Holes in Doughboy Sidewall

by Sharon Hock
(Newville, PA)

Someone recently gave us a really nice Doughboy pool. We came to their house and took it down. My husband along with my son-in-law started working on putting it up. However, because they were doing it themselves, it was taking a while. They had the pool wall almost completely up but needing to stop. It gets very windy at our place and before they could finish it, the wind put some holes in the pool wall. We were wondering it there is anyway to patch the holes so we can still use the wall without having to go out and purchase a new wall or new pool.

Thanks


Hi Sharon. Here is a page related to repairs that can be made to above ground pool sidewalls.

Pool Wall Repair

Aluminum or metal flashing material can be taped over the holes using duct tape, and in most cases this makes a very adequate patch. The water pressure is greater the farther down the wall you get, so the size and strength of the patches should increase also. With a small tear near the top of the wall simply using a few layers of duct tape is fine. In the bottom half of the wall I would use a two foot square patch securely taped in place to cover the same size hole.

Patching a wall is effective as long as the integrity of the wall is otherwise sound. If the wall has major rust issues I would not do this, as it would be more likely to burst open when it was full of water.