This is late now, but I thought it might be amusing. I first set up my 18' above ground last spring. I was too excited to have it set up and didn't do a great job of leveling. It settled on one side and ended up about 4" lower than the rest of the pool. It would overflow so badly it created a washout pond that would fill up with mud and mosquitoes.
Hurricane Milton made landfall near me in October. We got 90 MPH wind gusts and a foot of rain in a day. I drained the pool maybe 6" in anticipation of all the rain but otherwise left it alone. I went out in the early morning to assess the damage as soon as it was safe. I didn't expect it to collapse or anything, but I was worried debris would puncture it, or there would be severe washout and it would tip.
Actually, other than having half a tree in the bottom, it was completely fine. I cleaned it out, stirred it twice a day with oars while I had no power for most of a week, and spent a LOT of time floating in it to cool off and decompress. I moved and leveled it perfectly this year with the help of a water level made from jack stands.
This picture really shows how badly off level it was. 4" may have been conservative...
Hurricane Milton made landfall near me in October. We got 90 MPH wind gusts and a foot of rain in a day. I drained the pool maybe 6" in anticipation of all the rain but otherwise left it alone. I went out in the early morning to assess the damage as soon as it was safe. I didn't expect it to collapse or anything, but I was worried debris would puncture it, or there would be severe washout and it would tip.
Actually, other than having half a tree in the bottom, it was completely fine. I cleaned it out, stirred it twice a day with oars while I had no power for most of a week, and spent a LOT of time floating in it to cool off and decompress. I moved and leveled it perfectly this year with the help of a water level made from jack stands.
This picture really shows how badly off level it was. 4" may have been conservative...
