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Originally Posted by charlesbahn
Not a fan of this project. Very hazardous. Big covered hole will attract water and critters, and who knows what else. Wood will rot and support will be (????), if not already. If you don't want the pool, should just completely remove it.
Sorry
Charles
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Wayne,
I am going to speak up with Charles here. This is a bad idea for a number of reasons. You live in earthquake country. Remember those?? Even small, almost unnoticeable tremors will play around with your "footing" design. The possibility of that whole pile of wood ending up in the bottom of your pool one day are probably higher than I would want to chance. All of the negatives above are real, and I don't see the upside to doing this.
My neighbor has a pool and I have seen their two small boys raised from birth to ages 3 and 7 there now. They have a blue nylon webbing system that attaches over their large free form pool and spa completey, and then is pulled tight from the middle by a pulley and lock system. It has many small attachment points around the pool and when in place properly an adult can fall on it and barely get wet. I think it is very safe, and adaptable to any type of pool.
Please, think this over very carefully before going ahead.
Sorry as well,