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Your post actually makes me feel a lot better. Very good points. Engineer is coming out tomorrow shortly after meeting with PB.

Thank you so much. This gives me a lot of ideas!

That is a great question. I'll ask when we have our next meeting tomorrow morning.

From the middle of the pool, cloest part to the house is maybe 6 inches above natural ground. Then the slope begins. At the furthest point from the house, the pool appears to be about 30 - 33 inches above the ground. The 33" measurement is the distance from the ground to the top of the...

I think french drains are in order for sure. I'm having an engineer come out to investigate soon. Hopefully that will give some peace of mind.

Yeah there was no laser level involved. It seems though, that the pool could have at least been put all the way in the ground per the install guidelines and if it had been, the backfill 'mound' would be closer to a foot off the ground instead of 3 feet. But like you said, probably going to be...

First, that is some mighty fine lawn care in both your and your neighbors lawns! I think I see the wall that you're referring to in your pic. The difference is the wall I have, if you can call it that, would be holding up the pool itself. I think they call it a lower wall rather than a wall...

This is a great point and water would certainly need to be routed toward the retention pond.

The builder didn't assume it would be level with the house and actually told me that the highest part of the pool would be 12 inches above the natural ground, which it's now 33 inches. So there was no miscommunication, they just did something different once it came time to dig. My fault for not...

@JamesW I just sent the builder an email asking if they would dig it out. If the entire yard were regraded, I suppose it works with the house level, though the HOA would almost certainly take issue with it. For instance, the rear fence is required to only be 4' tall. I think they would say...

The plans were not very detailed at all. I'm a first-time homeowner, first pool, and rookie mistake maker in this case. I really should have got much more detailed plans. Forewarning to anyone who stumbles across this thread. I don't see anything in the plans regarding height. I did get...

The PB gave me the runaround and said the height is how it's supposed to be.

@JamesW any additional thoughts based on the green tube pics I sent? And does anybody know whether the pool has been set too high? i.e. is this breaking best practices? Thanks again for your help.

I like the shrubbery idea. We had even considered elevated plant boxes to accomplish the same view with plants and to avoid putting roots down right next to the fence. Though, come to think of it, I suppose a lot of shrubs don't have roots large enough to damage the fence. The deck will be 3'...

Hello everyone and thanks in advance for your help. I've lurked here a bit and this is one of the most helpful forums I've ever seen. Latham Olympia 16 Fiberglass My yard is slightly sloped. Before work began, the PB said that the long side of the pool closest to the fence would be about a...