So I messed up... I just dug my entire pool at 46"...
When I go to lay my decking, I'll have 4" of topsoil in the way once I get 30" away from my walls... (past the overdig)
The excavator will be back this afternoon to finish up and the only options I can think of are:
1 - Have him backfill and pack in 4" to raise the bottom
2 - Have him take out 4" more all the way around the perimeter
3 - Fill everything with 4" of concrete (super expensive)
4 - Have 30-36" of decking coming off the pool (above my overdig) and then a 4" step to raised decking all the way around (seems like this would look weird)
Any other creative ideas that I haven't thought of?
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Here's the "how I did it" if you're interested:
I have 33" of drop from corner to corner. I'd planned on setting the pool in the middle. I figured I'd bring the low side up 17", so I set my laser level at 17" plus 4" for cantilevered decking plus 42" for the walls plus 47" for the height of the level. That math worked and all was good.
Then I found out that my fill dirt would be clay and decided not to raise half my backyard with expansive material. So I changed the elevation to the low point and figured I'd do a 33" retaining wall on the far corner.
I should have just dug down 42". that would have put my decking on top of the existing ground on the low side. I didn't... For some stupid reason I just subtracted the 17". That made me 4" too deep.
When I go to lay my decking, I'll have 4" of topsoil in the way once I get 30" away from my walls... (past the overdig)
The excavator will be back this afternoon to finish up and the only options I can think of are:
1 - Have him backfill and pack in 4" to raise the bottom
2 - Have him take out 4" more all the way around the perimeter
3 - Fill everything with 4" of concrete (super expensive)
4 - Have 30-36" of decking coming off the pool (above my overdig) and then a 4" step to raised decking all the way around (seems like this would look weird)
Any other creative ideas that I haven't thought of?
____
Here's the "how I did it" if you're interested:
I have 33" of drop from corner to corner. I'd planned on setting the pool in the middle. I figured I'd bring the low side up 17", so I set my laser level at 17" plus 4" for cantilevered decking plus 42" for the walls plus 47" for the height of the level. That math worked and all was good.
Then I found out that my fill dirt would be clay and decided not to raise half my backyard with expansive material. So I changed the elevation to the low point and figured I'd do a 33" retaining wall on the far corner.
I should have just dug down 42". that would have put my decking on top of the existing ground on the low side. I didn't... For some stupid reason I just subtracted the 17". That made me 4" too deep.