need some advice on rebuilding inground vinyl pool

[crushkittykitty]

Little back story we bought a house that has an in-ground pool the pool is well in horrid shape at least I think. After we cleaned out the garbage everything from a tent to leaves. I started working on the retaining wall and that took longer then I planned. Now its close to the end of the season and I am wondering if I should even start the pool or just wait till next spring I live in Iowa so. One thing that I am not sure about is can I take the metal corners off and just make the pool square? The decking will be replaced anyway and the last liner that was put in was made wrong the corners have an angle that gets less as you go down. I will post pics. I talked to the neighbor and he said the liner lasted less then 6 months and was professionally installed so I was hoping to just eliminate that btw this pool was built back in the 80s its metal sided with grout bottom or looks to be grout.

 

[SBall]

I would recommend checking square and plumb. An angle like that makes it appear that the walls are leaning away from each other at the top.

 

[jimmythegreek]

You can't do anything w the corners easily the metal panels are set in concrete and bolted 2gether. In 25 yrs its rusty and not worth the effort to change. If u are gonna tear out decking u could change coping and fill corner from inside to change shape a little.

I will tell u to be very careful w an empty steel wall pool. The water is meant to support the pool from inside to counter the dirt on outside. If u have heavy rains or groundwater come up u could damage the pool walls. My neighbor just did this over the summer and had the long wall lean over in heavy rains and the pool is now a total loss

 

[crushkittykitty]

You can't do anything w the corners easily the metal panels are set in concrete and bolted 2gether. In 25 yrs its rusty and not worth the effort to change. If u are gonna tear out decking u could change coping and fill corner from inside to change shape a little.

I will tell u to be very careful w an empty steel wall pool. The water is meant to support the pool from inside to counter the dirt on outside. If u have heavy rains or groundwater come up u could damage the pool walls. My neighbor just did this over the summer and had the long wall lean over in heavy rains and the pool is now a total loss

To be honest I thought it would have already happened. It has been at least 5 years setting I checked it it still seems square the corners are held in with tape one was missing it was under the liner. The bottom of the pool really isnt that bad it has a few spots that need fixed. I pulled the hydrostatic plug out of the bottom drain, It was stuck open prolly what has saved the bottom. It had about 3 feet of water in most of the summer I would run the pump and clean it just to keep the smell away. The pool is on a huge hill that is over 12 feet tall I will pull the liner back again recheck and take a picture of the deep end corner without that corner cover. and the corner metal piece I have no idea if this was added after or is original to the pool. It to me looks like something that was added when they redone the decking do to the fact they are not bolted in but just taped in place. Thank for the advise btw.
I am scared that since I have fixed the retaining wall there is now more pressure on the pool walls.

 

[PoolguyinCT]

That’s a quick fix.

That looks like a 7” or 6” diagonal corner. 6” radius filler panels are available & the will work with the existing liner track.

Coincidentally some aboveground foam pool coves are 6” diagonals.

 

[PoolguyinCT]

& a 6” radius extrusion can be front mounted to corners

 

[crushkittykitty]

Well I guess this is going to wait till spring. I have a basement wall bowing in. I will just blow out the return lines drain the system and hope for the best. Thank you all for your help.
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