Hi all, first time poster here. Wife and I bought a house in the fall and it came with an above ground pool, already closed up. Come the late winter/spring I noticed that the top rail is lifted up in a specific spot (it was actually lifted much more than in the pictures), might have been due to frost heave? There is a lot of ground water in that spot.
The other thing I noticed is that the two vertical uprights in that spot seems somewhat broken, one to the side of the deck, and one under the deck. The outer one (the one not under the deck) seems to be sort of hanging, secured somewhat by that support going diagonally into the ground. I was literally jiggle the bottom of that upright at the bottom. The one under the deck seems a bit more secure, but a part of it is sticking out of the ground on the bottom.
I'd like to fix this so it's ready for the summer. Other than these two spots, I don't see much else wrong with the pool. The cover was very weak and broke over the winter, causing a bunch of leaves to fall in. Someone else said the stress of that could contributed somewhat, I'm really not sure. Although I'd guess not, since it seems the previous owner already did some hacky stuff to fix that area once before. You can see that those two supports are attached above the spots they're supposed to be, and i'll note that piece of wood pushing on the vertical support under the deck seems to be bearing some sort of load.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated! I also have a video that shows all of this in greater detail, but I couldn't upload it here. Maybe I can upload that elsewhere and link it here.
The other thing I noticed is that the two vertical uprights in that spot seems somewhat broken, one to the side of the deck, and one under the deck. The outer one (the one not under the deck) seems to be sort of hanging, secured somewhat by that support going diagonally into the ground. I was literally jiggle the bottom of that upright at the bottom. The one under the deck seems a bit more secure, but a part of it is sticking out of the ground on the bottom.
I'd like to fix this so it's ready for the summer. Other than these two spots, I don't see much else wrong with the pool. The cover was very weak and broke over the winter, causing a bunch of leaves to fall in. Someone else said the stress of that could contributed somewhat, I'm really not sure. Although I'd guess not, since it seems the previous owner already did some hacky stuff to fix that area once before. You can see that those two supports are attached above the spots they're supposed to be, and i'll note that piece of wood pushing on the vertical support under the deck seems to be bearing some sort of load.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated! I also have a video that shows all of this in greater detail, but I couldn't upload it here. Maybe I can upload that elsewhere and link it here.
Made any progress on replacement parts? Perhaps one of our members will recognize that manufacture, or if you see some markings, post them here for everyone to see. Certainly seems to be some whacky stuff happening around that stair/decking area. Might call for a full drain, inspection, and level. Hard to tell from the pics how involved that repair could get.
