how to use a water level?

[amyinraleigh]

Well, it's done! You all are the best, with all your help and advice....wait, let me change that to advice....there was a conspicuous absence of "helpers" showing up with shovels..... , the manual labor is over and all is well within 1/2"! YAY.

Ended up not using the transit, tho I did play around with it for awhile....and used a water level. I remembered I have a 25' length of vinyl tube I use for cleaning out my aquariums, so I put it to use along with a 5 gallon bucket. Pounded in a ton of randomly-placed stakes and went to measuring. Apparently my laser level and 230am digs (anyone watch Seinfeld?!) went pretty well and I didn't have to adjust or redo anything.

I had done some back-filling, which I then read was a no-no, but decided to leave it. I was very careful, used two layers of those edging blocks you see everywhere, tamped between layers of fill, thoroughly wet everything once it was done and carefully but very firmly tamped every square inch with a sledgehammer. The whole time I kept thinking, man, this wouldn't be so bad if I just had a pool to jump into.....

This has been absorbed as a learning experience that will hopefully in the near future be put to good use in preparing a good part of the yard for a bigger, more permanent pool and during that construction, I might just still have this pool to jump into!!

Thanks again!!

[hrsdennis]

Amy and Raleigh, the advice around here is not exactly free. We do request some photos of the pool being installed, and then the best one of all, the pool complete and being enjoyed.

Matt, my beer was doing the same thing. I had to move fast because of the heat. I was not going to let evaporation get any of my Bud Light.

Later, Dennis