Relevel of AG 24' pool. Some questions?

[mjs31]

We had our pool put in last year and the guy that put it in was a joke. Basically he is no longer around.

My issue....

It looked like he did everything correctly when I was watching, but we have one part of our 24' round pool about 1 3/4" un-level.

I figure that in order to correct this we have to drain down, but do we have to tear down all of the pool, or can we just lift that edge with another stone or use some other method? It will either be my wife and I or contracting it out.

I guess I am looking for suggestions on this?

Thanks for your help

Mike

[hrsdennis]

Hi Mike, releveling a pool can be a little tricky. Unless it really bothers you or it looks like is a structural problem I would leave it alone until your first liner change.

If you do want to fix it here is what I would do. Drain the pool down to just a few inches. Remove about five top rails in the low area and with one person inside the pool, pull the liner back away from the cove area. With the liner held in this position the person on the outside can insert a round point shovel under the rails and foots plates and slowly raise the pool. You can also block under the footplates when it looks level. With that done reach over to the inside of the pool and make sure your cove is in place and add more if needed. Then reset the liner and put the rails back on.

The two biggest problems are not replacing the cove and letting to much water out of the pool causing the liner to shrink.

Best of luck, Dennis

[mjs31]

Thanks for your answer. I don't have an issue with waiting, but have read so much on how anything over 1" out can mean disastear. At 1 3/4" I though I should post here. I do not notice anything structurally bad.

Hi Mike, releveling a pool can be a little tricky. Unless it really bothers you or it looks like is a structural problem I would leave it alone until your first liner change.

If you do want to fix it here is what I would do. Drain the pool down to just a few inches. Remove about five top rails in the low area and with one person inside the pool, pull the liner back away from the cove area. With the liner held in this position the person on the outside can insert a round point shovel under the rails and foots plates and slowly raise the pool. You can also block under the footplates when it looks level. With that done reach over to the inside of the pool and make sure your cove is in place and add more if needed. Then reset the liner and put the rails back on.

The two biggest problems are not replacing the cove and letting to much water out of the pool causing the liner to shrink.

Best of luck, Dennis

[hrsdennis]

One inch is just a ball park figure. There are so many factors involved it is impossible to say for sure what is safe and what is not. A one inch drop at one post could do terrible things to a pool where a gradual three inch drop from one side to the other might be just fine. It also depends on the amount of dirt backfilled around the outside of the pool. A pool one foot in the ground could easily be six inches out of level and be just fine.

Dennis

[mjs31]

Thanks again. I would consider it a gradual drop to the 1 3/4" mark. Only one spot really registers this height and then it gradually drops in either direction to the lowest point.
Is there anything I should watch for that may signal trouble? i don't think he went more than a few inches into the ground for leveling so I would not have a large backfill around the outside.
On a side note, we have the Artesian Emerald Isle

Thanks

Mike

One inch is just a ball park figure. There are so many factors involved it is impossible to say for sure what is safe and what is not. A one inch drop at one post could do terrible things to a pool where a gradual three inch drop from one side to the other might be just fine. It also depends on the amount of dirt backfilled around the outside of the pool. A pool one foot in the ground could easily be six inches out of level and be just fine.

Dennis