Replacing Large Inground Pool With Smaller One

Can you replace an old large inground pool with a smaller one? Will it sink?


Hi. Replacing an above ground pool that has been set in the ground, with a smaller one, is an ideal situation. It's important when building an above ground pool to be able to walk around the outside of the pool as you are installing it. Installing a smaller pool should give you plenty of room to work.

There should be no reason why the pool would sink. If that is a concern, be sure to use patio blocks under the uprights.

If the pool was set up on a sand base I would pull the sand back into the center of the pool so that all the pool framework is setting on firm level dirt.



I have been assuming you meant an above the ground pool set in the ground, replaced by an above the ground pool set in the ground. If you are talking a concrete pool inside of another concrete pool I would have no idea. I have, however, installed above ground pools into old concrete pools. Some of the pools were completely filled with dirt while others were just leveled off with fill dirt, before the above grounds were installed.