Documenting my Intex 12' x 24' AGP build. I've learned so much from reading on this forum, and I hope to help others by showing my process.
I looked for a level spot in my yard and thought I found something pretty close to level. I have a laser level, so at night (when it's easy to see the laser level across larger distances) I checked the 4 corners of where the pool is going to go, and to my dismay, there was a 13 inch height difference!
Undaunted, I decided to purchase a plug in rototiller, and start digging. Luckily my house backs up to woods, so all the dirt I'm going to remove can be wheeled to the woods and dumped. Photos are of the start of the dig. I started by mowing my grass as short as possible, so that it wouldn't wrap up in the tines of the rototiller, then I started digging and ripping up the roots of the remaining grass.
I looked for a level spot in my yard and thought I found something pretty close to level. I have a laser level, so at night (when it's easy to see the laser level across larger distances) I checked the 4 corners of where the pool is going to go, and to my dismay, there was a 13 inch height difference!
Undaunted, I decided to purchase a plug in rototiller, and start digging. Luckily my house backs up to woods, so all the dirt I'm going to remove can be wheeled to the woods and dumped. Photos are of the start of the dig. I started by mowing my grass as short as possible, so that it wouldn't wrap up in the tines of the rototiller, then I started digging and ripping up the roots of the remaining grass.