Can you sink above ground pool

They were told by the salesperson that the pool could be buried and they hired a builder that went along with that story and built the pool.

Little did they know that during the 2nd season they owned the pool a small leak had cause the pool to empty in one day. The pool owner not only came home to an empty pool but a bad investment. The builder would not return phone calls and Allied Pools that sold them the pool was not liable because they did not build the pool. The cost to replace the pool fell squarely on the pool owner. Needless to say they didnt replace the pool.

We see this every single summer. Potential pool owners want the best price they can get and when someone tells them they can have an in ground pool at the cost of an above ground pool, they bite without taking time to do the adequate research to realize how bad this really is.

That being said. These are not your everyday above ground pools. Above ground pools are assembled on site. The thing has to be built in the hole so more room is needed. As a guideline, if the pool is going two or more feet down, make the hole 1. Make sure the bottom of the hole is the desired size and not the top. Additionally, if your earth is really sandy and loose, it may be a good idea to make the hole even bigger.

Remember the hole was bigger than the pool? Leaving some earth close to the hole will make backfilling much easier. Warning: Backfilling before the pool is full of water will result in the wall caving in!

There are a few differences between in-ground pool pumps and above ground pumps. The biggest one is that an above ground pool pump cannot draw water up.

If you are placing your above ground in the earth, make sure your pump stays below the pool. Just another reason to go only halfway down add this to the first guideline. For some towns or counties, an above ground swimming pool is considered safe because they are so high off the ground. With a safety ladder, above ground pools can be pretty safe for any small children wandering along the countryside unsupervised.

Though, when you sink the pool that changes. So many people ask me if an above ground pool will last as long when it is buried in the ground. Some feel that sinking one in the earth will make it rust out faster or something. In my 30 years of working on these pools, I have seen no evidence that placing them in the ground takes any life out of them.

Go ahead and install an above ground in the ground. Up here in the part of NY that borders Canada even people with professionally installed inground pools deal with regular maintenance because of the ground freezing and thawing every year. I cannot imagine the nightmare this would be to an above ground pool. Not to mention the pipes to and from the pump system that needs to be retired for the winter. This may be feasible for people in the south, but above ground pools were made for people up in the north with frigid winters.

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. FIrstly, it voids the warranty. Secondly, the steel walls are not designed for direct contact with backfill Read the installation manual. They will rot so fast your head will spin. And lastly, any installer worth anything will either walk away on a liner change, or have you sign a waiver that they are not responsible for the walls caving in if you drain it. There are some manufactures like Strong Pools that are designed for this application, but as far as costs go, they are almost as much as a vinyl lined inground pool.

The simple facts are if you do not have at least k in your budget, you cant afford an inground pool.

Makeshift pools can make for some fun times. As long as it is done safely, I have no qualms about it. And that takes added room. When I build a pool on top of the ground, I level an area one foot bigger all the way around. I need that extra foot of space so I have room to build the pool. When sinking a pool in the ground though, it can affect the entire yard. You may have to haul it away or pile it up somewhere or distribute it throughout the yard.

Either way, it makes a mess. When going in the ground though, there will be a machine involved. And there will be some grass damage from the wheels or tracks of the machine, especially if they are hauling dirt away. There is also backfilling that has to happen when a pool goes in the ground. Backfilling has to happen after the pool is filled with water, so that will happen another day which certainly adds to the job. Some will choose to build a retaining wall around their dug hole.

That adds to the job of getting a pool, and it will add to the price too. Digging a hole requires a machine. Some decide to rent a machine and dig the hole themselves. That can be fun if your yard is bigger and you have some experience with construction.

If you are going to pay someone to dig the hole, it would be best if the installer to dig it. This is if he has a machine. The other option is to have an excavator come to dig the hole first and then the installer builds the pool later. In Central Florida, the earth is mostly sand, so the dig cost is much less. Clay is much harder to dig and rocks or even harder.

When I was selling pools online, I had a customer that lived in Arizona who wanted their pool to go one foot down. Their earth was mostly rock, so they had to jack-hammer out the hole. That was pricey. That does not include hauling any dirt away or any backfilling. Excavators will leave piles of dirt around the hole, so the backfilling putting dirt back around the pool is easier as the dirt is right there.

There is no telling what might be in the earth. At about ten inches down, I ran into a tree stump that was there before the house was built. It was too big to do anything with, so we had to move the pool location over about three feet from where they wanted it. When going into the earth, you can run into things that will change the location or how deep you can go down. I have run into electrical lines mostly not to code , water mains, old dump sites for trash, huge boulders, and old concrete structures.

They all caused the job to change in some way. The most common issue I run into when digging a hole for an above ground pool is hitting water. Of course, if anything is in question, locate all power, gas, and water lines before you dig. This is a general rule regardless of whatever a contract says.

If anything is in question around where you want the pool hole dug, investigate and locate first. Most above ground pool packages come with a NON-self-priming pump.

If your pool is 2. In short, these are people who really want the look and feel of an inground pool, with the much lower price tag and significantly quicker install time of an above ground pool. The short answer is no, at least not all the way. Above ground pools have many amazing benefits; they are very affordable, DIY friendly and simpler to service. Here are a few things to note about above ground pool kits before you try to bury them.

The walls of an above ground pool typically consist of a thin aluminum wall that holds the pool liner. The pool wall ultimately gets its strength from the pressure of the water pushing equally outward on the wall. Typical above ground pool kit walls are not made to withstand the force of the ground pressing back in on the pool. You need a much thicker pool wall to fully bury your pool. While the installation of your above ground pool will probably require some excavation to get a level surface to assemble your pool, that excavation process is not intended to sink your above ground pool completely into the dirt.