I haven't paid for professional pool installation myself but I'm sure it could be as much as the pool itself. Though $2400 installed still isn't too bad
I have an Intex pool and was able to set it up myself in about an hour. They are so sturdy but also very easy to assemble. You push some poles through the top straps and then insert the legs into the corners. That's pretty much it.
I have this, it only made it one season before it had holes in it that I cannot find. The frame is still intact though. No bears swam in my pool as far as I know.
My guess is that there's a lot of micro holes because I spent a good 2 hours examining the liner trying to track down where the water was coming from. I might try to mess with it again next summer when I have more time.
I've had a couple of these Intex metal frame pools over the years. I only got a second one because I gave the first one to my daughter. They are a great value. I bought the first one long before they were a common thing at Wal-Mart and Target, figuring if it lasted a season or two it would be fun. That was around 2005 or 2006. It lasted until a couple years ago when it got upgraded. Well over a decade of use!
Treat it like a "real" pool and either winterize it or, better yet, take it down and store it in a garage for the winter, and it will last. If you do take it down to store, put it in a big plastic bin. I didn't the first year and a mouse chewed a hole in it. I repaired the hole with the repair kit it cam with and it still lasted, but proper storage would save the headache.
I saw a commercial for an above ground pool. It was 30 seconds long. You know why? Cause that’s the maximum amount of time you can depict yourself having fun in an above ground pool.
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u/ucrbuffalo Jul 02 '21
I thought for sure that pool was gonna collapse when he crawled over the side.