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Micropterus
07-11-2013, 05:42 PM
We will be going up to disassemble the pool and bring it home on sunday and i can post more pictures then, but if anyone can identify the pool manufacturer, I'd sure love to know. Maybe once we disassemble there will be more clues as we go. I have already found out that the previous owner installed an overlapping liner but from what i've seen it should be a beaded liner. It's partially burried, but has only been like that for about a year.

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Micropterus
07-13-2013, 11:17 AM
I also have another question as I've never disassembled a pool before...or even installed for that matter. Will we be able to disassemble and remove it from the inside and then just dig out the buttresses or will we be needing to dig around the perimeter in order to get the wall out? any other tips that anyone has about dis-assembly and removal would be much appreciated. I'm excited about getting everything home to check it all out and find out where we will be wanting it in our yard. I am already planning on taking measurements first thing when we get there tomorrow to ensure we know what size liner we will need to get before we put it back up here. I did find a pdf file online that covered relocating an above ground pool, but I'm still a little nervous about whether we will be able to get this thing disassembled in one day.

Thanks for any replies.

PoolDoc
07-14-2013, 09:28 AM
Could you post the link to the pdf you found . . . or email it to me (poolforum@gmail.com). I'm not an AG pool guy, and we've been rather lacking in advice for people moving or buying used pools.

I will caution you that it doesn't go well for a lot of people. But, you are approaching it more carefully than most -- we often hear from people after the pool is disassembled, and parts have been lost!

One further caution: if the liner is more than a year or two old, there's a good chance you'll end up needing a new one, so be prepared for that possibility.

Micropterus
07-15-2013, 10:20 AM
Here's the link to that pdf: http://www.abovegroundpoolbuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/How-to-move-around-above-ground-pool.pdf
The info in there really did help out. But i did learn a life lesson...Never agree to disassemble and remove a partially buried above ground pool, even if they offer it for free....no wait...even if they pay you! We were able to get most of it out. We went ahead and just cut that liner out as it was stretched out and didn't look good anyway. Out of the 6 bracers on each side, we only got 3 out of one side. Going to have to go back up next weekend for the rest of the bracers and the other half of the deck. The bad news was the guy that put this pool up didn't even have the wall in the bottom rail in most places. I have a feeling we won't be able to get this put up in time to use it this year, I think we'll be shooting for spring. No sense in working hard to get it set up just in time to winterize. I am figuring once we can get all the parts cleaned up with no mud caked in everywhere, we can try to do a dry run in a somewhat level area in our yard just to verify that we have everything we need to make it work.
Has anyone ever seen an oval pool with 5 posts on one rounded end and 4 posts on the other? I kind of figured they would be even like the sides were but when we took measurements it didn't come out that way.