miandsh2000 Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 has anyone - or know if we can - installed a fiberglass pool above ground? its a 16x40 V bottom pool (goes from 3.5' on the ends to about 6' in the middle) and i want to install the center V section about 2 feet in the ground. this would give me about 4 feet above ground in the middle. can this be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 First, why would you want this? Just get an above ground pool, much cheaper. It would be a bad idea because you would not have the sand packed around the edges, a pool installed this way would constantly be unlevel. Every time the ground shifted, froze, etc it would shift. I don't even think it could be filled without leaning to one side. Just not a practical good idea. But, that is my opinion. I am not a pool installer, just an engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miandsh2000 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 deep slope in yard and want a raised pool with a wooden deck around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not burned Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 deep slope in yard and want a raised pool with a wooden deck around it. I'm a builder, the engineer is right, don't dare want to build that pool out of the ground. I used to build San Juan. They are also super slippery, not safe. If you get a Fox Pool, you could build that level on your bottom end which would get you out of the ground 3 feet, then pour your sub footing around that nice and strong, re rod, fiber, etc. the stronger the better, then have the rest in the ground and build your wood deck over that end out of the ground, I've seen those pools hold water just fine with no back fill, just your concrete footer. double check all engineering specs with a Fox builder first, I don't build them, but I know they are on of the strongest pools out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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New_pool_User Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Did you ever install it as I wouldlike to do the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Viking FL Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 has anyone - or know if we can - installed a fiberglass pool above ground? its a 16x40 V bottom pool (goes from 3.5' on the ends to about 6' in the middle) and i want to install the center V section about 2 feet in the ground. this would give me about 4 feet above ground in the middle. can this be done? Yes it can be done and has been done many times. Feel free to contact me (sramsey@viking pools.net)on this subject. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1973 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 deep slope in yard and want a raised pool with a wooden deck around it. I'm a builder, the engineer is right, don't dare want to build that pool out of the ground. I used to build San Juan. They are also super slippery, not safe. If you get a Fox Pool, you could build that level on your bottom end which would get you out of the ground 3 feet, then pour your sub footing around that nice and strong, re rod, fiber, etc. the stronger the better, then have the rest in the ground and build your wood deck over that end out of the ground, I've seen those pools hold water just fine with no back fill, just your concrete footer. double check all engineering specs with a Fox builder first, I don't build them, but I know they are on of the strongest pools out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1973 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 deep slope in yard and want a raised pool with a wooden deck around it. I'm a builder, the engineer is right, don't dare want to build that pool out of the ground. I used to build San Juan. They are also super slippery, not safe. If you get a Fox Pool, you could build that level on your bottom end which would get you out of the ground 3 feet, then pour your sub footing around that nice and strong, re rod, fiber, etc. the stronger the better, then have the rest in the ground and build your wood deck over that end out of the ground, I've seen those pools hold water just fine with no back fill, just your concrete footer. double check all engineering specs with a Fox builder first, I don't build them, but I know they are on of the strongest pools out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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