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STEP 13 – WALL INSTALLATION
DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS STEP IN WINDY CONDITIONS, THE WALL IS VERY HEAVY AND EXTREMELY
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DIFFICULT TO MANAGE ON A WINDY DAY. IF THE WIND DOES CATCH THE WALL DURING
INSTALLATION, IT CAN CREATE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND/OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE
POOL.
Before beginning the wall installation, you may remove a curved side bottom rail to cart in sand or sifted
soil for the pool cove and base as long as your curved sides are staked in position (make sure you return the
bottom rail to its proper position once you are done with this).
In this step, you should flatten the carton the wall came packed in, and use that as a base to unravel the
pool wall as you install it. We recommend the skimmer and return hole to be placed at one of the four corners of
the curved sections of the pool (as shown in Fig.44). The skimmer location is determined by where you start the
wall. You can hide the wall joint assembly on most size pools by beginning the wall in the middle of one of the
curved side bottom plates or bottom cuffs. Unfortunately, you will not be able to hide the wall joints behind an
upright on some of the smaller size oval pools. Doing so will cause your skimmer and/or return pounch out to
fall behind an upright, which you can not have.
In any case, the wall joints
Unravel the wall a little at a time, inserting it into the bottom rails as you go. Do not unravel the entire wall at
once, as doing so will make the installation much more difficult. As you unravel the wall, you may temporarily
install the stabilizer rails, or use landscaping stakes with clamps to keep the wall in place (as we show in Fig.45
and Fig.46). We recommend that in addition to the stabilizer rails or stakes that you temporarily use small pieces
of duct tape from the top of the wall to the top of each of the straight side uprights as added support during
installation.
If the sidewall appears too long or too short, make the curved sides larger
or smaller by equally sliding the bottom rails in or out of the bottom plates or cuffs
(see Fig.42 and Fig.43 in step #13. If the ground is uneven, the wall may jump out
of the groove in the bottom rails. Correct this condition if it happens by
rechecking the level of the entire pool.
Traditional Buttress
MUST
be one of the curved ends of the pool and not one of the straight sides.
Use stakes to support wall
Fig. 44
Buttress-Free
X
X
X
X
X = Suggested
skimmer and return location.
Use stakes to support wall
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