Questions about aquasport semi inground pool install.

[Chudwick]

Hello. I put down a deposit on a aquasport 52 oval 17x32 pool and I’m in the planning stages getting ready to submit permit applications. I have figured most of what I need out already except for the pump and filter. My yard is on a pretty major slope and the side to run the utilities is on the high side of the pool. It’s actually the only way because of numerous obstructions.

On the high side the pump will be damn close to the water level if not higher. In addition to that the intention is to have all of the plumbing under the upper patio and I read somewhere that if you use an above ground pump system in the fashion that when the day comes to replace the liner that you’d have to dig up a section of the patio to access something. Swimming pools are not my specialty and information is scarce. Any ideas ?

[Teapot1]

I put the pumps below the water level when possible saves primimg issues but you would need a valve before the pump to stop the water should you need to service the pump. Likewise on the return if you mount that lower which I try not to do. That is the return from the filter. Either way it sounds as if you may be planning to bury the equipment? You need to build a suitable plant room around it.