Umbrella on shelf...doesn’t fit...

[TheBigEye]

Question about pool umbrellas. My pool builder left this hole on the tanning shelf. He said any standard umbrella would fit. I bought an umbrella and tried to place it in the hole, but it doesn’t fit (wow, that sounds bad when typed). Anyway, what can I do now to get the umbrella to fit?

 

[PoolGate]

What size is your umbrella pole? Standard size is 1.5 inch.

 

[TheBigEye]

The umbrella pole is 1.5” which as I understand is standard. I took the top off the sleeve in the shelf and it looks like it’s a collar of some sort on top of PVC pipe. The collar has a lip around the inside which makes the inner diameter slightly smaller. Any idea how I would fix this?

 

[rphpool]

I would get the Dremmel tool out try and make it a tad wider.

 

[TheBigEye]

It's underwater. How's that going to work with the dremel tool?

 

[mknauss]

It's underwater. How's that going to work with the dremel tool?

It would be exciting for a moment!

Is it a screwed in collar? Hard to tell from the picture. It appears to have a slot on the inside.

 

[TheBigEye]

It would be exciting for a moment!

Haha! Yep.. but just for the moment.

 

[GregInClaremont]

That looks like a trim ring piece for a return in the first photo.

 

[tstex]

I would ask you PB to come back and show you how the std 1.5" umbrella fits in the hole he installed.

Since it looks like it screws in, you could unscrew the sleeve, then dremmel out the inner piece. It also looks deformed too where it might be pushing into the center, thus blocking the pole - was this already used ?

I would go to a brick and mortar pool store and look at their umbrella receptacles and compare that to what you have.

 

[PoolGate]

That looks like a trim ring piece for a return in the first photo.

I think you might be right. It looks like they put a return on as an umbrella sleeve. No real way to change it. I have 2 umbrella sleeves and they easily fit the standard umbrella poles.

 

[PoolGate]

FYI: Try to remove that inner collar (if it is not glued). Mine has a collar as well but it is not glued it just comes out.

 

[TheBigEye]

I would ask you PB to come back and show you how the std 1.5" umbrella fits in the hole he installed.

Since it looks like it screws in, you could unscrew the sleeve, then dremmel out the inner piece. It also looks deformed too where it might be pushing into the center, thus blocking the pole - was this already used ?

I would go to a brick and mortar pool store and look at their umbrella receptacles and compare that to what you have.

The deformed part is the water moving around the sleeve. I can unscrew the cap, but not the top piece itself. Feels like it's been glued (pvc glue) to the PVC pipe below. My PB isn't responding, which is par for the course with him.

 

[TheBigEye]

I think you might be right. It looks like they put a return on as an umbrella sleeve. No real way to change it. I have 2 umbrella sleeves and they easily fit the standard umbrella poles.

The trim piece unscrews easily, but the base feels like it's glued on.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Can you trim the umbrella pole itself?

Maddie

 

[PoolGate]

The trim piece unscrews easily, but the base feels like it's glued on.

Mine is pretty tight too I actually found it comes off by accident. Try harder to remove it.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

I wonder if you can find a short piece of PVC that will act as an adapter... both fits the umbrella pole and the other more narrow end into the hole? Don't they have pieces of PVC in the plumbing section like this??

 

[TheBigEye]

I wonder if you can find a short piece of PVC that will act as an adapter... both fits the umbrella pole and the other more narrow end into the hole? Don't they have pieces of PVC in the plumbing section like this??

I thought about this as a possible solution, but think the umbrella would be pretty unstable sitting higher up in the sleeve.

 

[TheBigEye]

Mine is pretty tight too I actually found it comes off by accident. Try harder to remove it.

I'll have to sit down next to it and try. It's under water, so kinda hard to grasp.

 

[rphpool]

this might work better if water not to deep
https://www.lowes.com/pd/irwin-1-4-...MIovCE-4zL4QIVCr7ACh2ACgazEAQYBSABEgIWIfD_BwE

 

[chiefwej]

Instead of an umbrella sleeve cap, it appears that the pool builder installed a return fitting. I don’t think it would be glued. There is a tool that fits in those inside slots to remove it. In any event the PB needs to correct his mistake.