How to shore up a dirt wall around a swimming pool.
Retaining wall above ground pool on slope.
San juan fiberglass swimming pools are built with enough strength to easily sit elevated above the ground 18 to 24 inches without causing stress on the pool s structure.
Building a retaining wall to hold the slope is much safer if the slope runs more than 24 inches above the ground where the pool sits.
Save some of the sod that you remove when preparing the ground for the pool to cover the top of the backfill.
You can put the pool primarily on the high point the low point or somewhere in the middle.
Drainage is the key.
Some home owners incorporate a retaining wall into a water feature such as wall spouts or rock waterfalls but that s a topic for another day.
Whether it is simple grading or a retaining wall that is required the key is drainage around the structure.
Sometimes a retaining wall is used to add more room for the pool by cutting into a small hillside or to allow for perimeter space all the way around the pool.
If grading is the answer be sure that the patio slopes away from the pool and drains away from the patio edge quickly.
The structure includes the fiberglass pool patio and retaining walls.
When putting a pool on a sloped yard you have three options.
Now you likely have a sloping.
When your pool was installed you went through the trouble of making sure the area for the pool was leveled.
Design and build your retaining wall to slope at a minimum rate of.