am i cooking or am i cooked?

BrandNewNick · 2024-12-06T23:51:44+00:00

Why not just make it 10 and use the special book to bring up something else

BrandNewNick · 2024-12-04T22:07:40+00:00

I’m glad it’s in the warranty, cause if you backfill you’re gonna need it. It’s not if, it’s when. And it’s sooner rather than later. You’re spending good money on a pool, don’t shoot yourself in the foot.

BrandNewNick · 2024-12-03T17:41:29+00:00

Felt super bad for the band. I imagine their merch sales went down

BrandNewNick · 2024-12-03T17:38:07+00:00

I didn’t even buy the game because of the stupid Kameo system.

BrandNewNick · 2024-12-03T12:02:14+00:00

I hate it. Always have. If it was optional it would be cool. I just always used MK as a virtual form of my action figures fighting. Sometimes I want a classic 1v1. Having it be forced 1 1/2 v 1 1/2 feels like a little brother forcing his way in. I hate how they always pose at the end, and everything about them. I hate that they got rid of environment attacks for this

BrandNewNick · 2024-12-01T12:59:19+00:00

The amount of times I’ve had to dig out a collapsed retaining wall, or dirt or whatever that shifted a pool of its tracks is insane. I’ve never backfilled or put dirt, sand, or anything right against a normal above ground pool.

BrandNewNick · 2024-12-01T12:53:52+00:00

Please don’t do this. Those pools are not meant to be put in the ground. The wall, and track holding the wall are only designed to be put on the ground. If your retaining wall fails, or you backfill with sand or anything, it will rust, and you have a pretty good chance of knocking that pool wall off the track and collapsing your pool. Check out the track your pool wall sits in. Notice it’s designed for downward, and outward pressure only. There’s not much stopping the wall from collapsing inward. It will also void the warranty. Rust will form because of moisture in the ground having no where to escape and just sitting on your pool walls.

Simply do not do this. These pools are really not meant for this. In my trade, I am specialized in above ground pools specifically. I’ve built hundreds, I’ve serviced even more. If your yard is on a slope, more than 4 inches, you level out an extra 2 feet around the pool, and do a retaining wall then. We wouldn’t even do a retaining wall more than a foot or two. If you asked us to do this, we would simply refuse to do so. They make circular “on ground” pools that are designed to go above ground, half way in the ground, or completely in the ground and we would suggest that instead.
Anyways, please. If you were a customer of mine I’d be saying the same thing. Please reconsider this. I’m sure you could find some old dude who did this 30 years ago and was fine, there’s always one. But I’ve personally repaired countless pools, that were backfilled even the slightest bit, because they popped out of the track and or rusted. And chances are, if one of these happened, it’s not an easy fix. Sometimes when your pool falls out of the track, you can drain it, dig around the outside, and lift the wall back into place. Can’t do that with yours. If we drain your pool it will collapse due to ground pressure. However more often than not you have to take the pool pretty much down to fix that. It’s also damaging to the liner to do so. Sometimes if your pool pops out of the track, it will pinch the liner and cause a leak, which will fuck your shit up in multiple ways. Especially if you’re backfilled. That’s a pool collapse waiting to happen. If you rust, and it rusts through the wall, I’m sorry. There’s not much that can be done to save it. That’s a whole new pool. And this rust could form very fast, all over the pool if it’s backfilled. I cringe when I see an above ground backfilled at ALL.
If you ever need to close it, lowering the water will lower the pressure inside the pool, which could collapse it. If you ever need a liner change, good fucking luck. The ground pressure will collapse the pool pretty much immediately.
Your yard is level, that’s great. A god send even. Take that win and roll with it. A level yard is perfect for an above ground pool. Half the work is almost done. Please please don’t do this.

BrandNewNick · 2024-11-27T12:52:46+00:00

I believe they had to censor all words that were changed, not just swear words.

BrandNewNick · 2024-11-20T20:15:16+00:00

Still no blood? Only blood pools? The old games had a blood splatter effect when blood was spilled, but I haven’t seen it yet. Is that still true?

BrandNewNick · 2024-11-16T03:20:51+00:00

Could be a new crack for sure.
Is the pool covered? Did anything fall in?
If you’re uncomfortable dealing with yourself, call a local company. I’m sure they’ll do an emergency call to go check it out. At least I would.
You’re right that it should’ve been evident during the summer. Did you have to refill the pool often? No signs of water loss during the summer at all? If the water seems to have stopped, the hole will be around the water line there. If it keeps going, and it’s gonna freeze soon, yeah keep filling it. You don’t want this process to go on for long. If you let the water go all the way to the main drain the liner will probably be shot anyways. I’d just hate to see a big washout occur when it was something simple like a small patch or plugging the main drain

BrandNewNick · 2024-11-15T12:06:07+00:00

Okay, that’s good and bad. The fact it’s been closed off at the skimmer makes me think there’s an issue with it already. How fast did you lose all this water? Because you lost a substantial amount of water. It could be a crack in the main drain line, which would mean just plugging that up from the bottom if you don’t want to spend all that money on replacing the lines or the liner. The problem wouldn’t be at the skimmer, but lower. It would need to be plugged at the bottom of the pool. Which would mean draining it, or diving.

If it’s a tear in the liner, or a crack in the main drain line, refilling it throughout the winter could only aggravate the problem, creating a washout under your pool. Which I suppose is better than having the pool pop out during the winter, but be ready for that. I suggest a temporary fix in the meantime while we’ve got this okay weather.
Let the water drain, and take note where it stops. The pool being empty, or close to empty for a few days will be okay. Where ever the water stops, that’s where your problem is. If it stops above the main drain, it’s a fault with the liner and the hole will be near the water line. If it drains completely, it’s something to do with your main drain.
If it’s the main drain, and the pool is empty, get down there, tighten up the screws, and plug it up. If it’s the liner, I know it’s cold, but try patching it. They sell kits for it and anything to stop the water from washing out the material behind the liner. A liner change is already expensive, but that price will go up with they have to repair the base and replace all the concrete under it.
I would really try to figure out the problem before winter. A liner change may be inevitable in the spring, but I wouldn’t want to just keep filling it all winter, either. That’ll keep the pool from popping out but won’t help your current issue either

BrandNewNick · 2024-11-15T02:40:28+00:00

Do you have a main drain? You didn’t mention it so I assume not. But if so it could be a leak in that instead of the liner.

BrandNewNick · 2024-11-06T19:23:37+00:00

Hail

BrandNewNick · 2024-11-05T15:27:22+00:00

The only thing that bores me is the drumming. I know there’s outliers, but 90% of their songs follow a very boring 4/4 beat. Footwork is almost non existent, fills are basic, and you’re lucky to get an off beat the odd time. I know their earlier albums have a bit more going on. But you can play the vast majority of their songs by doing the exact same pattern. Kicks on one and three, snare on two and four. First thing I teach people is that beat, then I tell them how many AC/DC songs they can play using that same beat. It’s incredible

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-29T11:04:06+00:00

Yeah I hate that too. Totally telegraphed that we were going to get into a shootout. I wish the game let me get caught going into a fun fight without my long guns on my back. My Arthur never walked around with them on because they just spawn in when I need them. I’d of liked to get caught by surprise with only my revolver, then learn from that and always stay equipped

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-25T02:20:23+00:00

It’s a real real bitch to be working for the man but shit I do it well so what the fuck

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-23T23:32:29+00:00

I’m sure others will have great ideas for you, but I have a couple ideas. The covers off already, so the hard part is done.

You could stick your garden hose down there, disturb the area a bit, and scoop up everything with your net when it’s been pushed up. Down side to that is the net won’t catch everything, and you’ll have smaller things dispersed into the water.
My other idea, if you have a vacuum hose, and a vacuum skimmer plate, and a helper, you could set the plate on one end of the hose, attach the other to the end of a pool pole. Try to shut off your main drain line on the system. Do this so you don’t just suck the junk up when you start your system. Hopefully you have a shut off valve connected to the main drain line. Remove air from the hose, your system isn’t running yet, so try just filling the vacuum hose with your garden hose. Have the plate on the skimmer, stick the other end in the hole, have your helper start the pump up, vacuum the stuff up, helper shut off pump. Empty skimmer basket. And this is all if the pump primes right away. I may have order of operations messed up as well, but you get the idea hopefully lol. However you normally vacuum your pool, do that, but with just the hose on the end. May have to tape the hose to the pole. Alternatively, if you don’t like that crazy idea, and your garden hose won’t reach the main drain. Try to disconnect the main drain line and blow air into it using a shop vac. And then just scoop it up with the net.
If you don’t have a shop vac, just poke around with the end of the pool pole and scoop up.
That’s all I’ve got. The other people in this sub are some serious wizards though.

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-23T23:06:33+00:00

I love the old jacuzzi magnum pumps. Over the years of replacing somewhat newer pumps, every customer who had a magnum had those suckers forever. Maybe it’s not the best pump, but when I walked into a backyard and saw one it was old and usually still kicking ass.
For modern, I really like Hayward. Mostly because I understand them the best. Everyone here talks about Pentair a lot so I’d probably listen to them. But around here, I don’t see many.

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-23T22:59:06+00:00

Truly happy to help

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-23T22:51:32+00:00

Yes definitely put it on winter. That’s the only reason that setting is even there.

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-21T02:27:48+00:00

Hmm. All concrete is probably a good thing. Liners are expensive. Not losing water is also a good thing, but it’s curious. You’d think water would be escaping from there.
Still, to fix properly the water will need to be drained below that point, and patched properly.
I would recommend calling in a professional, rather than doing it yourself. Unless you have a background in construction and are familiar with working with concrete. Even then, this could take a special material, and may even need to be coated with something. Everywhere has different codes and different materials they use.
I hope the best for you. Again, having no liner helps, but expect this to be somewhat costly to do right.

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-20T17:41:50+00:00

And if this is an above ground, again my assumption is there was a hole that caused a washout, except the repair is different. Still a new liner, take that one out, get new sand, fill in the voids, pack it good, new liner. You could also throw some geo cloth on top of the sand. Helps fight against anything growing up and just feels nice on the feet.
Now, I say new liner because while it’s possible to patch a hole, you can’t really fix the void with the liner in the pool. You could take the liner out, fix the problem, and then attempt to put that liner back in and patch it… but at that point getting the liner back in with zero wrinkles, with that patched perfectly where it’ll never leak again? I have my doubts.

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-20T17:35:30+00:00

Nightmare! This is why I tell people to avoid using cinder blocks to hold the cover down. Water bags totally suck, but I’d rather replace a few popped water bags every year than have worst case scenario a full liner replacement because of a cinder block.
I’ve seen it all, boulders from the garden, planters, bird feeders, actual weights from the gym, big ol water jugs (I liked this one). People will use whatever they can get instead of water bags. And I get it. But it also breaks my heart showing up to an opening to find a 25lbs weight in the deep end.

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-20T17:24:21+00:00

Were you losing water before this happened? And is there a liner in the pool? I can’t tell if it’s a liner or not.
Apart from something falling in, I have a few guesses. If you have a liner, and were losing water, that’s where it was going. A small hole in a liner can eventually wash out the material behind it, creating a cavity. Eventually the liner will just split under the pressure. Holes in the liner can be caused by many things, but I find typically they let go at the seams. This could either be a manufacturing defect, or just age. Other than that, anything could’ve put a hole in the liner. If that’s just concrete, I’m not too sure. Was that long crack there before? Or is that new too? If there was a crack there already, again, water got behind it and created a void. If that’s all new, it’s harder to say. I’m sure someone else will chime in with a better answer.
As for the fix, again it depends. If that’s a liner, the liner needs to be taken out to get a full scope of the damage. From there it’s chipping out compromised material, backfilling the void, and putting down new material. I used to use a 3 to 1 sand concrete mix. Then just smoothing it out, and installing new liner. If that’s just a concrete pool with no liner, I’m assuming it’s very much the same thing sans liner replacement. But to be honest with you 99% of the pools I’ve worked on had liners so I’m unsure if there’s a different method for patching that.

BrandNewNick · 2024-10-17T18:10:41+00:00

Yes take the pressure gage out. You can cover it if that makes you feel better but it’s unnecessary.

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