![]() I would go with the 1.25" thick pressure-treated plywood option which will last a very, very long time. Concrete pads without rebar can't handle much flex at all, so I suspect that's why the manufacture suggests pressure-treated plywood (or steel). This would allow for the ground directly under the support post point load to compact a tad more than the rest of the pad. I don't know anything about Intex pools, but from a structural perspective, it sounds like you need a little flex in the support pad. So where did I go wrong? And is there a way to replace those 4 without draining the pool down? That's alot of water to drain, and a good chunk of money in chemicals to just dump out the drain. Pavers are 16" square, 1.5" thick, plain concrete patio pavers. Within 5 minutes of stopping the well pump, the pavers started to break. Got it to right about 48-49" water depth and turned off the well to give that pump a rest. When I was at about 90% water level, I started pouring in the salt, and other chemicals recommended by the pool store based on my well water fill. ![]() ![]() I paid careful attention to compacting the dirt under the pavers, and made sure there were no voids under themas well.Īfter all that, I started filling the pool. We didn't use foam below the liner, but did use a large canvas tarp (old commercial awning) to protect against any sharp objects hidden in the dirt, then covered that with 2 plastic tarps. When dry, this dirt pad is almost as hard as concrete, and takes a pick-axe to break up if you need to.Īfter that week long process, we laid out the liner to locate where the legs would land, and then recessed concrete pavers to be level and for flush with the surface. Checked level, filled in where needed, and compacted the whole thing again. We then spread out and leveled the dirt, and compacted it with a 300lb lawn/sod roller and a bit of water. We removed 98% of the grass within the area (98% because there was still inevitably some left over).īefore filling the "Pad" with the dirt, I layed down plastic sheet to prevent grass from growing from anything missed and/or left behind. Built a frame on the ground to contain the dirt using landscape timbers. We brought in a dump truck load of the lime based dirt used for paver driveways. I got the 52" deep pool filled to about 48" and started hearing popping noises, which turned out to be 4 of my concrete pavers that snapped directly under the legs I've been lurking and reading stuff on here for weeks, sorted out a plan and executed it.
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