First attempt at installing ABG pool

[crevras]

hello everyone, I believe I've done something wrong here haha. So I had my yard dug out and leveled to within about a quarter of an inch via laser level. Then had sand brought in and dumped, took a board and level and leveled the sand. Last I dug the pavers into the ground and leveled the pavers to one another (don't mind the ring opposite of the picture posted as it had fell off a riser paver I was using to level everything to one another so it looks like it falls off hard there). As you can see the pavers are sitting below the sand so this will cause the feet to be below the bottom liner.

The pool I have is a basic intex 15 foot by 48inch deep soft sided pool. It doesn't have a lower track to it, the vertical legs just slip through the side hoops of the pool liner.

Am I missing something? If I remove all of the sand, so the pavers are flush to the top I don't believe there will be any sand left for the bottom of the liner. But if I leave it as is, the feet will be sitting 2 to 3 inches lower that the bottom of the liner.

Please help a rookie out

 

[bkp22]

We are arguing about this in another thread. My intex 16' x 48" manual doesn't call for pavers. what does your manual say?

 

[crevras]

We are arguing about this in another thread. My intex 16' x 48" manual doesn't call for pavers. what does your manual say?

I'll report back later on that when I'm home and the manual is in front of me.

 

[Texas Splash]

Welcome to TFP! Part of the challenge I see might be how the liner sits against that hole you made for pavers. I see pool pics for that pool and wonder if the liner will sink into those holes causing a problem later. Will it? I don't know for sure. One option, what if you added to the pavers now? As long as the pavers are level and stable, you could stack wood planks to build-up the paver base for the poles, then backfill all around it with the sand.

Just a thought.

 

[crevras]

Welcome to TFP! Part of the challenge I see might be how the liner sits against that hole you made for pavers. I see pool pics for that pool and wonder if the liner will sink into those holes causing a problem later. Will it? I don't know for sure. One option, what if you added to the pavers now? As long as the pavers are level and stable, you could stack wood planks to build-up the paver base for the poles, then backfill all around it with the sand.

Just a thought.

It honestly crossed my mind of grabbing a couple 8ft long 2x12 boards and cutting them into 12 inch long planks to put on top of the pavers thinking that would fill in most of that gap.

 

[Mdragger88]

You want the paver tops to be flush with what the pool is sitting on (in your case - sand)
You want the sand to be well tamped.
The sand may compress a little as the pool fills so going a tiny dab higher with the sand should be ok but in general it should be flush with the tops.
Here’s an example

We are arguing about this in another thread. My intex 16' x 48" manual doesn't call for pavers. what does your manual say?

Without pavers you risk the legs sinking when the ground gets wet and the pool becoming unlevel.
The manual also makes it seem as if you just throw it up quickly without much prep- although we know that’s not true for most yards even if they seem to be fairly level by the eye.

 

[crevras]

You want the paver tops to be flush with what the pool is sitting on (in your case - sand)
You want the sand to be well tamped.
The sand may compress a little as the pool fills so going a tiny dab higher with the sand should be ok but in general it should be flush with the tops.
Here’s an example

Without pavers you risk the legs sinking when the ground gets wet and the pool becoming unlevel.
The manual also makes it seem as if you just throw it up quickly without much prep- although we know that’s not true for most yards even if they seem to be fairly level by the eye.

So would it be a bad idea, if after tamping I still have a large gap from top of sand to top of paver, I put some 2x12x12 pressure treated boards on top of the pavers?

 

[phonedave]

So would it be a bad idea, if after tamping I still have a large gap from top of sand to top of paver, I put some 2x12x12 pressure treated boards on top of the pavers?

I don't have an intex, but my understanding is at least on manufacturer of those types of pools recommends boards instead of pavers. With the grain running across the leg. Apparently the leg configuration, of what is essentially a linear loading, can crack the pavers. Wood is more flexible and forgiving. Rigid pools do not have this problem since their leg footers are a distributed pad.

 

[Mdragger88]

I don't have an intex, but my understanding is at least on manufacturer of those types of pools recommends boards instead of pavers. With the grain running across the leg. Apparently the leg configuration, of what is essentially a linear loading, can crack the pavers. Wood is more flexible and forgiving. Rigid pools do not have this problem since their leg footers are a distributed pad.

I believe the pool we’re discussing is a round one with legs - @crevras correct me if I’m mistaken.
The rectangle intex style pools with U shaped legs do have the ground contact pressure treated board requirements in the instructions.
For round pools with post style legs the pavers alone are fine- that said, using ground contact rated pressure treated boards to fill the gap in this instance should be fine.

 

[crevras]

I believe the pool we’re discussing is a round one with legs - @crevras correct me if I’m mistaken.
The rectangle intex style pools with U shaped legs do have the ground contact pressure treated board requirements in the instructions.
For round pools with post style legs the pavers alone are fine- that said, using ground contact rated pressure treated boards to fill the gap in this instance should be fine.

Yes you're correct, it's a round pool with post style vertical legs