Coleman/Intex 22x52 pool. Tips for ground prep and leveling.

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Published 2016-05-30
Here I describe my method for prepping for my pool installation. Thanks for watching!

All Comments (21)
  • @brpadington
    Wish i had seen your videos a week ago. Very informative. Thanks for sharing with us pool virgins.
  • Wow! Thanks so much for making this video. This is great advice! I'm getting ready to level the yard for our 8x16 Intex, this makes me feel a lot more confident regarding the easiest way to do it.
  • awesome tip on the leveling trick! We, too, were just thinking way too hard. We are going to use a little bit of sand, mostly because our ground is very rocky. Thanks again!
  • great viedo did one much older 30 year ago was great, It change my life with family and kids. What a great fun.
  • @XOTWOD127
    Fantastic video this is the exact issue I’m having with my pool!! Once summer is finished here in Australia I’m going to fix my stones I rushed into it next time I’ll take my time!! Thanks for these tips
  • best video ever on this subject.... none of the others compare... thanks for sharing. i'm immensely grateful.
  • @gigglecheeks123
    Bingo! I’ve been researching for a couple of days I think you have posted my solution! And I have those bricks too I kid you not. Anyway your pool looks lovely and don’t be a perfectionist about wrinkles on the floor. You do however have a friendly looking frog floating around the top. Thank you so much! 🐸🐸🐸
  • @teeedog1
    Thanks for the pavers tip my pool is perfect !
  • @mskeakitty
    Great video and good job. We have leveled the ground with sand as best as we could using a 2×4 and level but were trying to find the best way to level it as perfectly as possible because the 2×4 method is only as good as the center point and can be faulty. This idea is awesome for this type of pool being that the feet need a solid foundation that won't sink into the ground at different locations depending on each post's weight load and varying degrees of soil/sand compaction. I will say though from past experience you should get those wrinkles out of the bottom because when you use the manual pool vacuums, they will catch on and scrape the high spots which lead to holes in the liner. This will also happen if there are indentations in the bottom from foot prints left during installation and while filling the pool and uneven soil compaction. Green algae settles in the indentations and the vacuum edges scrape the edges around the hole. We had hundreds of microscopic pin holes in the bottom that were impossible to find and patch due to a coarser grade of sand. I'm going to get a ground pad this time around to prevent all this. Thanks for the great video.
  • @Specialsmithys
    Thanks. For sharing this it helped me want this pool when I move soon!
  • @graffics7665
    That's genius! I've been having trouble figuring out how to level my 16' pool & I bought those same stones for the legs.. I'm going to give it a go.. thanks! Edit* It worked PERFECTLY! I put $150 of workout padding down underneath & it feels nice on the feet. The block to block leveling is the best & easiest solution though. It makes total sense because if the stones are exactly even, the top ring will be completely level. Thanks again!
  • @jherschel
    Thank you so much Paul. We have a 15' pool and about 4" slope and I'm only putting up for the next 3 months, so this gave me some hope in which I can prep more before next summer and just get the blocks and level the blocks. I've watched dozens of videos and this was the only one that even mentioned this tip.
  • @aros4327
    Best explanation of how to level out one of these pools. Thanks for sharing
  • @gaby4812
    Hi Pete followed your instructions and hire someone to level the ground this weekend amd put up the pool myself. Got the pavers and my pool was pretty leveled I would say may an inch to an inch and a half but pretty good thanks your videos rock.
  • wow! thanks for the tip on leveling the pool. I told my husband about it. We will be installing a pool this week and I have been trying to find a way to level out the pool easier than what I've seen. We have a 24' pool that came from a pool place but it needs a liner and is 9 years old so I think we are just going to grab a pool like this from walmart and add the skimmer and pump, if i can, from the old pool setup.
  • @tomrmal1
    Great video! Followed your instructions my 22 x 52 pool is very leveled. I also installed the Hayward wide mouth skimmer and going to do a complete tutorial video.
  • @madwaves7
    I loved this video! I have this exact pool and was going to get equipment and sand.