Gettting a new liner this year, couple questions

[gonefishin]

Dennis, Thanks for the heads up about the broken link...I'll get it fixed now.


Thanks again for all the work you put into the AGP FAQ's. I have no doubt I'll be referencing it from time to time. This forum has helped me so much, I was glad to give just a little bit back. Thanks!




We need warm weather up here near Chicago!

dan

[matt4x4]

Dennis - don't get upset over that comment!!! Notice that I mentioned "you might need a couple extra hands" - that's all I meant by it - the need for hands - heck, if they wouldn't be prone to puncturing the liner, at this point, you could use clamps. To hold a liner in place does not require any skill - remember, the guy with the necessary rocket enginner skill level already placed it there at the right height - adjusted to the manufacturers specifications given the temperature and relative humidity cross referenced to the encrypted charts supplied by our friendly manufacturer in China, with the pretty print lined up exactly right so there is no skew in the design and no variation of height at the water line (unless Mr. Rocket Engineer built the pool crooked!).
But since Mr. Rocket Engineer is required to perform this painstaking task all around a 20 to 30 foot (FYI - that's between 80 and 100 linear feet of wall for those non rocket engineers) and his arm span is only 5 feet, it is obvious he will need unskilled labor to hold the allready calibrated liner in place as he performs his precision engineering around the remainder of this perimeter.

Is that better??

[hrsdennis]

Matt, After all the effort you just described to get that liner set just perfect do you really think our rocket engineer would leave the very important job of holding that liner in place to mere humans. I don't think so. Humans can make mistakes. I think he would use a highly specialized tool made just for the job to be sure there was no human error. That is why they made the old wooden cloths pin you know.

[matt4x4]

We did try that ingenious contraption once, however, I believe the ones we had were not made on this continent since they kept popping off, thus, we resorted to the mere humans - since our construction funds were severely depleted by the Engineering liquid called "Beer" we had to use the cheaper option of "child labor" over the more expensive option of "wife" - easily satisfied through payment in ice cream.

[hrsdennis]

I can understand all of that Matt.

Poolmom, we got to goofing off a bit but did we help you any?

If you have any problems please let us know. We can be very helpful at times.

Dennis

[NWMNMom]

you guys crack me up! You also a lot of help for people in need!

BTW, be sure to avoid the other common type of labor mistakenly used for any type of project - "sullen teenager" and the other color, "surly teenager" Neither one of these are useful and often end up with pre-payment for work that never gets done. Been there, done that.

[hrsdennis]

Hey Mom, I hear that one loud and clear. I have sent three of my daughters off to college but I have this one thirteen year old that's still around. We drag her out on weekends sometimes to get a little extra help.

Later, Dennis