Specifications

Howdoyouchooseanabovegroundpoolthat’sworthmoving?
Firstruleofthumbisneverbuyausedabove
groundpoolthatismorethan5yearsold.
Don’teverbeswayedbywhatyoucansee.It’s
whatyoucannotseethatyouneedtosee!
Afterdoing
thisforyearsIhavecometothe
conclusionthatanythingover5yearsoldis
startingtoshowsignsofdegradation.Yes
therearecaseswhenapoolisingreatshapeafter7‐10years.Butnotmany
homeownershavedonewhatisnecessarytokeepapool
newforthatlong.
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Secondruleofthumbistodoyourresearchanddeterminethatthepool
you’reinspectingisstillinmanufacturingsomewhere.Youdon’twantto
wasteallyourvaluabletimetakingthepooldownandfindouttheonepiece
ofthepoolthatismissingcannot
begottenbecausethecompanywentout
ofbusiness.Makesureyoucanstillgetpartsifyouneedto.Countonalocal
poolproorretailerforfiguringoutifyou’llbeabletogetpartsifneeded.
Digdowntothetrackthatholdsthewallin
placeinseveralplacesaroundthe
pool.Youarelookingforrust,pittingandholesinthewallorbasetrackwhich
holdsthewallinplace.Lookatthebottomofafewuprightspayingspecial
attentiontothescrews.It’snotuncommontocomeacrossscrewsthatare
rusting
andhardtoremove.Checkacouplebylooseningafewandthen
tighteningthembackon.Chancesaregoodthatifthepoolisingoodshapein
thisareathentherestofthepoolisOKaswell.Ifthepoolisnotfullofwater
you’ll
wanttogetpermissiontolookbehindthelinerinsidethepool.Ifyoudo
getthepermission,checkforthesamethingsontheinsideofthepool.This
leadsustothenexttopic,neverreusingtheliner.
Anabovegroundpoollinercanneverbereusedafterit’s
takenoutorthe
poolwaterisemptied.Thereasonsforthisareprettyclear.Apoollinerwill