Levelling a piece of garden

[Chris Type R]

Are you going to heat the water as well ?

[Jonboy_t]

Timber frame round it and fill it with sand. Compact it though, you'll get feet marks in it if you don't (at best!)

[C0ffin D0dger]

Chris Type R said:

Are you going to heat the water as well ?

Only the sun with mine, my kids are mental anyway and will go in their current paddling pool until their lips turn blue. Might get them so cheap wetsuits depending on what sort of summer we have.

[littlebasher]

Chris Type R said:

Are you going to heat the water as well ?

Not electrically !

I have a couple of heating pads from the last pool, they should raise the temp a degree on the hottest days! Mind you, it never seems to bother the kids, just the adults who won't want to get in

[Chris Type R]

C0ffin D0dger said:

Only the sun with mine, my kids are mental anyway and will go in their current paddling pool until their lips turn blue. Might get them so cheap wetsuits depending on what sort of summer we have.

I have a Bestway 2m x 3m to find a space for, but couldn't bring myself to order a heater as well (partly due to the reviews talking about melted plugs and sockets). Wetsuits are a jolly good idea.

[8-P]

desolate said:

I'd risk it.

In fact I wouldn't even read the instructions.

Same thoughts, its just a big paddling pool not a kitchen worktop installation

[Chris Type R]

Also, quite remarkable how many really small but well proportioned people there are out there, looking at the product photos.

[dickymint]

Basic physics - water will find its own level!........just trim the top edge to suit.

[littlebasher]

dickymint said:

Basic physics - water will find its own level!........just trim the top edge to suit.

[Tuna]

You can do the job quickly with some cheap clear plastic tubing (or a hose with a bit of planning).

Four stakes in the corners, deep enough that they're not going to move. Mark one off 6" above the ground. Run your tube from that stake to the next, fill with water to the line. Use the level at the other end to mark off the level on that stake. Repeat. Run a line between stakes and you can check ground level, but for a pool like this, as long as you don't have one end or corner seriously out of whack, you should be ok.

[littlebasher]

For those that are interested, 50 wheel barrows of garden removed left me with a nice level area ready for the pool

[littlebasher]

It was at this point that i discovered that the land must have been previously used as a broken glass storage depot. I figured that the thin liner of the pool probably wouldn't appreciate this, so had to shell out more money to cover the area in these

[littlebasher]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you 'poolmageddon'

[CoolHands]

Awesome! Although I detect it is 2 degrees out

[littlebasher]

CoolHands said:

Awesome! Although I detect it is 2 degrees out

I just pray that the ground is firm enough to support it !

Still, on the other hand it would be more useful as a sunken pool

[NoIP]

littlebasher said:

I just pray that the ground is firm enough to support it !

I trust you checked to make sure there are no sewers or drainage pipes running underneath that part of the garden because having that weight sat on top of them is a quick way to make them collapse.

[littlebasher]

Fortunately, all my services run to the front of the house.

[anonymous-user]

I wouldn't worry. I put bowsers, skips, big machines etc on much softer, much more congested land and they don't do any damage. Yes there is potential, but in reality you'll be fine. Levelling looks good for a, er, hand job. Bet that was some graft though.

[hotchy]

Id deck around that and build it around the sides to make it look more friendly to the eye.

[Chris Type R]

hotchy said:

Id deck around that and build it around the sides to make it look more friendly to the eye.

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