I recently purchased a used above ground 21' pool. The pool was
already taken down. I have already installed the sand and leveled the
blocks that the bottom frame go on. I have put up the wall and then
attached the wall section where the skimmer will attach. Here is the
problem. When installing the skimmer pannel, I attached one side and
installed most of the bolts but the other side overlaps the rest of
the wall by about 8". I haven't tried yet to align the holes yet. I am
wondering if the frame is just out of round and if I get it correct if
the panels will line up? Any one with experience with this. It was
enough work getting it where it is. I don't want to have to redo
walls. Any help on how to make sure pool is perfectly round would be
appreciated as well.

I would think its normal to fight those last holes to line up.

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I recently purchased a used above ground 21' pool. The pool was
already taken down. I have already installed the sand and leveled the
blocks that the bottom frame go on. I have put up the wall and then
attached the wall section where the skimmer will attach. Here is the
problem. When installing the skimmer pannel, I attached one side and
installed most of the bolts but the other side overlaps the rest of
the wall by about 8". I haven't tried yet to align the holes yet. I am
wondering if the frame is just out of round and if I get it correct if
the panels will line up? Any one with experience with this. It was
enough work getting it where it is. I don't want to have to redo
walls. Any help on how to make sure pool is perfectly round would be
appreciated as well.

On May 22, 5:05 am, "longshot" wrote:
I would think its normal to fight those last holes to line up.


The problem is that it isn't just an inch or two it is a full 8"
overlap. I'm trying to find out if anyone has experience with this and
if there are any tricks since this is the first time I have ever
installed a pool.

On May 22, 5:05 am, "longshot" wrote:
I would think its normal to fight those last holes to line up.

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I recently purchased a used above ground 21' pool. The pool was
already taken down. I have already installed the sand and leveled the
blocks that the bottom frame go on. I have put up the wall and then
attached the wall section where the skimmer will attach. Here is the
problem. When installing the skimmer pannel, I attached one side and
installed most of the bolts but the other side overlaps the rest of
the wall by about 8". I haven't tried yet to align the holes yet. I am
wondering if the frame is just out of round and if I get it correct if
the panels will line up? Any one with experience with this. It was
enough work getting it where it is. I don't want to have to redo
walls. Any help on how to make sure pool is perfectly round would be
appreciated as well.- Hide quoted text -

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The problem is that the overlap is a good 8" and it seems like a long
way to go especially with the sides already being in the track. Just
trying to get help from any one who has had experience with this.

Paul writes:

On May 22, 5:05 am, "longshot" wrote:
I would think its normal to fight those last holes to line up.

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I recently purchased a used above ground 21' pool. The pool was
already taken down. I have already installed the sand and leveled the
blocks that the bottom frame go on. I have put up the wall and then
attached the wall section where the skimmer will attach. Here is the
problem. When installing the skimmer pannel, I attached one side and
installed most of the bolts but the other side overlaps the rest of
the wall by about 8". I haven't tried yet to align the holes yet. I am
wondering if the frame is just out of round and if I get it correct if
the panels will line up? Any one with experience with this. It was
enough work getting it where it is. I don't want to have to redo
walls. Any help on how to make sure pool is perfectly round would be
appreciated as well.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The problem is that the overlap is a good 8" and it seems like a long
way to go especially with the sides already being in the track. Just
trying to get help from any one who has had experience with this.

Ok, I think I've got you now.
A 21 foot diameter pool has about 20 sections?
So if each section is off about a third of an inch you'd get
the mismatch you see.

Go around the pool and see if you can move each joint by about
a third of an inch.

The pool should be round since it's sitting in a round track.
To check measure the diameter in a couple of places.

On May 22, 5:05 am, "longshot" wrote:
I would think its normal to fight those last holes to line up.


The problem is that it isn't just an inch or two it is a full 8"
overlap. I'm trying to find out if anyone has experience with this and
if there are any tricks since this is the first time I have ever
installed a pool.