Metal Rods and Round Coping

by Francis
(Canada)

I have just installed a 24 foot round above ground pool and have the water filled to 1 inch below the water intake hole. I have a few questions about the liner install

1. When we installed the liner we installed it over the rounded metal stabilizer rods (looks exactly like coping) and then put the rounded plastic coping over top of the metal ones. I have a feeling that I should have removed the metal ones and just had the liner resting on the pool wall and then put the plastic coping over.

2. I have made sure there are no wrinkles, but I have noticed that we have a little bit of extra liner that we need to pull snug along the top. Going by what I have read on this site so far, I should be fine to remove a few top rails at a time and pull the extra liner snug with the wall so that there is no extra hanging there??

Looking forward to reading your reply.

Thanks, Francis



Hi Francis.

Anytime you have round coping strips they are to be installed over top of the metal retaining rods. It sounds like you did it right.

Be sure to pull the liner tight before adding anymore water. You should not have any problem doing his and it will look a lot better than having a liner that's loose around the top.

I have done this with pools full of water and had to have my helpers push the last rail, for all they were worth, to enable me to line the holes up correctly so I could shoot the screws in.

More photos of this pool being installed are on this page.

Above Ground Swimming Pool Installation