New 24' AG Pool, Backfill ??

[traceyb]

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This is our newly installed pool as well....after backfilling. This might give you a visual. I worked with the dirt ourselves, and then had a landscaper friend come over w/ a small tractor and move the excess in addition the filling in low spots around the pool. They dug down about 7 inches (must less than 16) so you must have alot of left over.

Ideally you should backfill to ground level around the pool allowing the dirt to slope upward at the wall about 3-4 inches. This will allow water to fall away from the walls and not rest at the wall. We have the Esther Williams aluminum walls, so I wasn't worried about backfilling. You shouldn't either.
Anyway,,,,,,,,,hope this helps.

[les_smith]

They had to dig down 14 inches on our high side. Like traceyb, we leveled the dirt around the pool with the undisturbed dirt. We partially filled with the dirt removed and then we finished it off with good soil for the flower beds.

[hrsdennis]

I too would go with just the dirt. Pool walls are so well treated you should be looking at many years before rust is an issue. If the pool, over time, does rust below ground level there are so many easy fixes. If you want twenty plus years out of pool you should have no problem. Every time you change the liner do a close examination and deal with any proplems. By doing this you would be amazed at how long above ground pools can last.

Later, Dennis