Installing an Above Ground Pool

DIY Oval Pool  First of all, many thanks for this valuable website. My husband and I are experienced DIYers. We have built barns, porches and garages.

I had originally ...

Above Ground Pool In Irrigated Yard  Hello! So far this site has brought me the most comfort...

So aside from the fact that I measured wrong and started the above ground pool project in ...

Above Ground Pool Upright Heaved Up  The upright has heaved up and caused the top rail to separated from the wall around the upright. It has separated only a couple of feet. Can I dig down ...

Dirt Or Rock For Above Ground Pool Backfill  We are installing a semi in ground Oasis pool by Sharkline. We are putting it 3 ft in the ground. We do have the pump and filter system for an in ground ...

Intex Pool Block Question  We purchased an Intex 15 x 48 Metal Frame above ground pool. My husband and son were so excited to get it up they didn't take into consideration the leveling ...

Sand and J-hook Liner Question  I'm building a 27' 52" round pool and don't have enough sand. The instructions called for 2" of sand which I have with 1' pavers under each post flush ...

Sand On Outside Of Above Ground Pool  I have installed our 18ft AGP and all is level and functioning. Currently there is about a one foot space all the way around the outside wall which is ...

Installation Problems With An Above Ground Pool  We had an 18x33 Swim and Play Westminister pool installed last year- 5/2010. The soil base was firm and leveled. This pool has 4 post each side with pressure ...

Intex Metal Frame Pool  Intex does not recommend using sand to level a pool. Elsewhere in this post reference is made to using patio blocks to level. I made a treated wood box ...

Oval Pool Installation Problems  Hello again, I wrote to you last month about my new pool looking funny after install.

Oval Above Ground Pool Looks Funny

Now there are deep craters ...

Dirt Against An Above Ground Pool  I have a 27' round aluminum above ground pool with a fan deck & 15" walk around with stanchions to support them. It was installed 3 years ago & I am finally ...

Buy A New Pool Wall  Our Doughboy pool had "ice damage" this year - which buckled the walls - Doughboy says this is not covered under its warranty. I want to replace just ...

Looking For Sears Pool Manual  I have an old pool from Sears, model 71-38302 Rega (Atlantic). I am missing installation manual sections 3 and 4, manual #1920294. I tried Sears and Atlantic....

Zodiac Pool On Brick Patio  I was looking to buy a Zodiac above ground pool to put in my back patio. The material that we used for the patio is brick in a harringbone pattern on top ...

Above Ground Pool Deep End Problem  Thanks for answering questions about pool installation. I have read every page here at least twice to make my install go smooth, but alas, I have a dilemma ...

Moving Pool With Walk Around Deck  Hi, we are getting my parents pool that they bought from National Pool and Spa in 2001....We do not know what kind of pool it is called...all that my mother ...

Concrete Pad Under Pool  On a 24 ft round above ground pool how big should I poor the concrete pad and how thick? The pool also has a 2 ft walkway all around. We are going this ...

Replace or Fix Liner  I have a 28' above ground pool with a 6.5' deep end.
This winter, perhaps I didn't winterize it proper this time, but the liner developed a giant rip ...

Century Above Ground Pool  I'm torn between buying an 18 x 52 verse a 24 x 52 Century above ground pool. We have the room, just wondering if I'd be happy with the 18'? The dealer ...

Signs Of A Bad Pool Installation  What are some signs to look for to suspect that a pool is unstable and may be a candidate for collapse. I have just installed a 27x48 and filled it with ...

Problem With AGP In Ground  We just finished burying a 12 x 24 foot oval pool 2 1/2 feet down. We filled it and all was well....we thought. Yesterday my husband backfilled it and ...

Doughboy Pool Cave In  We had a 16x32 ft. doughboy pool professionally installed in ground on a 11/2 ft. grade to skimmer end leaving 6 inches above ground on the high side. We ...

Bottom Plate to High  First thing I want to tell you is we love this site and find it very helpful!

Our question, we just installed a 27'x52" round AG pool, it has resin ...

Top Rails Not Fitting  I am having problems getting all of my top rails on properly. I am installing a 15x30x54 Bermuda pool about 2 feet into the ground. There are 3 rails ...

Wall Bulging at Bottom Track  My 27' round above ground pool was installed yesterday. Today I have noticed that the steel wall is bulging outward at the extreme bottom right near the ...

Pool Pump Location  I am sinking a 54" round 24' AGP and would rather the pump/filter sit on the deck side, with the pump stuck at 16" above water line. Can I do this, or ...

Semi Inground Pool  I am installing a 15x30 BERMUDA 54" pool in the same foot print as an in ground pool that was removed. The previous pool was demoed and the concrete decking ...

Sink An Intex Soft Sided Pool   Can I sink my 18' intex soft sided pool 2' in ground if I use 1/4" plywood sections as a retaining wall?

I plan on using 3'x 4' sections of 1/4" plywood ...

Support Posts Lean  How do I straighten out support posts that are either leaning into or away from the pool? I have 2 posts that are doing that very thing, one in and one ...

Pool Installation Question  My husband is putting up our Aqua leader 24' above ground pool....ugh!!! The instructions tell us to use a firm, solid surface. He has prepared the site ...

Pool Installation Service  How do we get in contact with you and find out what your costs involved are to install an above ground pool.

Thanks



Hi Toni. The link below ...

Ground Prep For a 27' Pool  I am almost positive, that I made and error in preparing the ground for my 27' Above ground pool.

The Initial Hole was dug too deep, and then filled ...

Above Ground Pool Bottom Rail  How is the pool wall attached to the track? Or is it just pushed down into it?

Right now I am in the process of taking down an 18' round above ground ...

Digging a Deep End  I have several questions. In 2005, we had a 24' Doughboy Mystic Garden above ground pool installed. The walls are 4 foot tall. At that time we choose not ...

Pool leveling question  I am thinking about an above ground pool 54 inches high and 18 foot round. However, my yard is not level. From high side I drop over 10 inches every ...

Pool in ground  Need to find bottom rails for a 15x30 Muskin pool. Can you help me? Also wanting to put my above ground pool in ground 3 to 4 feet. I know you said this ...

Installing My Intex Pool  We have an Intex 14' x 36" above ground round pool which I have installed but have not done a good job of it.(if only I had found this site before)

Now ...

Convert Large Above Ground Pool To A Smaller One   We will be dismantling our 5 year old 33 ft round pool this fall with plans to reinstall it next spring; it needs a new liner. We did not consider the ...

Intex Pool During The Winter  We have greatly enjoyed our 15'x48" round Intex steel framed pool, but are wondering what to do with it for the winter? I read the entire instruction manual ...

Crusher Run As Base Material  We are replacing a steel pool because water issues caused it to shift and damaged it beyond repair. We are considering a 15x30 resin above ground pool....

Installing An Above Ground Pool Over Sod  I had a contractor install our new above ground pool and they did not cut out the sod. They said they build on top of the existing sod with quarter down ...

Replace Liner Or Wait Until Spring  My pool liner failed and I have purchased a new one. It being so late in the season is it best to replace and fill for winter or leave liner out till ...

Coving and Base Size For Beaded Liner  We are installing a 12x24 oval above ground pool that is 48" high with a beaded liner. We need to know what size coving and what size a base we should ...

Deep End With Keystone Pool  We purchased a 33x18 Swim and Play Keystone pool with an expandable liner. We got all excavation done.

My question is, it has the buttress style angle ...

Older Pool Sinking  I purchased a pool in 2003, and had it professionally installed. Just recently I noticed that one side of my 18 ft pool has become much lower than the ...

Pool Cove And Padding  I have an old pool up and I want to install cove and padding for it? Do I need to remove the sand or what do I do?




Hi. It sounds like you ...

Sides Bowing In On Intex Oval Pool  We bought a new Intex Ultra Frame rectangular pool. We cleared and leveled the area for setup. We actually cleared and leveled a much larger area than ...

Landscaping Around Pool With Sand  I just had a 24' round replacement pool installed and had way too much sand left over, so I used it to build up the area around the pool (especially where ...

Doughboy Leveling and Deep End Questions  We just bought a used 16x24 foot Doughboy oval pool and we are about 5 inches out of level.

We are going to do a deep end but the ground in the middle ...

To Much Liner When Tucking  I have about 12 inches of liner to tuck back into pool after coping is installed. It seems to not want to lay flat when I'm trying to tuck it in, can ...

Missing Top Rails  Probably a stupid question....

We were given an 18 foot round pool, with no top rails, we have everything else apparently. No one seems to be able to ...

Pumps & Filters  Hello again. I am slowly but surely completing the install of my 16X32 Doughboy above ground pool in the ground. I'm doing it myself with the help of ...

Vertical Post Removal With Full Pool  I'm in the middle of installing a 27' 52" round above ground pool and I got a little ahead of myself. After filling the pool to 2" below skimmer I realized ...

Using a Used Pool Liner  Hello I was given a used pool and a used pool liner, both 24 feet, the liner has been out of the pool for a few weeks. It is an overlapping pool liner....

Installing Intex Ultra Frame Pool  Installing Intex Ultra Frame Pool

Pool Installation and Yard Flooding  Hi, we're taking down 2 trees tomorrow and having the stumps removed in hopes of putting a pool there. We're going to use fill where the stumps were to ...

Clay Versus Sand For Pool Base  Is it better to put a 24' above ground pool on sand or clay? I've heard sand can shift and make divits causing a greater potential for the liner to rip....

18’ x 33’ Oval Pool Installation  Yes, we bought a used 18' x 33' oval pool that was bought from Watson's in Cincinnati 12 years ago. The pool has been in storage for the past 8 years and ...

Final Pool Roundness  Hi, your site is great.
I have a 20' Sharkline Matrix that is filling and at 2/3 full, it is filling at 1/4 inch of level but when I measure the perimeter ...

Dirt Under Bottom Rail  Does the ring/track that the wall sits in need to be at ground level? I've placed them on 8" pavers and leveled them to within .25". One side of the ...

Oval Pool Hold Down Plates  We just had a poll installed and the installers said that we did not have to use the hold down plates because they run a chance of damaging the pools liner ...

Leveling An Above Ground Pool After Setting Up The Frame  I just purchased an Intex ultra 16x48 metal frame pool and put it up in the same spot as my ex-boyfriend installed a similar pool last year. I remember ...

Top Rails Not Fitting Correctly  We were able to level off the yard, set the patio blocks, put down the bottom plates and rails, and put up the pool wall. When we got to put on the top ...

Many Install Issues  Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was required to move my 27' round pool about 15 FT. After digging out and trying to get everything as level as I could,...

Oval Above Ground Pool Looks Funny  Hello, I just had a pool installed by an installer 3 days ago & was wondering why my 15x30'x54" oval pool (Aqua Leader Influence) is like a peanut-ish ...

The Pool Slanted  I have an 18 x 48 Summer Escapes Metel Frame Pool. Our yard had a slope at the back by 5 inches. We leveled the ground using sand. We laid the ground ...

Ground Prep For Intex Pool  I am installing a 16FT X 48" INTEX Ultra Metal Frame Above Ground Pool. This is my first time installing a pool. I would like to know how much sand is ...

Adding Soil To Level Pool Area  I'm installing a 21' above ground pool. Using a transit, I discovered that the area where I want to place the pool is not very level at all. In fact,...

Leveling Ground For An Above Ground Pool  How do I level for a 15 foot round by 42 inch deep above ground on clay dirt? We used to have Intex 12' by 36" and there was a 3 inch difference from ...

Replacing Section Of Sidewall  My above ground pool was installed in 1998. It's a 15x30 and the side wall has busted due to a leak from the return.

I took a section of wall out, approx ...

Leveling For an Intex Pool  Leveling For an Intex Pool

Side Braces On Oval Pool  My friend is giving us a 15' x 30' above ground pool. We came home to measure where we were going to put it up. Because of the kickers we do not have ...

Liner For Rectangular Pool  I am looking to purchase a replacement liner for my 16' x 32' rectangular pool. I am having a problem finding rectangular liners. I noticed that on a few ...

15x26 Oval Pool Installation  My husband and I are having a debate about the ground. I say use sand and he wants to till the ground up and use the dirt? Won't the dirt be too unstable?...

Oval Pool On Asphalt  Why can't I install my 15x30 pool on asphalt?



Hi JB. That's a really good question and I can give you a lot of pros and cons. First off, you ...

Winter Pool Damage  We have had so much snow this winter, I noticed the pool wall was caving in due to the snow on the cover & w/60 degree temps the snow was melting, so we ...

Build Pool Without Liner  I'm getting ready to install my first above ground pool, a 15x30. My ground is almost level and I will start building soon. I plan to work when the weather ...

Intstalling Preformed Cove  I'm doing a new 12' round above ground pool. I am using 12"x12" pavers under the uprights. Do I use pavers all the way around the pool for the wall rails ...

Smoothing Pool Base Before Liner Replacement   We are having to replace our pool liner due to the sand moving and getting divets under the liner causing the liner to get holes in it. What can we use ...

Making Pool Smaller  Making Pool Smaller

Above Ground Pool Posts Too Short  I installed a 15x30 oval pool. The top plates on most of the posts are at an angle and screws don't line up. It's like the posts are too short. Anything ...

Backfill Around The Pool  We just had a pool put in yesterday and about 1/2 the pool is about 2ft and less under ground.

Part of that area will be deck and the other part ...

Oval Pool Base  Hello, we are installing a 15 x 30 oval Doughboy type pool. The ground has been leveled. We are on a tight budget and are considering using some type ...

Parts For My Above Ground Pool  My dad gave me a 18'x 4' above ground metal frame pool because the liner was tore. I bought a new liner for the pool, but I don't have all the bottom rails ...

Vinyl Liner Options  We have a had an above ground pool with a beaded liner & we have had nothing but trouble with it. We can not get the top to stay in the bead.

We were ...

Unable to get our Above Ground Pool Installed  Hello, we have been trying to get our above ground pool installed all summer. Everything is up and ground is level but the wall overlapped, so we got the ...

28' Pool Liner in a 27' Pool  Can I use a 28' pool liner in a 27' pool?

Hi Jerry. Yes you can. If at all possible it is best that you don't, but it can be done. Since a 27' liner ...

Pool Base Not Level  Once an Above Ground Pool is installed, and the one side has sunk a bit, is there anyway to lower the other side to match, making it more level?


Hi ...

Dug to Deep for Pool  The contractor we hired to dig and level the dirt where are pool is being installed dug too far down. We now have to back fill to get it level. We heard ...

Help with Expandable Liner  I own a 28' Doughboy pool, and have purchased an expandable liner for it, problem is, there are no directions,. It says it is expandable up to 72". I ...

Instructions For 15x30 Ovation Pool  I have a second hand yard sale 15x30 oval ovation pool with no instructions, I have plenty of rails for the bottom, small and long, not sure where they ...

Pool Walls Keep Coming Down  Recently I purchased a Doughboy 24ft above ground pool used. We tried to use the liner that had came with the pool and finally decided just to buy a new ...

Pool Wall  Pool Wall - Wall damaged, what to do?

Laying out the Replacement Liner  We have a pool that is up. We need to replace the liner, how do we lay out the new liner?
Thank you, Tina


Hi Tina. I would do it like the illustrations ...

Installing a Frame Pool on a Slightly Sloping Patio  I am looking at a 16' x 48" inch frame pool.
My Patio slopes away from the house at the rate of 1 inch per 8 feet, so I should be looking at 2 inches ...

Excess liner  I installed a 27 foot above ground pool. When I installed the J-Hook liner and got to end, I had about 8 inches extra left over.

I don't understand ...

Oval Pool Ground Prep  Hello, I have an 18'x33'x54" above ground pool. Last fall I had my cousin come in with a backhoe and excavate the area. I had 4 yards of sand delivered ...

Backfilling Pool In The Ground  I have a 15x30 above ground pool that I am going to put a patio around. I will backfill it for the first 2.5 feet, put in a retaining wall next to the ...

Compacted Sand  I hope I did not do an oops on setting up my 30' x 52" pool. My ground was only 2" out of level over 30' so... I receded the high side so the 12"x12"...

27ft Above Ground Pool Installation  How many people do you need to install a 27ft above ground pool? We purchased a second hand one and need to get it set up. The ground work is done.


Hi ...

Bottom Structure Felt Through Liner  Just installed a Doughboy oval 12x24 pool. The bottom metal connector rails can be felt through the liner. If I fill my pool up with water will the pressure ...

Bottom Drain for Doughboy Above the Ground Pool  Can a drain be installed at the bottom of an above ground Doughboy pool? Are there any kits or parts especially made for this besides going to the local ...

Aboveground In Ground  I love the section on putting your above ground pool into the ground.

Was wondering though that since we live in Ontario Canada and the winters here ...

Sand or Tarp For Pool Base  If the ground is already level, is a tarp okay to put under a 16 ft round x 48 in deep pool or should it have sand?



Hi. It's OK to use a tarp ...

Oval Pool In-gorund Without Supports  I'm installing an 18x33 oval above ground pool. I dug the hole and am setting it up in-ground.

There is at least a 1'2" clearance around the perimeter ...

Intex Pool Leveling Problem  I have an Intex 24'x52" metal frame soft side pool and I live in Florida where the only substrate is just soft sand.

There were no plants or anything,...

Second Hand Pool  Thanks for your site, it is very helpful. I tore down a friends pool last year and he gave it to me. I am installing it currently and have a few questions....

How to Compensate for a 6 Inch Ground Slope  This past weekend I purchased an Intex 15 X 4 ft Metal Frame Pool. I know is was stupid not to check beforehand to be sure, but I went ahead and setup ...

Patio Blocks Under Uprights  Is it a good idea to use blocks to set the plates on, and if so how should the blocks be positioned under the plates?
Thanks


Hi Patrick. This ...

Liner fell out of Pool  Recently my 18' round pool (52" high) completely emptied after my beaded liner detached and fell. I spoke with a couple install companies who recommended ...

Pool Not Level  Pool Not Level

Building an Intex Pool  I am considering purchasing an Intex soft-sided 16' round pool, and am curious as to the basic installation process (ground leveling requirements; tarping/...

Skimmer Leaking on an Above Ground Pool  I have a 27foot round above ground pool and have small leaks coming from the skimmer basket. I have the double sided gasket sandwiching the steel wall ...

Plastic Bead Recievers  I have just changed my 30ft round pool liner from jhook to standard beaded liner. The bead receiver that I purchased is plastic while the old receiver ...

Pool Bottom  If you are installing an 18' pool on tamped clay like soil, do you have to use sand, or can you just tarp and then use carpet felt or Styrofoam?


Hi ...

Main Drain for AGP  Main Drain for AGP

Above Ground Pool on Wood Deck  Above Ground Pool on Wood Deck

Flex Hose to Skimmer Leaks  I cannot get my flex hose connection to the bottom of the skimmer to quit leaking. I have put 2 hose clamps on and have tightened them as tight as I can,...

Roundness and Liner Install  I just put up the wall for a new 27'x54" pool today and will be doing the pool base and liner tomorrow.

At first the wall was nearly a foot away from ...

Walls Buckle When Filling Pool  Can someone please help, we have a 27 foot round above ground pool. When filling with water, at about 1/4 to 1/2 full, the walls start to buckle so we ...

Bottom Rails and Footplates  I am just beginning to put up a new 27' round pool and having a hard time rounding up the bottom rails, or even getting them to form a complete circle ...

Pool Wall Caving In While Filling  While filling my new pool with water, the walls started caving in. There is only about 8 inches of water in the pool. The liner is the type that has a ...

Sand for Above Ground Pool  Sand for Above Ground Pool

Rectangular Above Ground Pool  I was wondering how to go about setting up a pool I disassembled. It's frame work is made up of eight pieces of U channel steel. They bolt together to ...

Retaining wall for above ground pool  My 24' round Muskin pool wall rusted out after 15 years of being partially buried into a hill. I took it all down, and am now building a retaining wall ...

Doughboy Pool Semi Inground - Make Deeper  We have a 12' x 24' Doughboy above ground pool partly in ground. The wall is 48" leaving us with only about 36" of water. Can we make this deeper or ...

Problems Installing Top Rails  When I put in the wall on an oval 18x33 above ground pool the wall shifted, after we built up the coves, as a result one upright pad is only half on the ...

Above Ground Pool Installation Instructions  We have received a pool from a friend, they only put it up once, and lost the instructions on how to install or assemble a Sand Sun metal frame pool size ...

K-D pool in ground  We have a 20' x 48" 15 year old K-D pool in which the middle band just broke. We financially can not afford to spend money on a new pool and would like ...

Pool Re- Assembly  I disassembled this pool for an older gentleman who could no longer care for it. I in turn would like to install this beauty in my back yard. It was fairly ...

unlevel swimming pool  I just set up a 24ft round Silverado by Patriot above ground swimming pool at the end of summer, and after filling it up, the water at one side is touching ...

Liner to Small  Liner to Small

Bought a Used Doughboy Pool  We dug the hole, put in soft dirt, put sides in track and bolted together. Stretching the liner in is the problem, can,t get it to stretch over the sides....

Trouble with my Sandy Land.  My husband and I just purchased a used 24'x48" above ground pool. We live in South Texas where it is very sandy and hilly. We are having trouble keeping ...

Stretching a Flat Bottom Liner  I bought an INTEX 24' x 52" Above Ground Metal Frame Pool.

Can I "dish" the bottom any as long as the sides are level? This isn't specifically an expandable ...

Soft Side Frame Pool Unlevel  We installed an above ground 18'x52" pool yesterday. When we prepared the ground it was level. After filling it with water it seems that the lower side ...

Tree Roots under Pool  The ground has a slope, therefore I am digging one side down approx 2 ft. to make the ground level. In the process of digging, tree roots are everywhere!...

Wall Foam for an Above Ground Pool  Wall Foam for an Above Ground Pool

Pool Buttress with Deep End  I purchased a Sharkline "Tahitian" 18'x33' oval pool and ordered a deep end liner. Now I find that the vertical support legs (where the straps attach) will ...

Pool Wall to Short  Pool Wall to Short

Doughboy Oval Installation Help  I am having a very hard time finding a manual to set up my 18'X38' Doughboy. Can anyone help me please??

Thanks



Hi Tim. I answered this as ...

Pool Installed Wrong  I had an 18' round Lomart pool installed last week. After we filled the pool, the next day as it expanded, the framing at the bottom of 6-8 columns began ...

Directions for Round Above Ground Pool  I need directions on how to put up a 21' round above ground pool.

It is a used pool.



Hi Gail. I will list a few thinks that would be well ...

Installing Esther Williams Pool  I am getting ready to put up an old Esther Williams pool, do I need blocks under the uprights or can I just tamp the sand well?


Hi. I would recommend ...

Intext Above Ground Off Level  My 18x48 Intex pool is up and ready to go. However the level is off by up to 3 inches on one side. Is that big or is that okay?


Hi Rick. Three ...

Making the Pool Round  We are in the process of setting up a used 18' round pool. We put down landscaping blocks to set the ring on and put up the side walls, but we're having ...

Pool Depth  I am installing a 24' above ground pool, and wanting to make a deep end in it. Is that possible? Will the liner fit it?


Hi Ashley. Deep ends ...

How to Install Above Ground Pool?  We purchased a used 15x42 metal pool. We are trying to install. We have leveled the ground with masonry sand, put the bottom (cirle) rail together and ...

Oval Pool Deep End  We are installing an 18'x33' above ground pool with a deep end and we are wondering if we can use the regular patio block installation or if we need to ...

Leveling Pavers for an Above Ground Pool  What is the easiest way to dig out for the pavers? Can sand be used to assist under the pavers in leveling? Where I live the ground is like concrete;...

Deep End on Oval Pool  I have an 18 X 33 above ground pool x 52". Is it OK to lower one end of the pool to 56"? Will the line stretch and fit?


Hi David. A standard overlap ...

Proper Slope for Pool Deep End  I am digging a hole for a 21' round above ground pool and I am digging the middle out about 2 feet.

I was wondering what the proper slope is from the ...

Lomart Pool Directions  Lomart Pool Directions

Used Pool Installation  I just purchased a 2 year old pool in good shape. I would like your opinion on a couple of things I'm planning on doing before and during the install.

I ...

15x30 Above Ground Pool  Do I really need a transit to level my above ground pool? How much sand should I use for a 15' x 30'?


Hi Siever.

There are several ways to ...

help with base track  I recently purchased a used 27 foot above ground pool, but I can only seem to get the base track stretched to 26 feet. Is that normal? I have left the ...

difficulty leveling ground  Dennis, I have viewed many of your responses but here is my question anyway. I have purchased an 18x38 Doughboy AG. I want it sunk in the ground about ...

laser level to install above ground pool  I will be doing my install this weekend. I live in Maryland.

A friend lent me their Dewalt laser level with tripod and shaft before going out of ...

AGP Installation Cost  What is a ballpark estimate for 27'- 30' AGP install with a ground slope of 1 foot in 30 feet.
ie: labor/materials? Planning a pool and need an idea of ...

Bottom Rail Placement  I have an older Doughboy above ground pool with a wood tone finish. It is a 16 x 32. It has 10 long bottom rails, 6 medium rails and 4 shorter ones. I ...

Yard too wet for used swimming pool to be installed?  What would you recommend for a slightly damp yard (muddy at times like spring, and a little water runoff stream running through backyard)?

Would an ...

Leveling and Tamping  I'm going to attempt to install another above ground pool this summer. (18x33 Tahaitian buttress free). I had one at the other house and have moved (Cantar,...