Hi,

I have inherited an Esther Williams above ground pool. It is around
10-12 years old. Everything on the pool was in great shape except for
the bottom tracks (I ordered new ones) and I just noticed dozens of
small holes near the bottom 6 inches of the aluminum wall. I cannot
afford to replace the wall. What would be the best way to approach
repairing this?

Here is a link to an image of the wall:

http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson.../poolwall.html

thanks,

Mark

"marklevinson1" wrote in message
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I have inherited an Esther Williams above ground pool. It is around
10-12 years old. Everything on the pool was in great shape except for
the bottom tracks (I ordered new ones) and I just noticed dozens of
small holes near the bottom 6 inches of the aluminum wall. I cannot
afford to replace the wall. What would be the best way to approach
repairing this?

Here is a link to an image of the wall:

http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson.../poolwall.html

It looks as if someone may have been shooting at your
pool wall with a BB gun (cal. 0.177".) But we cannot guess
further since your photo showed no scale indicator.

It is the vinyl liner that holds the water, not the metal wall,
which merely prevents the vinyl from splitting under the
weight of the water. Liners last 15 to 25 years.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

marklevinson1 wrote:
Hi,

I have inherited an Esther Williams above ground pool. It is around
10-12 years old. Everything on the pool was in great shape except for
the bottom tracks (I ordered new ones) and I just noticed dozens of
small holes near the bottom 6 inches of the aluminum wall. I cannot
afford to replace the wall. What would be the best way to approach
repairing this?

Here is a link to an image of the wall:

http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson.../poolwall.html

thanks,

Mark

You could try epoxy on the holes. It should work.