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After returning from vacation to a green pool for the second time in a month, I decided it was time to disassemble my pool. The constant rainy weather (a new Michigan record set for May) and low temperatures kept me out of my beloved $200 pool most of the time and I wasn't getting enough use to justify running it anymore. Unfortunately, teardown was at least ten times more difficult than setup. Getting all the water out of the pool involved picking up the sides (covered with mud and moss) and channeling the water toward the pump intake. After that it was a futile attempt at hosing it down in the same mud I was trying to rinse off. With the pool eventually put away, the tarp came up and I was greeted with various roots and grubs that refused to let go under high pressure water. Total time required: 24 hrs to drain, 10 hours to tear down. On the plus side, now that the pool is down the weather will be hot and humid for the remainder of the summer.