Pool Wall Separating

by Mary
(Lincoln, me)

This spring we noticed the 28 ft. above ground pool has buckled and separated the outer wall, where the screws hold the wall together, the holes for the screws have pulled completely out. Is there any way to fix this problem?

I didn't know if it was possible to re-drill new holes? We do have to replace the liner. It has a hole somewhere because all of the water has drained out. I hope to fix it, have had the pool 4 years but it is an older pool.


Hi Mary. You could probably go about fixing it a couple of different ways. There is probably room between the existing bolt holes to add more. This would be one way to go. If the wall still looks solid, except for where the holes are spreading, this would probably work.

Another way to reinforce the wall would be to get about an eight foot section of pool wall and put inside your existing wall. It should fit into the bottom track on the inside of the pool. Behind the uprights, the ones on both sides of you existing nuts and bolts, you would drill new holes. Any flat metal would work for this purpose if a pool wall could not be found. You should also add few new bolts to the existing row of bolts just to make sure everything is lined up the way it was.

The important thing to remember is that a 28' pool holds a lot of water. If the repair does not hold, that's a lot of water to loose at one time, especially if someone is in the pool. Be sure what ever you do is going to work or you are better off replacing either the wall or the whole pool.