Going to get Above Ground Pool - Have Sloping Yard

[hannainnc]

Hi everyone,
We are new to the pool scene and are looking at getting an above ground pool which we want to have installed on what we fondly refer to as our "hill". We have about 3/4 acre and the back portion of the yard slopes up. I was thinking instead of using the space in our sodded area of our yard, we could put the pool on our hill which is really unused space and build a deck around it. I don't have the exact measurements of how much it slopes, but I would think we would need to dig in about 2-3 feet. We are in NC with lovely clay type soil. I'm thinking it is best to build a retaining wall so the earth would not be directly against the pool wall.

Does anyone have experience doing anything like this? Thanks in advance for help and advice.

link to picture of my sloping yard (ignore the kids - pic is from easter)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/photowz.png/

[Watermom]

Typically it is not a good idea to bury an AG pool as the walls tend to deteriorate more quickly. I'll let some of our installers give you more info about this, but generally AG companies do not recommend doing this.

Welcome to the Pool Forum! (By the way, how can you ignore those sweet smiling faces??)

[PoolDoc]

Be better off leveling out a slightly larger area, and building a short stacked block retaining wall.

[Watermom]

Be better off leveling out a slightly larger area, and building a short stacked block retaining wall.

My yard pretty much appears level (for WV, my yard is really level!) but is actually a slight slope towards the back of the yard. What Ben wrote above is exactly what we did when we had our first pool installed years ago. You can see some pics (post #22) in the following thread:

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...Pool-Adventure

[johnnysnok]

I did a retaining wall in our yard which has a major slope.
As i type i am not sure if these photos will show up.
If they dont email me and i will foward them on so you can get an idea.

[Watermom]

Johnny,
Your pool area looks really nice! Thanks for sharing your pics!

[johnnysnok]

Thank you.......since they showed up here are some top side photos.

[babzog]

Unable to view the photos above?