View attachment 30164Hi all. As an experienced frustrated person of thinking their ground was level only to find out it was not....here is what worked for us! I agree the laser is the way to go...however, without one and the only local rental store having theirs out....this method did get our pool perfectly level. So to start we thought we leveled the ground and filled the pool...all 11,000 gallons...only to realize it was not. Then we decided to block up the low parts...MISTAKE. Do not do it. We saw in the first day the stress it was causing on the poles and after reading stories of the liner separating from the bottom liner we drained immediately. There went 11,000 gallons. Then came the rant from the husband and post it for sell.....he took the whole thing down that night. The next day, Saturday we awoke with renewed faith we could do this. But found out there was not available laser level to be rented. Determined....we knew where we were low....so we set out from the high spot setting concrete pavers in the ground. We strung a line level across as well. We leveled from each paver to the next. First we did as in the original pic and set up the top frame on the pavers, the only difference was we only used the frame as a place to set the pavers. Once we marked where they went we took off the frame. I agree, you can not level across with a board like that, boards have to much bow and swag. While a line level is not perfect it was a cheap and doable alternative to a laser. We set the first paver and went directly across, strung the line, put the line level on (had to dig out a little hole in the middle so it could dangle) and found where level was directly across and set that paver. My husband used his 4' level between the pavers to set the next one. We would set about 3-4 and then change our line to make sure we were still on. We did this all the way around...about 3 hours and 22 pavers. At the end we strung the line from multiple points across to check. Once the pavers were all level, some in the ground, some halfway, some not so much we brought in fill dirt and leveled it with the pavers....then we drug the line again across to check any low spots with the string. Some of you are probably laughing at the poor mans way but it worked. Since we knew the pavers were now level we would each just hold the string tight to a paver across and look for low spots. On top of that we put 6mil plastic and a gorilla cloth and then placed the pool on the pavers. Here is a pic, sorry for it being dark. It worked. No laser needed. About 6 hours...and lots of beer.