Coleman 16 x 10 Above Ground Pool, Issue with Leveling It??

[Born2Live]

Hello,
So we just got a Coleman 16 x 10 RECTANGLE above ground pool that holds 3,600 gal of water and our ground is very in even so we had a guy come out and till it up due to the rocks etc cause it was farm land. Anyway after having that done we my hubby drug a pallet with his riding lawn mower of it to make it flat. Then we layed black landscape material on the dirt,heavy tarp then sand and we put the pool up and began to fill it. After filling it 15inches we noticed it was really unlevel by about 15 inches so we took it down.
Anyway a guy we found who built his own 24 inch pool came to help us level it and what he did was use pavers to get it leveled but on the problem side there are about 4-5 pavers under 2 of the pole legs and a few pavers under all the rest of legs going around. Since this was done, the pool is level but now it sits to high for the ladder to go in as it should.
Is it safe to use this many pavers (4-5) under some legs and less under the other legs or will they break and cause the pool to collapse? I am guessing that we would need at least 16 inches of dirt on the high side or maybe more if we don't use pavers? We have been trying to get this pool up for 2 weeks now.
Our last pool was an Intex and 24 round and lasted 7 years but we had a level yard at our old house so this is frustrating. Thanks

 

[zea3]

Hi, welcome to TFP! You cannot use piles of pavers under the legs of the pool. If part of the pool is suspended above the ground the pool will fail. The entire bottom of the pool must be in contact with the ground so that the ground is supporting the weight of the water. Also you cannot build up with dirt or sand to make a level site. 1 gallon of water weighs 8.34lbs and a 3600 gallon pool weighing 30,000lbs will compress the ground far more than you ever could by hand. You need to locate the lowest point of your pool site and then dig down to firm, flat ground to build a level foundation for the pool. You can't just eyeball it and expect it to be level. Rent a transit if you can, or build a water level and use that to determine if your site is level and to recess the pavers flush with the ground. When you set your pavers, start at what was originally the lowest point of the site and set the first paver flush with the ground. Use the first paver as the reference point to level each other paver. For example use the transit or water level to level paver 2 to paver 1, then move from paver 3 to paver 1 and so forth all the way around the pool.

 

[Born2Live]

Our pool is rectangle not round, I forgot to mention that

 

[Pv2]

Our pool is rectangle not round, I forgot to mention that

doesn't matter, the principles are the same