Deck around a Doughboy pool

by Emma
(Stockton, CA)

I have a sand dollar doughboy pool installed in ground by professional installers for doughboy pools as well as the excavator. Now we are in the process of putting a deck around the pool. I need to know what to do before putting in the deck. I have been told that we can actually paint the outside of the wall with roofing tar and then do we backfill it with dirt or slurry? Do I need to hire someone that is an expert on putting deck around a doughboy pool?

Hi Emma, Any good deck builder should easily be able to build a wood deck around an above ground pool.

In order to do the slurry method of backfill that is recommended on the Doughboy website the area around the outside of the pool needs to be about 6” from the pool to the edge of the hole. Installing a pool in this way is extremely difficult. I require at least 3’ extra area around the pool inside of the hole. This gives me enough room to build the pool correctly. When done this way I recommend coating the pool with tar and backfilling with dirt. If the slurry is used, coating the wall should not be necessary