Is It Normal For New New Ig Vinyl Pool To Be Slightly Unlevel?

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Thanks Waste. Although what I infer makes me sick. I think that you are saying that you believe my pool is 'severely' out of level, (granted that I am on target about it being about 5/8" lower at the deep end.. How unlevel does a panel, ect, have to be, to be "severely" unlevel? In our case, near the middle of the pool, the pool appears to begin getting lower until it reaches a max of 5/8" lower on the deep end. So it drops about 5/8" over about a 20' span. The PB will be here today. I've already told him I want it fixed, but like I said, I expect him to try to get us to accept it. I know you can't critique someone else's work, but I feel like you believe, (granted- I am presenting you a correct scenario) this should be repaired now. Is this correct? If so, I need to be sure that I get it fixed now, before the deck is poured. Do you think we could have problems in the future, like you described? Possible additional sinkage from heavy rains or shifting ground? We are (have started)backfilling with concrete sand (flume), following the PB's advice. Our yard is the clay, gumbo stuff that expands and shrinks a lot during wet/dry seasons. Either being very mushy, or drying out and cracking on the surface.
My husband is the non-confrontive, passive, peacemaking type. If I left this to him, he would probably just accept the unlevel pool. He would probably complain to me about it, but let the PB get away with it. Consequently, when we have to deal with something like this, it is usually me that does the dirty work. I can say whatever needs saying to anyone-but I want to be diplomatic, well-informed, reasonable, and on target when I have to be assertive. I don't want to take advantage of anyone, or be difficult. That is why I am relying heavily on the experience adviced from the kind folks of this forum. I do not have any other "voices of experience" to call upon. This is our first "real" pool, and I want what we are paying for- a professionally installed pool. I really appreciate everyone's input- and I do my best to follow advice from people that I feel are more knowledgable than m self. I know that you all have to "assume" that I am accurately describing the problems, since you are not here and cannot see for yourself. In different threads, different people, especially Waste, have eased my mind concerning what I thought were major problems. This time I am not eased- but I want the truth, no matter how much I dislike having to deal with it. P.S. Hubby just told me that he plans to called Hydra Pools, the manufacturer, today and get their input, too. I am proud of him! Yea! I had not thought of that. Duh. Will let you know what Hydra says.