***After putting the filter and pump back together completely rebuilt, I started draining the pool. It is calcified. I'm going to have to reopen the fundraiser. I have to replace the liner. So I still have the money to fill the pool, I'm saving that and technically we're scheduled for June 9th to have a water delivery but now I'm going to have to cancel that for the time being. I'm going to put $1000 because I called Lighthouse Pools and they have a liner in stock and said that it's $499. I spoke with Mason construction this morning and he said he could install for $500.

I didn't realize that it was in such bad shape. I tried to pressure wash it and scrub it but it is not coming clean. I'm going to replace Riley's picture in the pool with a picture of the lining. And that's after I scrubbed it.

*******from the first part of the fund raiser is below*******

My 19-year-old son, Riley, has severe non-speaking autism and has seizures. He is currently enrolled in S2C (Spell 2 Communicate) and working very hard. This kid adores his swimming pool. It's really the only thing he has to do all summer. It makes him very happy and it makes my mama heart happy to see him laughing and enjoying himself.

I'm going to do a Free Funder for Riley to help with the cost of getting his pool up and running this year. 

When we bought the house, the pool was here, and it was running beautifully when we did our tour. The previous owner had put the tarp on when he left and acted like he had closed out the pool properly. When it came time to take the tarp off is when I realized that he had let it fill up with 3 ft of leaves and then put the tarp on like he was an honest human being. My first year of pool ownership was horrendous. Second year wasn't any better. This is my third year and now I think I may have things figured out a lot better than I did.

Due to my lack of knowledge when it comes to swimming pools, I truly wasn't closing it out properly. I didn't realize that the filter needed to be completely drained so the water that was left in there froze and crushed the pipe to the lateral. I called Northeast Pools in Alliance and they told me they don't have replacement parts for my filter because it's not a Hayward brand and there are no markings on it to tell me what brand it is. To replace the filter will be $650.

I also called Strouble water haulers for pool water delivery, and they said it will be $750 for 14,000 gallons.

The ladder that came with the pool broke the first year so I also need to replace that. The cost of that is $261.14. Ladders are not cheap!

If I don't do this and get the pool up and running, then it is just a big bowl of black water sitting in my backyard collecting mosquitoes and frogs. Not to mention that pool technically belongs to Riley. It's his fun place and his joy. The kid deserves it. He truly does.