Crooked Uprights on Above Ground Pool

by Kristen
(NH)

When leveling the verticals, should we be leveling them from left/right when looking at them? Or from the top to bottom from in and out? I am not sure how else to word this!! Maybe, should we be placing the level on the side of the vertical or on the front?

Hi Kristen

That's a good question about leveling the uprights on an above ground pool. They should be level in all directions.

If it is bent going in and out you have a leveling issue. A pool setting on level ground should not have uprights leaning in or out. Uprights leaning left to right are another story.

Most above ground pool sidewalls are corrugated for extra strength. The creases go up and down and I just eyeball the upright straight with them. I have had employees that could not see the creases and had no idea when an upright was straight. I had them carry a around a small torpedo level with a magnet on one side. They would attach the level to the side of each upright. This worked fine as long as we were not building a resin pool.

Most top rails have multiple sets of screw holes so they can be used on many different size pools. You should be able to set the first post straight up and down, use the correct sets of holes in the top rails, and not have to worry to much about them the rest of the way around the pool.

There are rare occasions when the hole patterns do not seem to work. It is OK to level each upright with the level and use the holes that seem to be the closest to what you need. This keeps the uprights straight all the way around.

Using the correct screw holes should also prevent the in and out leveling problem unless the pool is way out of level. When you are choosing your own holes to use be sure the upright is straight in both directions.