I've got a contract on a house that had a pool until about 4-5 months ago. The pool needed about $3,000 in work and the guy flipping the house (first time he has ever flipped one) just filled the pool in with dirt. I'd like to excavate the pool but I don't know where to start or if it is even worthwhile. The pump remains in the back yard and I understand he had about 10 loads dumped. Trying to get more info, like "did he punch holes in the bottom of the pool" etc; but haven't gotten a response yet. Has anyone ever done this and would they do it again? And if you did it, where did you start and what was the approximate cost?

I got a used pool from somebody and ordered a 52 inch beaded liner because I thought that was the tallest liner available for an above ground pool. However today I found a website that sold 54 inch liners. My pool wall is 53 and 1/2 inches tall and I originally figured the extra 1 and 1/2 inches was due to the sand and coving in bottom of pool. Now I am very confused and might be stuck with a liner that's too small. The pool is 30 feet in diameter so the liner wasn't cheap. What size beaded pool liner should I use for this pool and if it is a 54 inch liner can I still acceptably use the 52 inch liner by making the coves taller like 8 or 10 inches high instead of 4 to 6 inches? Please help. Thanks. Because I am stuck with the liner, if it is the wrong size and can't be acceptably used I'm seriously thinking about cutting 2 inches off the top so it will be okay. Any thoughts on this? I'm getting desperate in my confusion.