Sinking a K-D Pool

Can I put my 20ft round, 48" deep K-D pool and poles in the ground just to the 22 or 24" mark if I dig the hole 21' wide leaving a 6" gap then fill the pool with water and back fill with the "Doughboy’s slurry" or even could I use "great stuff" as a barrier between the liner and dirt?

Of course after back filling with either or finish back filling any reaming gaps if any with fill dirt.


Hi. I wish I could say for sure this would work because I get asked this question a lot. I don't see why pool could not be sunk a couple of feet, but I have never done it nor seen it done.

I have two concerns with sinking and backfilling this type of pool. The water pressure should hold the backfill in place, it does with steel wall pools. But these walls have more movement than a steel wall. That movement might cause the ground around the pool to constantly want to shift and cave in, causing the pool walls to get pushed in a little farther every time the pool is used.

The Slurry might be the answer to that problem because it would set up hard and not allow for any wall movement. I think the idea should work and would love to see the results.