If you have had a chance to read through our Lap Pool section on “Preparing the Ground”, you can recall we talk a lot about preventing the ground from being a factor. Pouring a conrete pad really does prevent the ground from causing your EZ Pool to be out of level. In the case of the Murray family, they live in Canada and wanted to create a ground thermal barrier to help keep the pool warmer during the cooler months. So they accomplished two features with one project.!!