Repair Above Ground Pool

by Cindy

My pool is about 8 years old. Last year a cinder block poked a hole in the side wall and liner. We fixed that, this year the patch came off, the sides buckled because of the bad winters, and I noticed that there is rust around the bottom of the walls and they area creased. One of my uprights moved off of the concrete slab.

Should I just take it down or try to repair it?



Hi Cindy. I think I would at least replace the liner. While the pool is empty the wall can be sanded and painted, or repaired, the bottom smoothed out and the upright put back on the block. Unless the wall has very serious issues there is no reason not to reuse it. Minor rust issues like shown below are very easy to take care of.



Any creases in the pool wall could be flattened out while the pool is empty also. This page may help a little with an above ground pool wall repair.

Pool Wall Repair

A pool would have to be in very bad condition before I would consider not doing repairs. There does, however, come a time when all above ground pool are better off sold as scrap metal. Only you can decide when that time has come.