Sides Bowing In On Intex Oval Pool

by Joe
(NC)

We bought a new Intex Ultra Frame rectangular pool. We cleared and leveled the area for setup. We actually cleared and leveled a much larger area than the 16 x32 needed. We treated the whole area with weed killer and covered the area with a 24 x 40 tarp which we anchored after smoothing. A ground cover came with the pool so we put that down next; then, we laid out the pool. We got everything assembled per the instructions and enclosed DVD.

Filling was started. Everything seemed fine for a while then we noticed that the bottom was belling out causing the side support bars to pull in toward the bottom. In turn, that caused the side walls to bow inward. We are now draining the pool; but, we need to know what caused this and how to fix it. Thanks.




Hi Joe.

This is very normal for an Intex pool. The sides will bow in as the pool is filling and will only push back out when the water is near the top.

If the pool is level, and everything else looks good, I would start the water filling again. The pool will take on the correct shape as it fills.