Hello,

This is my first post to this forum, and unfortunately may lead to the demise of my 24' above ground pool.

Short story, I was planning to replace the liner on the AGP we "inherited" from the previous owners of our house. We have lived here and operated the pool for 6 years and the liner was clearly at the end of its life. When the old liner was removed, however, I noticed that the return and skimmer holes are "missing a lot of metal." I also noticed that there are dozens of little holes in the aluminum walls around the pool, which appear to be caused by corrosion.

Is it time to retire the old girl?

I have read that it is possible to run 75' of aluminum flashing around the base of the pool wall, stuck into the "lower rail" and rivet in place. Then you would duct tape the edges for protection. I have a rivet gun and am perfectly capable of installing something like this. But are the walls just going to get worse at this point? Maybe all those other corrosion specks are places where new holes will appear?

I have looked into a 15' intex inflatable pool as a possible cheap replacement. Heck, the ground is already pretty level, and the wiring is in place.