(in fact, it’s usually recommended to.

My above ground pool is 3 inches off level. We had some bad attitude from the. When attached to a tightly pulled string, the line level will tell you how to level the. If you don’t remedy this problem, there will be more pressure on one leg.

This extra pressure will eventually push the pool out of shape more and more and in extreme cases will cause the water to spill over and collapse the pool. If you have to level the area, sand makes a. But, if the ground is just off by around three inches or so, you might be able to resolve this problem without pool deconstruction.

The best thing to do is to level the ground without removing the pool down. Level installation is crucial before installing the pool, look for an area away from trees and at least three feet from any other structures in the yard. If your above ground pool is off by three inches or more, it needs to be taken down, leveled and reinstalled.

3” is probably ok, just depends how offensive you find the off level water, mines less than one and it bugs me no end 😒 1 level 1 [deleted] · 2 yr. Lower the water level to just below the mouth of the skimmer. I'm new here at the forum and just started reading over some posts.

However, you can easily rectify this issue without taking your above ground pool down. Excavated pad size will always be larger than the pool size. In an extreme case, the pool will collapse from the pressure.

Below is the easiest way to level ground for. Top soil (grass) needs to be removed. Just to be clear, if.