Move Above Ground Pool

by D B
(cherry hill nj)

Is it possible to move an above ground pool from one home to another and if so how difficult will it be?

My wife and I have moved hundreds of pools from one home to another. It is pretty easily a two person job.

It is best to start with a completely empty pool. We remove all of the top rails, top caps, uprights, stabilizer rods and coping. We will also completely unhook the filter equipment and remove the skimmer and return. We are usually packing all of this into a pickup as we are taking it apart.

With everything gone except the wall we unbolt the seam and carefully roll it up. The important part is to unbolt the seam. If it is a Doughboy pool and has a bar instead of nuts and bolts, the bar should come off.

All that is left is to dig up all of the bottom rails and footplates. Make sure you have them all and be gentle with them if they are rusty.

Assembly of a used pool is identical to that of a new one. We have taken the old pool completely apart. That includes every single screw, nut and bolt. It may seem like extra work but it will go back together so much easier if you are doing it as if it came out of a box new.

The biggest mistake people made when moving a pool is trying to reuse the old liner. That is far more aggravation than it is worth. Do yourself a big favor and install the pool with a new liner.

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