September 15th, 2009 | 
Author: We just bought another house and want to take our Above Ground Pool with us. I do not want it sitting right on top of the ground. Does anyone know how deep you can put these into the ground without possible damage to the pool.
You can’t and still have that pool after a year. The walls aren’t coated or designed to be sunk and will rot pretty quickly. Take a look at the steel used in an on ground (usually partially sunk) or an inground., versus the steel in your above ground. There’s a BIG difference.
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call your city,county for local codes
cheers
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You can sink it entirely in the ground, as long as you have a "foundation" to support the earth, and it wont "push" on the pool. The thing is, you will need to "coat" the frame so that it wont rust, as it will be in contact with moisture from the earth, (humidity and water levels from splash overs), unless you put in proper drainage to carry water splash overs away).
The problem is, getting out of the pool. Most liners, unless you support them from below with a concrete pad or something will not support a ladder for too long, as the ladder will "dig" into the liner from the weight of going up and down on it. Put some type of pad, from rock, plastic or whatever, so that the ladder will rest upon and not dig in past the liner.
I wish you well..
Jesse
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You can’t and still have that pool after a year. The walls aren’t coated or designed to be sunk and will rot pretty quickly. Take a look at the steel used in an on ground (usually partially sunk) or an inground., versus the steel in your above ground. There’s a BIG difference.
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pool service technician / builder
The OTHER option is to sink it into the ground and NOT back fill it. If you back fill with dirt you will corrode the wall and void the warranty. But if you dig your hole, put a retaining wall around it assemble your pool, then build a deck over it, you will be in fine shape.
That being said….we have had customers who backfilled and had their pool last twenty years, when they finally pulled it out it was in bad shape….but it lasted
Craig
http://www.arthurspools.com
Check the link below for sinking your pool
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http://www.arthurspools.com/cyclopedia/how_to_make_an_above_ground_pool.htm