Quote Originally Posted by les_smith
Your install sounds just like ours, 16 inches to level. Took me a week to get rid of all the dirt that I didn't need. We backfilled with the dirt that was removed to level the ground. Our pool store, which are really good people, warrantied the pool even with backfilling of dirt. We didn't use any fabric or plastic.

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Hi Les:
Thanks for the answer. How far up the pool wall did you actually fill? In one spot we have the full 16 inches with about a 2 ft walk area.
I just don't want to do it wrong and have to go back to fix it.....
Thanks/Leslie