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Thank you so much for clearing that up for me...Its unbelievable how I cannot get good info from companies trying to sell 30k pools, but you can get free info from a forum like this thats been way more helpful!!! thanks everyone!!!

Thank you all for the response(s)...As mentioned we really do want to go the route of an inground...I just cannot understand why my local pool company will not come out and drill a few holes to check out the ground..I offered to pay for their time, but they will not do it unless I have 3k down... They did say something about installing well points if necessary, but thats even more money of course...Anyone have any idea in whats envolved with those or if its even worth it to do??Again I thank you all for your help and suggestions... still lookin for any ideas on whom I could call locally to drill down....thanks again!!!

well we are really set on an in-ground for now...There are a few houses that have inground pools close by us,but they might be on slightly higher ground..For right now we jus want to figure out the best way to get the ground tested....thanks for the replies so far..

Is there a general rule of thumb on "if" I actually find water???Example-if I want to put a 8' deep pool in and hit water at 5 or 6' ???

Hi everyone...My wife and I really want an in-ground pool installed in our back yard..We are looking to get a 16x32'- 4'-8' deep..I understand that our housing development has a high water table where we live and thats the reason why the builder did not install basements in this section where we live.... My main question is that the pool company we want to use will not come and do an auger drill test to test the ground for water until we give them a $3000 deposit...I don't have a problem with that other then we want to do a bunch of different things to the yard this year so next year we can get the pool installed...Bottum line is we dont want to waste time and money on the yard if we can have a in-ground pool... I have tried searching around but do not know if Iam looking in the right places to have someone professional come out to test the ground since the pool company will not...Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do or whom to contact to get this simple drill test done to see if our water table is too high for an in-ground pool???? Thanks everyone!!