Recent content by Bill24601

It's a rectangular pool (18' x 9'). And you're correct: it's just the camera lens distorting it.

Yes, that sounds right. The wall is 10' total, and from the top of the wall to the top of my yard is 4'. Therefore, 6' from the top of my yard to the sidewalk should be correct. UGH. After weeks of leveling and hours and hours of getting the pavers [almost] flush, I will need to move all of the...

The pool holds ~4,500 gallons of water (Google says, "37,854 pounds". I doubt that the builder took into account a possible AGP when the house was built 30 years ago, but I do know that two houses down the street have an in-ground pool, that essentially share the same wall. (but perhaps their...

Yes, that's correct: if I'm standing on top of the wall, it's only a 4' drop into my yard. But going down the other way, it's 10' to the sidewalk. I definitely don't want to fill my pool, only to have the wall go crashing down onto people/cars! :/

I've spent multiple weeks reading the forums and working on leveling the ground (<-- I know, the most important part :)). In my reading, I ran across someone's post that has me a little concerned. She mentioned something about being close to a wall and that the rule of thumb is to be X amount of...