Level Ground

[Faefyre]

Just had to deal with this same problem to put my Intex Ultra 22'x52" pool up. The house I bought had a 24' pool in it previously (against a wonderful deck) but since it was foreclosed they had torn it down and left a twoo foot drop in one half of that level circle. I did a lot of research on how to level it safely since we needed to do it ourselves. Your best bet is to get a 4' level (a cheap one will work if you need to buy it, got one at Lowe's for $15 myself) and a 10' 2x4 board then tape the 4' level to it. Use it to find the HIGH spots in your unlevel ground and dig out the high spots. Much easier than filling in and trying to compact the ground correctly. I actually had to till out the high side in my area and level the ground that way. It worked (pool is up and within 1" of level) but was 5 days of hard work! But so worth it!

Good luck!

[Sandee]

Thanks everyone! Wow Faefyre - 1 inch is great! I'll let you all know how it turns out and thanks for all the awesome advice.

[Watermom]

What Faefyre did is pretty much what we did when our first pool was installed. You're not kidding that it is hard work! I didn't think we were ever gonna get it level. We would dig a little on one side --- OOPS, too much! So, then we'd go and lower the higher side ---OOPS, still off a little. Repeat, repeat, scream, sweat, repeat, repeat, AAARGHH!, repeat, repeat ------ SWIM!!!!! It was hard work, but so worth it! Good luck!