Re: Install issue top rail not fitting!
Don't freak out.
I've seen other pics of oval pools with wavey side walls, I believe that is normal.
Is the pool wall seated in all the bottom rails/tracks?
I believe the bottom rails along the sides are actually curved a bit, every pic I've seen shows them as curved.
The posts are the uprights that run vertically between the bottom and top tracks, you put that stringline along one side of them.
The sides of an oval pool take a disproportionate amount of weight since the pool is not round, thus the sidewalls have reinforced posts with the angled support peices.
Those need to be levelled vertically, it's just something to check and confirm, I'm sure their all fine.
You just need to confirm what all is done marginally, that's all, don't freak out.
If you go thru everything and confirm that it's just one post that is out I think you'll be ok, if there's several other things that's a different story.
As for the top rails, perhaps the installer has a bit of a point but didn't word it properly. No pool is probably ever going to go together perfectly round (or oval) at the top rail and it's dosn't need to, the top rails can be out a bit. My own pool is not perfectly round at the top rail, any imperfections in the bottom will be magnified at bit at the top.
That said, the rails should still be able to be put in place and screwed in, they may just need some coaxing.
Do as Casey recommended, loosen all the rails and try to get them all on and then go around tightening. If your filling the pool this may not be possible as the water get's higher.
Take a deep breath and relax, you just have to confirm if that one post is the only problem.