Hello,
I am putting my first pool into my very small property. I intended to move for years so put it off but the market here is crazy, like $1mil for my 1500sqft house with postage stamp lot so sadly I’m not going anywhere.
I have researched this topic on here but it’s all regarding much bigger retaining walls.
The pool is planned for the rear corner of the lot. The back side being level with the neighbours property. The side has a small wall.
The whole yard was heavy stone bricks, which I have removed, and I put in a new fence and redid the small wall. The retaining wall for the bricks was pressure treated 6x6 butted up against 4x4 fence posts. This all held fine.
I redid the posts with 6x6s and the wall with 6x6, they go against the posts.
Anyways, I am looking at a 15’ above ground pool, and hoping to come close to this wall. I’ve read about surcharge and believe I should be ok. The max height of this wall is 12”, minimum height is about 8. I was planning on going 3 feet back, as the formula is twice height , but I figured I’d err on the side of caution. But as it isn’t a stone wall…..is this a concern? The pool will be dug in 6” at least I think making the height of the wall even less. I just really don’t want a surprise someday. Aka a collapsed pool.
I understand the wood wall requires replacement eventually and not a lifetime material. But if all in good condition, is this a concern?
Thank you!
I am putting my first pool into my very small property. I intended to move for years so put it off but the market here is crazy, like $1mil for my 1500sqft house with postage stamp lot so sadly I’m not going anywhere.
I have researched this topic on here but it’s all regarding much bigger retaining walls.
The pool is planned for the rear corner of the lot. The back side being level with the neighbours property. The side has a small wall.
The whole yard was heavy stone bricks, which I have removed, and I put in a new fence and redid the small wall. The retaining wall for the bricks was pressure treated 6x6 butted up against 4x4 fence posts. This all held fine.
I redid the posts with 6x6s and the wall with 6x6, they go against the posts.
Anyways, I am looking at a 15’ above ground pool, and hoping to come close to this wall. I’ve read about surcharge and believe I should be ok. The max height of this wall is 12”, minimum height is about 8. I was planning on going 3 feet back, as the formula is twice height , but I figured I’d err on the side of caution. But as it isn’t a stone wall…..is this a concern? The pool will be dug in 6” at least I think making the height of the wall even less. I just really don’t want a surprise someday. Aka a collapsed pool.
I understand the wood wall requires replacement eventually and not a lifetime material. But if all in good condition, is this a concern?
Thank you!
