My thoughts on building my AG pool...

[posguy]

Do not use a compactor, it gouges the sand. I am installing a replacement liner and have found once your sand is level, dragging a push broom behind you in circular motion starting from the center and working your way out the the wall cleans up the footprints well. Someone had suggested to me to water the sand, and sure enough, if you water it well enough it creates a very smooth surface.

Anthony

[robot9000]

Okay, I have all the patio blocks in and level. As an added bonus, I found another set of stump roots at the other end of the pool I had to dig out and back fill, hand tamp the snot out of and water to settle. Now we are putting in the sand and hope to put the wall up tonight or tomorrow and liner Thursday.

Again, much more labor than I thought, but its moving along...