Wall Coming Out of Top Rods

by Debbie C
(Pittsburgh PA)

I think this happened from the kids 'pushing off'. I have a 27ft above ground pool. About 5ft of the wall is out of the track that encircles the top of the pool. There's about a 1 inch gap - - there's no way I can stick the wall back into the track.

We had a hard winter...maybe that had something to do with it, too. I had the pool for 6 years and never lost as much water as I did this past winter.

Anyway, I'm concerned with the wall of the pool ....Any advice?




Hi Debbie. It should be fairly easy to fix but you will have to remove the top rails. Before taking the tops rails off you should probably drain the pool down to about half way.

With the top rails off you should be able to reset the rods in place and reinstall the top rails.

If your wall looks like this you have more serious issues. This kind of wall damage is caused by the wall buckling during a winter freeze. If the top of the pool is frozen and the water below it is allowed to leak this is what happens. The fix would be to drain enough water out of the pool so the liner can be pulled back and the wall straightened.