Excellent response from Carl. My 20' Intex pool is close to 2" higher on one side than the other and we've not had any issues with it but if I had to do it over I would have spent more time to get it within the 1" as recommended. As Carl said, a 3" differential may pose a problem.

Quote Originally Posted by Allisonsorg12 View Post
Just started filling our new 22ft pool and there's about 3" of water on one side, 1.5" in the middle, and no water on the other side. Before going any further with filling it should we go ahead and re level the ground under the pool?