Before we put our pool up we checked the ground and it was very close to being level. Now that it's been full for a few days I noticed its uneven and my legs are looking bad. You can tell the side that's lower than the other. Will this pool be okay for the season or do I have to start all.over again?
Pool uneven, legs leaning
- Thread starter K.Lynn988
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looking inside the pool..........how much higher is the water on that side? use a real tape measure please.
CJadamec
TFP Expert
Not to be a downer but it looks like you didn't put any solid blocking under the legs of the pool.
The legs of the pool bear the weight of water pushing on the walls and when the pool is full that's a fairly significant weight. The weight of the water is driving the legs into the ground from the looks of your photos.
Typically when setting up the pool you place concrete blocks under each leg to stop the legs from doing what your photos show they are doing. The concrete spreads the force of the leg out over a larger area which stops it from being driven into the ground.
When setting the blocks you should dig out just enough dirt so the top of the concrete is flush with the surface of the dirt. You should try and get the top of each block the same exact height. You are shooting for less than 1" difference in height from one side of the pool to the other.
The only safe way to get blocks under your support legs is to drain the water out of the pool.
The legs of the pool bear the weight of water pushing on the walls and when the pool is full that's a fairly significant weight. The weight of the water is driving the legs into the ground from the looks of your photos.
Typically when setting up the pool you place concrete blocks under each leg to stop the legs from doing what your photos show they are doing. The concrete spreads the force of the leg out over a larger area which stops it from being driven into the ground.
When setting the blocks you should dig out just enough dirt so the top of the concrete is flush with the surface of the dirt. You should try and get the top of each block the same exact height. You are shooting for less than 1" difference in height from one side of the pool to the other.
The only safe way to get blocks under your support legs is to drain the water out of the pool.
Yeah they are on the ground. We didn't know they needed to be on blocks.
3" difference so I already know I need to drain it. Darn...
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CJadamec
TFP Expert
I think I remember saying something about the only SAFE way to do the support legs was to drain the pool.
There certainly are other ways to do it and they are drastically increase the risk of breaking the pool, property damage, and personal injury.
There certainly are other ways to do it and they are drastically increase the risk of breaking the pool, property damage, and personal injury.