Quote Originally Posted by denanbob
I think we'll be taking it down 40"!!!
I have an Esther Williams pool as well and am just finishing up my landscaping. Are you saying that you are sinking this pool into the ground up to 40"? So that only 12" or so is exposed?

My pool has the extruded aluminum siding and can be sunk 27" into the ground so that is what I did, and it looks great. I don't think you can sink a flexible sided pool that deep into the ground, can you? Especially since if you ever dranined it below the 40" you would have partial collapse. Maybe I read this wrong and you are grading 40" on your property.

Either case, good luck with the pool.

Pool dismantle should be relatively quick though: Pop the post caps, remove the coping, remove liner, remove bead liner receiver, remove wall, remove uprights, remove arc bottom rail, disassemble carcass. All should fit in a pickup truck. You'll want to get new gasketts for the plumbing and holes for the return valve and skimmer assembly. You'll probably want new silica sand for the filter.