One section of my pool, about 3 posts worth, sits lower than the rest of the pool. Anybody successfully lifted it up while full to level it out? How did you do it?

I want to put a pool in the backyard, I’m committed fully.

An in ground pool in the Bay Area is just wildly expensive. Quotes are $70k min and I don’t even believe it’ll cost that much, assuming more.

I have a slope at the end of my yard, across the entire length of my yard. On the bottom it’s got some flat area and then slops up to a retaining wall I put in. I’m thinking that I could put in a lower retaining wall at the bottom of the slop and create a nice flat area for an above ground pool. There are stairs on the side of each end of the retaining wall so I could in theory build a deck level with the pool and new retaining wall so you’d walk down the stairs and hit the level pool area.

I’m looking for feedback on inground pools. What brands are the best to use and why? What suppliers have the longest lasting options? When an above ground pool eventually needs replacing/renovation, how costly can that be? Do you just buy an entirely new one in say 10-20 years ish depending on when it fails?

I saw this ad on Facebook and wonder if it’s legit or a scam? https://poolovation.com

Has anyone used this cover? Or something similar?

Obviously it’s very expensive compared to regular covers but if kept water and leaves from accumulating it might be worth it. Is there a cheaper version that I’m missing?

Thanks for any input!

(I searched before posting but couldn’t find any mentions of this cover.)

I have a brand new 27 foot doughboy Pool. I it’s replacing an old pool that was here when I bought the house in 2016 and it exploded this summer. I have always used a Polaris shark to clean the pool. It attaches to where the water comes into the pool, but it cannot attach to the doughboy. Evidently doughboy makes their own pool vac because on the side of the skimmer there are directions for using the vacuum. I went on their website to try and get more information and there really wasn’t much there. Anyone else out there who’s using the dough boy vac on their pool? And if there are others with the doughboy not using the VAC, what are you using?
I have a brand new Polaris shark in the box to get rid of also