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Chris, Yup used a laser with a transit for most of the digging and grading. I wanted a solid base that still drained water. Basically my pool sits 2" above the dirt on a mudset and gravel base that is solid and then i have 2" of foam on top of that. My main worry was getting water away from...

I tried wall foam, couldn't get it to go on right and was worried about wrinkles in the liner so i pulled it all off and tossed it, oh well. 2" pink foam on the bottom instead of sand. I then covered this with a gorilla pad and used foam cove strip on top of that. Ready for the liner! This...

Graded the dirt on the sides of the pool toward the pool from the fence. This will allow excess water to flow into the open french drain and then to the sump basin. I put woven landscape fabric down and stapled the fabric to the 2x6 perimeter. This will get 3/4 crushed clean gravel over the...

OK, So its been a couple of weeks. I got the supply and return lines installed underground and poured the equipment pad. Everything was done with unions so i can easily remove and replace parts as needed. Equipment pad is roughly 3'x5' and will get a cover later on in the summer once the...

Newdude, Thanks for the kind words. The posts and top rails are screwed in, so hopefully enough to hold it until the liner goes in. There is fencing and a house around the pool so I'm not too worried. If we are going to have high winds in the next couple of weeks I have stakes and straps to...

So now we are caught up to where I am currently, in the middle of April. Installed non woven fabric around the pool in the trench, and 3" perf pipe covered in 1.5" drainage stone. Also did the same with the sump pit. I will be filling with more gravel but i need to wait to get the pool filled...

After the french drain trenches were dug and finished then the pool walls went up! 3 of us did it. Not bad at all, only had to readjust once. Maybe took 45 minutes at most. Glad most of the digging is done. Man that was a lot of dirt to dig by hand! About 10-12 yards.

Once the base was completed then I dug a trench around the perimeter to fit the 3" perf pipe in. This channels water from around the pool over to a sump basin I made on the side of the house. The water will discharge from the sump pit into one of the gutter drain lines out to the ditch at the...

Now with the perimeter installed and cured it is time to move onto filling the inside of the pool. This was done with 1/4" clean packed together with sand and cement. This will give a solid base as well as great drainage. I then floated the top of concrete resurfaces to hold it together...

With the main supports now set I am moving onto installing the patio blocks for the rounded ends. There were 4 needed on each side. These once again were set in 4000psi concrete and leveled off of the center paver. I installed a drypack consisting of sand, cement, and 1/4 crushed gravel...