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Title: HARD SURFACE INSTALL ADVICE
Review: I'm on my second Intex 8 foot by 30 inch pool ... the first one was destroyed by a thirsty bear. For the price, these things are great, pool two is on it's 4th Summer (or is it 5th), a few holes to patch this time around but has held up well under the use it gets.If you plan on setting this up on a hard surface, concrete patio, deck, etc... I advise using rigid polystyrene insulation panels (e.g.- R-Tech at Lowe's) 1/2" to 1" thick. For an 8 foot pool, tape two sheets of insulation together, set and fill the pool, trim around the pool to remove the corners. Next season, there will be an indentation where the seam for the bottom meets the sides, line up the seam and the indentation to center the pool.I have found this set up to be better than sand, which I used the first year before I built a decked platform for the pool. This gives the bottom a nice soft feeling.
