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Concern over weight of above ground pool
Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:32 pm
Ive had a cheap 10 foot above ground pool on my patio last couple of years
This year got a cheap 14 foot pool at academy for like 300 bucks
Looks to hold 2,700 gallons, which at 8.3lbs per gallon is over 22,000 pounds
Havent put it up yet- should I have any concerns about that much weight on the patio?
This year got a cheap 14 foot pool at academy for like 300 bucks
Looks to hold 2,700 gallons, which at 8.3lbs per gallon is over 22,000 pounds
Havent put it up yet- should I have any concerns about that much weight on the patio?
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Posted on 4/22/26 at 9:31 pm to LSUMJ
Square feet of pool area?
Divide 22,000 lbs. by square feet.
That will give you pounds per square foot.
Divide 22,000 lbs. by square feet.
That will give you pounds per square foot.
This post was edited on 4/22/26 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:51 pm to LSUMJ
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Havent put it up yet- should I have any concerns about that much weight on the patio?
I wouldn’t think so….that weight will be spread out over a lot of area. I wouldn’t be concerned unless the pool ww]as 10 feed deep or something like that.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:52 am to LSUMJ
how thick is the slab on your patio?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:36 am to diat150
14 feet is from the basketball goal to that chair. I would center the pool across those 2 squares
The concrete pad looks to be 4” deep
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:14 am to LSUMJ
id think a 4" could handle with no problems and the concrete looks in good shape.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:43 am to LSUMJ
A simple calculation is that 14 ft pool is 154 sq ft. 154 sq ft is 22,176 sq inches?
22,000lbs/ 22,176 is 0.992 psi?
I'm not an engineer but that seems right?
AVG psi rating for basic concrete is 2500lbs
22,000lbs/ 22,176 is 0.992 psi?
I'm not an engineer but that seems right?
AVG psi rating for basic concrete is 2500lbs
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:05 pm to UptownJoeBrown
Thanks everyone
Posted on 4/27/26 at 2:53 pm to baldona
quote:
A simple calculation is that 14 ft pool is 154 sq ft. 154 sq ft is 22,176 sq inches?
22,000lbs/ 22,176 is 0.992 psi?
I'm not an engineer but that seems right?
AVG psi rating for basic concrete is 2500lbs
Its probably at least 3000 psi concrete so the pool would be applying less than 1 psi.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 4:02 pm to LSUMJ
If you will be filling it to the same height, the total weight is irrelevant; it's the weight per sq ft that matters, and at the same height of water, that will be the same.
Edited because I saw answers to my question in the thread
Edited because I saw answers to my question in the thread
This post was edited on 4/27/26 at 4:07 pm
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