On-Ground Pool (Ontario)

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MisterC

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Feb 23, 2020
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Hi Everyone,
Were in the market for our first pool. We live in Canada so it will only be used around 5 months of the year.

Our yard is not the most level so I think an in ground pool won't be the best choice. We have been looking at on-ground pools where part of it is in the ground. We would build a deck around it.

Wondering if these are good pools? Trying to find a compromise between cost/landscape/etc.

Thanks so much
 
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I may be north of you :LOL: and I also have a sloped yard with on-ground or above ground pool. I'd take a picture for you, but with all the snow, you wouldn't see much.

I know of people in Minnesota with similar sloped yards who decided to add a properly engineered retaining wall and then put in an in-ground pool. It's really up to you and your budget as to what you'd like to do.

I grew up around an IG and I would never put one in at my current home, regardless of the slope. In a sourthern state with 8 or more months of swim time and no requirement for closing, I'd have to think long and hard as to which way to go.
 
MisterC said:
Our yard is not the most level so I think an in ground pool won't be the best choice.
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When we bought my house the lady said that she always wanted a pool but there was only one spot level enough per all the PBs she contacted over the years. We didnt give it any thought until we wanted a pool and the 20x40 hole made a big enough mountain to level at least 20 ft in all directions. It ranges from a few inches by the house to over 2 ft in the rear of the yard. I completely abandoned any of the sprinklers in the deep parts and started new. Now, if your yard is a 60 degree ravine slope.... than maybe not. But it may be entirely possible.

That being said, a completely decked ABG feels like an IG pool when you hop in, there just usually isnt a deep end. We set out to do the decked/fenced ABG and it put us into the general price range of a small IG so thats how we ended up IG once the PB laughed at not being level enough.
 
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