used sand, having a slight incline, would cause sand to wash out.

That is definitely one of the better leveling contraptions I've seen - been watching a lot of videos. We're about to do this in the upcoming weekends. Thanks for the detailed video!

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Let us know how it turns out.

@albertcrowe8960

Жыл бұрын

Where are you located? Are you near NE Oklahoma?

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

We are in North Texas, about 45 mins from the Oklahoma border

Love the concept of the conduit clamps. i have seen lots of videos of leveling. the only thing that i saw was possibly use a longer string or rope to pull it around. seemed like as you were pulling it the end of the board was coming up. could have caused some extra work on yourself, and may have caused the inside to be lower than the outside, like you explained happened. I am definately going to use the conduit clamp method.

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

You need some sort of landscape edging to keep sand from eroding and sinking.

@The5MFamily

11 ай бұрын

Yes, and a couple videos after this we showed adding the landscaping. 😉

Enjoyed your video, as I was reading about Bestway they say not to use sand and I have heard similar comments. However, most people seem to use it and I would think with a firm border it would be okay, what's your opinion? I'm planning for the spring.

@The5MFamily

10 ай бұрын

We have used a sand base with both our Coleman pools and haven't had any issues. We have to use some sort of soft base because we have rocks and black dirt. It would tear up the liner.

Nice video . But question. Most above pools say building the pool on sand voids the warranty and increases collapses . Is there other options and why is sand preferred ?

@The5MFamily

Ай бұрын

That is a good question. I have never heard or read about that, but I will for sure look into it for now. Other options would be those foam boards that are used for insulation. Or, if you are on ground that doesn't have a lot of rocks you could level that out, and put the pool down. This is our first year using sand, prior to that we always put a tarp down on the ground.

Nice job. What kind of sand ? Mason sand? Thank you

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Yes, or pool sand. We had it hauled in.

i like the square better n then put the round pool down

A weight towards the end would’ve helped with the leveling

How many tons of sand did you order for a 24' pool I know you said you ordered 5 yards of san but what was the total weight? Online it says 5 yards is about 9 tons for a pool...What type of sand did you use? Is there a reason you didn't put a liner down to stop foliage coming up from the bottom? I live in Florida we have a lot of weeds.

@The5MFamily

Ай бұрын

No idea on the weight. The company we ordered from had what they called "pool sand" so that's what we ordered. Any weeds under the sand will not be able to grow because they will not get sunlight.

@MatrixSpoonX

Ай бұрын

@@The5MFamily nut grass doesn't need sun light to grow, thats the main one a lot of people here have. Thanks for your feedback.

I put 1" foam board plus cover liner

@The5MFamily

10 ай бұрын

Yes, I think the next one we do we may look into foam board

How much sand did u get dropped off

Is this an older video for setting up the Coleman ? Or did you take the Coleman down ?

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

We had to take the pool down. This video is from last weekend. We are putting up a new pool.

@carolinamudlife4196

Жыл бұрын

@@The5MFamily I literally just bought the same exact 24 foot Coleman this will be nice

Did you compact it after or just leave as is

@The5MFamily

10 ай бұрын

Left it as is but the weight of the water compacts it when you fill it

How did you attach board to center point?

@The5MFamily

11 ай бұрын

Attached a d loop type bracket to the end of it, drove a stake in the middle of the pad, slid the d loop over the stake.

With the filter system that you have do you have to bond the pool?

@The5MFamily

Ай бұрын

No, that is not necessary. We use an extension cord from our outside outlet. Hope this helps!

@milleradventures6465

Ай бұрын

@@The5MFamily yes this helps. Thank you so much. Enjoy your pool.

How did you calculate the amount of sand needed?

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Google it. There are tons of free websites that will do the calculations, you just have to put in your numbers.

No tampering?

Can anybody tell me if the ground has to be tilled before sang or can i just put sand right over the grass?

@The5MFamily

3 күн бұрын

You will want to remove the grass before laying the sand. We tilled ours, which also helped loosen any rocks that would've rubbed on the liner.

I see you cut the rev seen cause I know he wasn't making it that first time

Hope it works but I have my doubts. That's too much sand and can wash out from under the pool. Get the dirt level as possible. Dump sand in center and put up the wall with supports on block pads recessed in ground . Once the wall is up ... Then level with sand inside. Cope the corner inside and outside. And pack the sand .... Wet it and pack it Install liner

@The5MFamily

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the input. We are a year in and we have had no issues with the sand washing out.

What’s the part number for the larger pump?

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

I don't have a part number, but I do know it is an Intec 3500 gph sand filter.

did you guys tamper at all? did the pool start to sink?

@The5MFamily

11 ай бұрын

We did not. We probably should've, but overall everything stayed pretty compacted. The legs settled to the ground, but nothing has started to sink. Overall, the process has worked great!

@Yahusha-Saves.

11 ай бұрын

@@The5MFamily yeah I'm just wondering because we had an issue where the ground wasn't level so we have to take the pool down and one side of the yard is about 4 in lower so we put in fill dirt and now we're having leveling issues so it is a pain. 😬

@amandathompson2205

Ай бұрын

Did u put any blocks under the legs of yr pool. How did u fix it cause I'm having the same issue

@Yahusha-Saves.

Ай бұрын

@@amandathompson2205 after I tore everything down I ended up buying some blocks for the legs and leveled it out and it did help tremendously

After leveling it using your own tilled ground, why add sand???

@The5MFamily

23 күн бұрын

To have a smooth surface. If we tilled our ground and left it that way, we would have rocks and such under the pool.

What kind of sand did you use?

@The5MFamily

Ай бұрын

The place we ordered from has pool sand, which is what we used. It is different than masonry sand.

How much sand did you put down

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

Around 4.5 yarda

I've researched this because I am putting up an 18' pool. My area is cleaned and rotor tilled. Still leveling. From what I read sand should only be in a thin layer a thicker layer will cause footprints on the bottom as poile walk and compress the sand. On liners, Amazon has a few armor-all, Gorilla and some brands I don't know. They also sell them cut to size and an extra thick one. Most anything else for a liner is discouraged for multiple reasons. I got my pool locally at Sam's club and want to get it up, but I should spend the $100 or so and wait for it to come, rather than rush to get it up.

@The5MFamily

20 күн бұрын

The weight of the water will compress the sand much more than you would think. We had another pool in the past and only put down a very thin layer of sand, within a few years small rocks started coming up through the sand and eventually put holes in the liner.

Could just get a rotary laser and a shot rod

Do u leave up all year round?

@The5MFamily

27 күн бұрын

Yes

How many yards do I need for 18x52

@The5MFamily

27 күн бұрын

You would have to decide how high you want the sand then do the calculations.

What kind of sand do you use

@The5MFamily

27 күн бұрын

The company that we bought from had "pool sand"

@stevenfarmer4054

15 күн бұрын

In New Jersey the landscape supply places call it " bar sand "

It should have styrofoam underneath.

How many tons of sand was that?

@The5MFamily

Жыл бұрын

It was 4.5 cubic yards.

Be hot enough to swim soon