Setting up for the first time and I'm losing confidence fast :,(

Ooona

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May 23, 2022
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Brooklyn, NY
I'm trying to set up my new 14x8 bestway pool and I'm feeling a little hopeless. I spent time leveling the yard as much as possible and thought it looked decent. I set down the gorilla pad, then got to work on setting the structure up.
I've put pavers under each leg, which are a little thick (around 2") because even though the instructions indicate they shouldn't be thicker than 2cm, I keep seeing posts on the forum where thinner pavers have snapped. I've dug out some of the soil to fit them in a bit better.
The legs look wonky though.
I'm going around with a level and straightening them out but the moment I push one nice and straight, I'm pushing another one out.
The pool is currently a few inches full of water. When I go around placing the level on the horizontal bars, it's all over the place.
I'm scared to proceed because I don't know WTF I'm doing and I don't want a catastrophic failure that breaks the pool and floods my yard.
The pool itself only has a capacity of around 1900 gallons I think, I wonder if that makes it more forgiving of my less than perfect set up.
Any advice is so welcome.
 

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I have an 18 round Intex and if you want perfectly level legs, you will drive yourself nuts. The first time I filled up the pool, I was ocd and checked the legs every hour. But there comes a point, pretty early in the process, where you can't move the legs anyway. The water will push the legs out as it fills and they will never be perfect.
 
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