Retaining wall blocks for support under AGP pool
- Thread starter dhane3
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,240
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Don't they need to be level with the ground? It seems like the legs would move as the pool is filled. How do you know exactly where to place them?
I think trying to put in and level 16 of those bricks will do me in. I saw a video linked in another thread where the pavers were placed on top of the ground and tarp. The pool weight will push them down, no? i suppose the pool liner won't lay properly if it's done that way. Any other concerns with just laying on top of the leveled ground? These bricks are fat and heavy and I'm already in pain. ugh
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,240
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Top of blocks need to be level with the ground.
Lots of more experienced people here who can guide you in this.
@jimmythegreek
Lots of more experienced people here who can guide you in this.
@jimmythegreek
Thanks for answering. :/ If my ground is level, then I can use the ground as my leveling guide? I already have padding and a doubled tarp on the site.
I'm setting the pool up now even though it's starting to sprinkle. After it's up and I start filling it, I'll go around to add the pavers. I won't put too much water in it before I finish all the pavers. Does this sound ok?
Not sure how you will be able to do it when there's any water in it at all? Seems you've already made up your mind, so good luck and hope it works for you!
I used 4x4x8 pavers 2 to each support. I leveled the ground and then filled in the area with sand to the height of the pavers compacting the sand. Put a tarp done and set the pool up. Going on three years and only problem was one side of the pool is a little lower than the other.
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Thanks for sharing that. Yours looks great! I decided to not do anything under the vertical supports because I really didn't have it in me to do it. I finished setting up and filling the pool. After reading that anything over 3" difference, in the levelness, would need to be taken down, I started worrying. I went out and measured the water to the top on the sides that I knew were different at midnight. Fortunately, there is only a 2" difference. Whew! Now on to the chemicals!
Your post are now going to sink into the ground when the earth gets wet due to rain and splash out. You are 2" out of level right now according to your post and it will be even worse with the ground getting wet. The foundation of the pool is the most important part of installing an above ground pool (heck, even an inground pool). Once you decide to take shortcuts, you've already set yourself up for future issues and pool failures.
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Could we drain the pool and add pavers in a month or so when my husband would have time to help?
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Thanks for your advice. I tend to be an optimist but that probably isn't good in this situation. My hubby says he can put in the pavers, so we will as soon as he has time.
Unless those paves are flush with the ground, the shape of those are not going to work well. They really are too small because the legs will move out as you fill and will move a bit more as the kids play, and if someone happens to kick off the side, right at one of the legs, if the brick is on top of the ground, they could kick the leg right off the edge of the brick and now you've got problems. Jacking the leg up to get the brick back under it isn't that hard, but getting that leg pushed back in towards the pool so that it's straight up and down is impossible. Also, please use mason sand under the pool as regular sand will wash out with the water splashing over the side. Mason sand is made to stay compacted and "harden" so to speak, in place. Then use foam insulation board rather than sand to soften the bottom of the pool.
@bloodfromastone Yea, I wondered about the surface area not being big enough. There won't be kids splashing about, just 2-3 adults. It's too late now for the foundation prep but if I ever do this again, I will do it differently. I think I bit off more than I could chew trying to do most of it alone. I tried to do it as economically as I could and what I thought I could do myself. Thanks for your thoughts. I passed on the info about the pavers and getting the legs straight to my husband.
