The best way to get started designing and choosing the placement of your new above ground swimming pool is with a trip to the local building department. Even people with large backyards, sometimes discover they’re limited with regard to pool size, or where they are allowed to put it. This is especially difficult if you have a septic tank and leeching field.
Most towns in Massachusetts require the pool to be located directly behind the house. Anyone interested in installing a new above ground pool would do well to see about getting a copy of the local code requirements from their specific town offices.
Especially, if you are planning to place your new pool near a neighbors fence, near a septic system, or within ten feet from the back of your home. The local town building department will have all the necessary “setbacks” requirements and other regulations you need to know.
Some towns require your yard to be fenced in, or a perimeter fence installed on the top of the pool wall. Having to add a perimeter fence to the top of your pool can add a $1600.00 dollars or more to the cost of your project. In other towns here in the same state, they consider the pool wall over 48 inches to be enough of a barrier to entry, and no fence is required. It all comes down to how your town inspector interprets the code.
We have given up fighting with building inspectors and pulling permits. We install pools in so many cities now, with so many different requirements, it is no longer cost effective for us to spend the time needed at every building department pulling permits. Grab your permit while you are there if possible. Otherwise we charge $500 plus the cost of the permit.
In most towns, pulling a permit is easy-breezy, and your in and out in a half hour. While some cities make it a fight from the permit application and approval to the final pool inspection, some make it easy with online applications. It is best, however, to begin sooner rather than later because you never know.
At least when you pull the permit, you know you’re going to have an independent inspection of all the work that gets done.
You will want to install the pool on as level an area possible to save money on the dig, and to prevent water from sloping toward the pool. If you are placing the pool near the house, and your roof is pitched toward the location of your new pool. You may have to install gutters or dig a drain to divert rushing water. Definitely don’t let gutters from the roof send water toward the pool.
Layout For 24 Foot Round Above Ground Pool
To determine how much to dig for any size round above ground pool, or even if you want to mark it out so you can see and imagine where it is going. Take your pool size and divide it in half, then add on 1 foot for level ground or 2-3 feet for backyards with slopes /hills. This number is your radius.
The extra foot is to provide a one foot area all the way around the pool for drainage.
With your radius, drive a nail in the center of where you think the pool is going and walk around measuring from the marker and painting or marking the perimeter with flour.
For example, if your pool is a 24 foot round, and your yard is flat, your radius is 13 feet which give you a 26-foot diameter.
Layout For 15 x 30 Oval Above Ground Pool
For a 15 x 30 oval pool, drive two spikes into the ground 15 feet apart. Then walk a radius of 7.5 feet around each spike, then connect the two circles by drawing straight lines on the outside edge of each circle, this will give you a 15 x 30 oval. With an eight foot radius you can mark the over-dig for drainage
Rough Drawing 15 x 30 Layout
From dot to do will be 15 feet in this example
Rounds Vs. Oval
In my Above Ground Pool Buyers Guide, I compared a 15′ x 30′ pool to a 24′ Round. Even if you disagree with me about strength, round pools cost less to purchase, are much cheaper to install, and you have more area in the round pool to swim. So you will always get more value buying a round pool.
Do You Need A Deck?
Your above ground pool ideas better include a way to get in and out of your pool before you purchase a package. If you are building a deck right away, you can buy a package with a nice set of drop-in stairs. If you are going to wait on the deck, you will need an A-Frame ladder packaged with your kit.
If you plan to build the pool now and a deck down the road, you can purchase an A-Frame ladder and cut the legs off the outside later.
Including A Patio In The Plan
If your not building a deck, you may like a nice patio. This will provide you a place to set up a lounge chair, or maybe a table with an umbrella and a few chairs. It is wise to plan a head, so you can have the area leveled during the same time the pool site is dug. No sense having heavy equipment brought out twice.
There are several inexpensive patio options that will enhance your enjoyment of your new pool. Without a clean deck or patio, people will be bringing much more dirt and grass into the pool. If your plan is to wait on a deck and a patio, having a foot rinse tub near the ladder will suffice.
The Admirals Walk Pool is in a class by itself. If you are looking for a rectangle swimming pool complete with a deck and fence, there is none better.
We sell and install them in Massachusetts – And the edges of neighboring states.
Best Rectangle On Ground Pools With Deck and Fence
When you get to this class of pool, they are often called “on-ground pools“, rather than, “above ground pools”. The Admiral’s Walk, Gibraltar, and Kayak pools, are all rectangle pools, and come with an end deck, a promenade (walk around) deck, complete perimeter fence, liner, plumbing, filtration system, pump, stairs, Locking gate and in pool ladder.
The thing that separates all these pools, and puts them in a class by themselves are the walls. Traditional above-ground pools have a thin coil roll out pool-walls. The Admiral’s Walk uses a thick extruded Aluminum slat interlocking panels to make their wall.
Admirals Walk Pool Wall
The Elite Walls
In my opinion the Admiral’s Walk is best pool wall on the planet. When something goes wrong with a pool, nine times out of ten it is a wall issue. Well and the old wood decks on the Gibralter and Kayak pools, but even they have finally gone to an aluminum pool deck.
Pool Depth
The Admirals Walk Pool does not have a deep end. The maker of the Admirals Walk (Buster Crabbe / Aquasport Pools LLC), made the decision not to offer a deep-end anymore for one reason. To many people get hurt! They just aren’t deep enough or wide enough to accommodate diving like a big inground pool.
Safety is why you will never see a diving-board or a pool-slide with an on-ground swimming pool. No one should ever dive into an above-ground, or on-ground pool.
The Deck
The Admirals Walk Pool decking is stronger than any, It is mostly factory welded and comes in just four enormous sections. The other companies use fasteners to build it on site from many, many pieces with a whole lot of screws.
The four massive deck sections add amazing structure to the engineering to the top of this swimming pool.
Deck Coating
The deck is carpeted in one of three colors, and is made of the best outdoor carpet money can buy. Metal heats up big time in the sun and would otherwise burn your feet. The Admiral’s Walk gives you the choice of Blue, Grey, or Brown carpet to keep your feet cool.
Pool Perimeter Fence
A fence is pretty much an aesthetic issue, but also a barrier to entry if you wish to put this pool in the ground a couple feet. It is more decorative than the other elite pool companies offerings. Also, every spindle has an aluminum core and has a pearly white plastic outer coat to last forever. Totally maintenance free!
Package Spring 2025
The cost of an Admirals Walk Pool is very low when compared to any other above ground pools with a deck and fence. Any!
Prices Include: The pool kit, Decking, Fence, Locking security gate, Steps up to deck from outside of pool with handrails, Ladder out of pool, Pool Liner (choice of three). Also included: Hayward XStream 150 Cartridge Filter. Hayward Energy Efficient 2-Speed Pump, Elite Cleaning Tools Package.
If this pricing is too high, we have less expensive pools available with deck and fence as seen on this page. Click here
Package Cost 978-710-8667
12x20x52 w/ 5.5 Foot End Deck $15,863.00
12x20x52 w/ 11 Foot End Deck $17,379.00
12x24x52 w/ 5.5 Foot End Deck $17,093.00
12x24x52 w/ 11 Foot End Deck $18,609.00
12x32x52 w/ 5.5 Foot End Deck $19,982.00
12x32x52 w/ 11 Foot End Deck $21,497.00
16x24x52 w/ 5.5 Foot End Deck $18,923.00
16x24x52 w/ 11 Foot End Deck $20,697.00
16x32x52 w/ 5.5 Foot End Deck $21,268.00
16x32x52 w/ 11 Foot End Deck $23,042.00
CALL NOW LIMITED SUPPLY – 978-973-6048
NOT INCLUDED:
Water, Installation, Excavation, Landscaping, Removing Excavated Materials, Electrical Service, Permit or Plumbing. We basically sell and install pools and can give prices for Excavation, Installation, Set Up, and plumbing, but we don’t have trucking for the removal of materials and landscaping is not what we do best.
Conclusion
Would it surprise you to find out the Admirals Walk Pool offers a better wall, better fence, stronger decking, more decking carpet colors to choose from, a taller pool, and if you asked me, a better-looking pool overall. I install 20-30 of these a year now so I know them inside and out.
Don’t take my word for it. Google each brand name with the word “reviews.” Everything I wrote is based on 30 years of my personal experience.
If your looking for a pool you can build your own pool deck around, check out our semi / Inground pool called the Aquasport 52 Pool Model. It is made with the same bullet proof aluminum wall panels.
Built this 12 x 24 Admirals Walk in 2017. It has gray carpeting and the Outlook liner pattern. The customer fabricated this custom canopy to help with leaves falling in the pool. This pool package came with 100 Square Foot Cartridge Pool filter with a 2-speed pump, but I upgraded Mr. Cory to a 342001 Pentair Variable speed pump for free.
Another Picture of the above job. You can see in this photo the customer added to the deck, and added another staircase to his build.
Built this monster 16 x 32 with a double end deck in 2017, Its a shame this is the only picture I took when I went back to close it and install the winter safety cover. It took 80,000 lbs of stone dust to make a level area I could build this swimming pool on. Luckily for me, I have my own dump trucks and loader, or this one would have cost me a fortune. Way underbid this installation.
Paired an EC50 Hayward DE filter with 342001 Pentair pump. You can see I already cleaned the filter and removed it before I took this picture. But you can see safety covers are available for the Admirals-Walk Swimming Pools, Should have at least took that towel down and moved the chairs before snapping this shot.
Built this Admirals Walk Above-Ground Swimming Pool in 2016. Also has Gray Carpet with Outlook vinyl liner print. This package came with a Reliant 100 Sq Ft Cartridge Filter, Frog Chlorinator and Pentair 342001. Ended up building a retaining wall out of 6×6 PT on the back side of this one for free.
Trimmed Out Admiral’s Walk Swimming Pool. With Custom Steps, and Decorative Lattice from 2015.
20-year-old 12 x 20 Admirals Walk Above-Ground Pool Swimming Pool
Large 16 x 32 Admiral’s Walk at Store in 1980’s
Construction Photos of Admiral’s Walk
You can see in this picture below how our decks are all pre-welded at the factory. You can also get an idea of just how thick and strong our extruded Aluminum wall is.
Semi-Inground | Above-Ground | In-ground – The Aquasport 52 Brochure
Brochure Page for the Aquasport 52 Pool made by Aquasports Pools LLC, or as the company is better known, Buster Crabbe Pools. Aquasports two best pools are the “Admirals Walk” and “Aquasport 52 seen in the image below”. This Pool was then and still is my #1 top choice Read Review.
The Aquasport 52 can be installed as an above ground pool, semi-inground pool, and quite often also used as an in-ground swimming pool. The strength of the wall makes it perfect for any application, or landscape design. I provide my personal cell for installation consultation with every purchase
Assembly and Construction Details
Aquasport 52 Pool Wall
I have gone into detail about this pool wall many times, in other articles, so I will keep it short here. The wall is assembled one panel at a time, each interlocking with the last. Each section is made of thick extruded aluminum, and measures 4″ x 52″. The columns or ribs you see on the wall are where each panel lock together. Each wall-section has two channels, a receiving slot, and a bead. By joining together these panel’s, sliding the beaded end of one section, into the receiver channel of another, together they form a super strong 1-inch vertical column every 4-inches.
Aluminum Pool Construction
It has been proven over the years, that no pool wall lasts longer than an aluminum pool wall. They do not rust! Aluminum becomes stronger as it gets cold. It is also a fact that thick extruded aluminum interlocking panels make for the best swimming pool walls.
The Framing of the Aquasport 52
Sills /Bottom Plates
The sill located on the bottom of the pool that the wall panels slide into and sits on, is 4 inches wide (aluminum), with two ninety-degree angles that form a channel the wall panels drop into. Each length of the bottom track is bolted together using aluminum plates thicker than your pinky finger, and bolts fatter than your index finger.
Top Rails
This pool has ridged extruded aluminum top-plates/rails. Compare that to the resin/plastic pools of today. You have to make a thick piece of resin if you’re ever going to compare it to the strength of our metal aluminum top-rails. Metal that by the way, will be worth something in 30 to 40 years.
Bead Channel On This Pool
All above-ground pools or semi-inground pools rely on a cheap piece of plastic to receive the vinyl liner bead. The top rails have a bead channel built into the aluminum top plates. The bead channel for the pool liner gets formed into the top-rail during the extrusion process. You will never have to take the pool apart to replace the vinyl-pool-liner.
The inside edge of the top-rails is like the coping of an inground pool. That’s why you can pour a cement deck, or install patio block over the top-rails if you want.
The strength of the wall and bead-channel enables you to use a thicker vinyl pool liner. There is no chance of the thicker liner-option buckling the wall or ripping out of the bead socket like with traditional above-ground pools. This is why I usually package this pool with the 20/20 mil Brighton Prism pool liner.
Buttresses / Posts / Uprights
The uprights or posts on this pool are called buttresses. They form the left and right of the wall sections. After connecting the sills together you install the buttresses, then the wall panels. This order of assembly is important.
There are two holes in the top and bottom of every buttress panel. They get installed everywhere two sills come together. These buttresses get bolted to the bottom sills and then later after the wall panels are installed to the top plates locking the wall panels in place in a thick frame.
After you build the pool you could pick it up and moved if you had enough people, it is that sturdy. Try that with any other pool.
Pool Liner Options
All our pool liners are custom manufactured to fit our exact pool dimensions. We feel that when you buy the best swimming pool, you should also get the best pool liner and accessories to complete the package.
These are the pool liner prints we usually have in stock.
Outlook /Swirl
Boulder / Swirl
Mystri Gold / Swirl
Brighton Prism / Swirl
Cost of an Aquasport 52 Semi-inground Pool
No other pool company on the planet makes a pool with this much aluminum or this dense a panel. Also, when you compare it to the so-called elite pools in the industry, it cost less.
Package includes POOL + Full Print Beaded Liner and Hayward Skimmer Kit To add accessories please use our custom pool builder
I am the only Aquasport 52 dealer I know of that assists homeowners and professional installers all over the country with the installation and set up of this pool. All who buy this pool and need or want my personal cell phone number get it.
Installation Cost
Installing a semi-inground pool or total inground pool adds quite a bit to the cost do to excavation. Also, keep in mind the added cost of a fence, either for the pool or the yard. Once your pool wall dips below 48 inches in height you are required by building code to build a fence around the pool or the yard. Some towns, though few, are even more strict then that.
To install a 24 round your are looking at a minimum of $4600 added to the cost of the pool.
To install a 15×30 oval you are looking at a minimum of $5500. added to the cost of package.
Not included are Permit fees, Water, Electrical Service, Fencing, or any landscaping, or decks or patios.
More About Aquasport 52 Sizes
The smallest round pool you can buy has a 12-foot diameter. The 24 round is the maximum-size. I often thought their 12 foot round would make an excellent swim spa. We now sell the Badu jet systems. With a Badu jet, we can turn any pool into a swim spa.
All models have a 52-inch wall. That goes for their oval pools and their round pools too. 24 Rounds, plus 15×30 and 17×32 ovals are required to be buried at least one foot in the ground. These pools are suited for semi-inground and complete inground installations. However, they do not require a poured cement collar when installing in the ground like the Radiant or Optimum Pools do.
Oval Pool Sizes
We have a large selection of oval pools.
10 x 15 x 52, 10 x 18 x 52, 10 x 22 x 52
12 x 18 x 52, 12 x 20 x 52, 12 x 21 x 52, 12 x 24 x 52
15 x 24 x 52, 15 x 27 x 52, 15 x 30 x 52
17 x 32 x 52
All the Oval Pools have buttresses and straps, to support the long straight sides of the pool. See them in this partially built semi inground oval installation below. The swimming pool buttresses on the outside work two ways when installing semi-inground or entirely in-ground.
First, they help to keep the wall from leaning out. Then, like an in-ground pool, once you backfill they work like braces preventing the wall from moving inwards too.
The thick, wide bottom track I mentioned earlier can be seen in this picture as well.
Aquasport 52 Installation Considerations & Advice
There are some things you need to consider when installing this pool. There are different skimmers and return jets depending on how deep in the ground you are going to put the pool.
Eventually, you are going to need to install a new liner. So if you are installing the pool completely inground, you will need our inground skimmer and return assembly. Otherwise, you will have to dig out the skimmer and return jet assembly when doing a liner change.
With our inground skimmer and return jet assembly, you only need to remove the face-plates to change the liner (like an in-ground pool).
Here is a video I did in my warehouse discussing assembling a 21 round Aquasport 52. Each pool has slight differences but this video should help you to get a feel for the components I have been discussing.
If you plan to install it in-ground and your pool pump will be above the water line, you will need an in-ground pool pump. In-ground pool pumps are self-priming. Above-ground pool pumps are not self-priming.
For this reason, when installing equipment above the water line, I recommend installing a variable speed in-ground pool pump like the Speck A91 or Pentair 342001. I have included pump/filter combo packages with these pool pump models on my custom pool builder page.
You can avoid the added expense of using an in-ground pump by installing your equipment down below the water line.
Here are a few candid photos from our Aquasport 52 Installations
Getting ready to backfill this pool with my helper Hugo. The customer built a fence before we could get in to backfill this installation, so getting the fill between the privacy-fence and the pool all had to be done by hand with a wheel-barrel. This pool is 17×32 oval. You can see all the buttresses going down one of the straight sides. We installed an EC-50 Hayward filter with a Pentair 342001 pump on this installation.
Same picture as above, but with all the back-fill brought in and rocks raked off the surface. Hugo wanted a picture. He takes a lot of pride in his work. The picture was taken from the opposite side of the pool. We really worked hard, just the two of us filling in the side next to the fence by hand.
Installation performed by my son Daniel and my son-in-law Andrew. I helped Daniel with the dig, but Daniel and Andrew built the pool. This one became a project when we got a lot of rain, and the pool base would not dry up so they could smooth the sand and install the pool liner.
Another 17×32 semi-inground installation. We dug this pool entirely with a skid steer for the first time. Worked out pretty good in all. This pool was installed in Peabody MA. I would like to get back and take a picture of this pool with the new deck and all the landscaping completed.
Aquasport 52 Pools for Sale
We do sell them and ship these pools all over the country. However, If there is a dealer closer to you, we may ask you to deal with your local dealer (mostly NY and NJ). You can assemble and buy a complete Aquasport 52 pool package by visiting our online pool store, MGK Pools.
The Dauntless is the best above-ground pool we sell here at MGK Pools. The Dauntless is almost all aluminum with a couple of resin components (caps and connector plates). The rolled / coil aluminum wall is the thickest of any above-ground swimming pool on the market.
The Dauntless comes in three wall choices. Wheat, Tribal Stone, and this, the Gray Mosaic (most popular). All models come with feature strips to match your wall choice. The feature strips can be seen here in the top rails and the uprights /posts as wall accents.
Dauntless Oval 15×30 Aluminum Buster Crabbe / MGK PoolsAdd this 6 foot x 15 foot side deck with stairs, locking gate, and fence kit for just $2800.- Local sales only (crazy value)
There are no materials on this pool to rust or rot out. I like to say that if you package this pool with a good quality liner, this pool will live longer than you.
Our Dauntless oval pools have a few components made of steel and all Dauntless pools have stainless steel hardware. The bottom wall track is one more component we felt was important to keep as steel. So we paired one of the best treated ridged steel tracks money can buy.
If you have read anything about our pool company, you know this is a rebranded Buster Crabbe Swimming Pool. Of course, there are a couple of elements to our above ground pool kits that make it unique for MGK Pools, and I package it with the best above-ground pool liners on the earth.
This swimming pool is a throwback to a time when everything was over-engineered. A time when thinking was more about quality and design than just manufacturing a thing for the lowest buck. Before the term “designed obsolescence” was coined. Meaning designing a product to last only so long. Ever notice how your TV dies a day after the warranty expires? That’s “designed-obsolescence.”
The Dauntless oval pool is available in many pool sizes. We do not make every size available on ourpool package builder page. Available sizes are as follows:
12 x 18 x 52 12 x 24 x 52 15 x 24 x 52 15 x 30 x 52 18 x 33 x 52
With so many oval pool sizes available, you are sure to find one that fits your backyard, and budget. Of course, all our Dauntless pools have a deck and fence options.
The Dauntless oval models have buttresses on the side. If you prefer a buttress-free oval pool, then I suggest buying anAtlas Pool and upgrading the wall to aluminum.
Dauntless Round Pools
The Dauntless Round models are as follows:
ROUND SIZES 12 x 52 15 x 52 18 x 52 21 x 52 24 x 52 27 x 52 30 x 52
Round Package Pricing
Package includes POOL + Full Print Beaded Liner and Hayward Skimmer Kit To add accessories please use our custom pool builder
We have small and large pools. I like to think you can see a 30 round pool as you fly over them at 40 thousand feet. They are big!
Dauntless Tribal Stone Wall Pattern
Here is a wall sample of our Dauntless with Tribal Stone pattern. It is one of our more popular walls. Again you can see the accent feature strips on the upright and top rails.
If you notice the cap at the top of the upright, you will see the Flying Eagle cap of Buster Crabbe Pools. It wraps the top rail giving it extra support. Of course, the extruded aluminum top rail is already super ridged, but the cap just adds to the overall design and strength of this system.
Dauntless Wheat Wall W/ Accent Strips
The wheat is more of a soft mocha palm pattern with matching accent feature strips.
It looks excellent up against brown decks and houses.
Contact & Questions
I am proud to call this pool our showpiece of all our models. It looks slim and elegant and is really in a class above the rest.
If you have any questions about our Dauntless Pools or would like to request more information, please call 978-710-8667 or visit our Contact Page
Lamark Lasa = Aluminum Pool Wall | Lamark Edge = Steel Pool Wall
If you followed a link to this page, you probably heard that the Lamark pool is the ultimate value in above ground swimming pools. It is! I designed this pool to blow away all competition. The Lamark above ground swimming pool is available with a steel or aluminum pool wall with an attractive White Resin framing.
You can not buy a better swimming pool or pool package for less money than I sell this pool for. Also, while most of my swimming-pools are going up in price, my Lamark Edge is remaining at the same price through 2024.
$200 OFF Brown or Gray Paint Brush Steal Wall Design
The Lamark is available in four sizes, and eight 52 inch wall pattern options.
Available Sizes:
15’x52″ Round
18’x52″ Round
21’x52″ Round
24’x52″ Round
Lamark Specifications
Now let’s talk about how great this pool is, and why I say it’s amazing. What makes the Lamark stand out from the rest of the pack?
First, it is the least expensive pool that still challenges any in its class for strength and durability; you can’t buy a better permanent-above-ground pool for less. You can, however, spend much much more and “NOT” get as good a swimming pool.
It boggles my mind that people still sell pools with steel top rails and uprights. The Lamark resin frame is all extruded, the caps are resin, the top and bottom wall track joiners are resin. There is no steel in the framing to rust or rot out.
The Lamark above ground pool comes in two models, the Lamark Edge, and the Lasa. The only difference between the Edge and the Lasa is the wall. The Edge has a steel wall, while the Lasa has a NASA-grade aluminum wall. Lamark + NASA = LASA
Lamark Lasa Pool Replacement
Below is an image of the pool we replaced with a Lamark Lasa, notice the rust on the wall around the return line, this is a common failing of steel wall pools. The pool wall rotted enough that the pool was leaking. Eventually, the wall lets go flooding the area, in this case, the rot was pointing right at the homeowner’s house with a finished basement.
Good American steel walls last a lot longer than the cheap box store pools, and our pools come with a special gasket so the water never touches the wall.
BEFORE PHOTOAfter Photo – Lamark Lasa with Gray Mosaic Aluminum Pool Wall
Here we replaced an already existing heated pool, rarely do I get to take a picture of one of my swimming pools with the landscaping looking good, or with a deck built. We replaced the steel wall pool that was rotting out with this resin and aluminum pool that will probably outlive the owners.
Packaged with the premium full print beaded liner and they upgraded their old filter to one of my Premium 100 square foot cartridge filters with energy efficient two-speed pumps. They kept their existing pool-heater, and we just plumbed it back into the new system.
Like many of today’s modern pools, this one is a Hybrid in every sense; it has components made from aluminum, resin, and Stainless steel (hardware). All Lamark above ground pools come with stainless steel hardware.
The pattern in this picture below is available on both our Lamark Edge and Lasa models.
Lamark Pool Wall Prints
Lamark Edge (Steel) Above Ground Pool Wall Options
Lamark Lasa Wall Prints (Aluminum)
Whichever model you choose, rest assured you are buying either the best steel wall available or the best aluminum wall. I don’t just throw the word “best” around lightly. Our aluminum wall is thicker than any other manufacturers. Our steel wall is as thick as the best and treated as good as the best. I would compare it to Doughboy pools best.
Gray Diamond
Even though this is the least expensive model from MGK Pools, it has the same high-end wall you will find on their most expensive models. You can package any of our walls with the Lamark Pool. We have ten wall patterns to choose from in all, seven steel, and three aluminum. You may have noticed we use a couple of the same design prints for steel and aluminum.
Design Options
The pool framing, meaning all the top-rails and uprights are white. White will match any wall patterns or vinyl liner prints; white fades less in the sun than darker colors do. Its framing is reliable and has a manufacturers 30 year warranty. The color is in the resin, so you don’t have to worry about paint chipping, rusting, scratching, chipping or anything.
All our design patterns are printed on Hot Dipped Galvanized G90 Steel, from US Steel mills and then corrugated for extra strength. Our Aluminum walls come in three prints and are the thickest non-extruded Aluminum wall you can buy, and also corrugated for extra durability.
A customer sent in the photo – Wheat wall design
Bottom Channel | Top Channel | Connector Plates
As you know, the wall sits on a bottom track, we made this out of Aluminum for both Lamark models, so it is easier to bond the pool, and less prone to rot. We could have gone with a cheaper steel option or resin, but chose not too. For the upper track, we went with Resin. Resin will never rot, and will always provide strong support for the top of the wall.
All connector plates are composite resin.
Top Rails, Caps & Uprights
Again we went with Resin. There’s a reason manufacturers offer extended warranties for resin pools. They know there is nothing to rot out. Our Lamark Models features modern attractive white top rails, caps and uprights.
Our two-piece cap wraps the top rail with a skirt, which offers the top-rail extra strength and support.
Hardware
Nothing lasts as long or is as good as Stainless steel hardware. We include Stainless steel screws with every pool.
Warranty
A quick word about warranties, while you will read about 35 and 60-year warranties. If you read the fine print of any of these manufacturer warranties, You see it only applies to “manufacturers defects.” Also, all these pools start to prorate that warranty after just two years. I will double that and give you four years non-prorated. Warranties against manufacturers defects are not worth much, but mine is better, just like my pools. 🙂
When you buy an above-ground swimming pool from us, we try to help you with the care and maintenance, installation and more. We have assembled a page to help you understand your equipment and pool maintenance. Please click here for our ultimate guide to above ground swimming pools and pool equipment.
Lamark Pool Package Pricing
Lamark Edge Cost
Lamark Lasa Pricing
12′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2029.00- Click Here 15′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2177.00 – Click Here 18′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2372.00 –Click Here 21′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2578.00 – Click Here 24′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2778.00 – Click Here
12′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2269.00 – Click Here 15′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2452.00 – Click Here 18′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2692.00 – Click Here 21′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $2949.00 – Click Here 24′ Round – Above-Ground Pool Package $3178.00 –Click Here
The Lamark pool is a game changer; we can offer a top of the line pool for the same price that big box stores and online retailers are selling garbage, garbage that cost thousands more in some cases. Don’t be fooled by price!
Please call 978-710-8667 with any questions
Build your own dream custom Lamark Pool Package on This Page. You can choose the wall, the liner, the filter system, and accessories all to your liking.
The MGK Pools; Atlas Above Ground Pool has the most design choices of all our swimming pool models. Some stores call this pool the Grande, and some call it the Hudson.
No matter what you call it, It features our best and thickest 10 inch extruded resin framing, available in White, Light Gray, Light Brown, or now Charcoal. The color goes all the way through the resin,
Order this pool in eight attractive wall prints/designs, three aluminum and eight steel options. Available in round and buttress-free/slim side design ovals.
You are free to choose any wall we sell and package it with any one of our four frame colors.
NEW For 2024
New Charcoal Framing and new Dark Gray Woodgrain pool wall
This is a new wall option for the Atlas pool Line, and a new Frame color too. This dark gray woodgrain wall would pop with our white frame and or gray light gray frame too.
This frame color will accent some of our other wall options as well
Popular Atlas Above Ground Pool Color Design Combinations
Popular Steel Wall Design Combos
Gray Frame / Gray Diamond Print
Brown Frame / Brown Diamond Print
Gray Frame Gray Paintbrush Print
Brown Frame / Brown Wheat Print
Gray Frame / Tribal Stone Print
Brown Frame / Brown Paintbrush Print
White Frame / Teal Mosaic Print (Really Pops)
Popular Aluminum Wall Design Combos
Gray Frame / Tribal Stone Print
Brown Frame / Wheat Print
Gray Frame / Gray Mosaic Print
White of course goes with everything
Atlas Steel Above Ground Pool Wall Choices
We use two prints for both these steel pool walls and our aluminum selection
All our Steel walls are made of US-Steel, G90 hot-dipped, and painted, and then corrugated for extra strength. Highest grade steel designed to last a lifetime.
One thing that sets us apart are our through wall gaskets!!! The wall is treated of course, BUT then they cut holes for the skimmer and return jet. Our special gaskets make sure the water never touches the untreated wall.
Atlas Aluminum Above Ground Pool Wall Prints
Aluminum Above Ground wall metal is almost twice as thick as our steel pool walls.
Here we introduce the Gray Mosaic pattern, which looks good with our Gray or White pool frames.
If you have read anything I’ve written about above-ground pool construction, you know I am a bigger fan of aluminum than steel.
Atlas Above-Ground Pool Shapes & Sizes
The Atlas Pool comes in both round and oval shapes. With our 21 x 52, and 24 x 52 the most popular round sizes, and the 15 x 30 x 52 our most popular oval-shape pool.
Round Atlas Pools
12 x 52
15 x 52
18 x 52
21 x 52
24 x 52
27 x 52
30 x 52
Oval Atlas Pools
Our Atlas Oval Pools are buttress free. That just means that you don’t see the side braces along the straight sides of the pool. It does not mean that the sides have no supports, it just means a lot of engineering went into burying the supports, so you don’t see them.
12 x 16 x 52
12 x 20 x 52
15 x 25 x 52
15 x 30 x 52
18 x 33 x 52
18 x 38 x 52
Atlas With Steel Wall Cost
Package includes POOL + Full Print Beaded Liner + Hayward Skimmer Package
12′ x 24′ x 52″ Oval Slim Side $5033.00 ~ See Details
15′ x 25′ x 52″ Oval Slim Side $4725.00 ~ See Details
15′ x 30′ x 52″ Oval Slim Side $5354.00 ~ See Details
18′ x 33′ x 52″ Oval Slim Side $5981.00 ~ See Details
To build a custom pool package with our Atlas Pool, use our custom pool package builder. You can choose frame color, wall pattern, liner design, filtration system, Ladder, Stairs Etc…add as much or as little as you like.
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