All good suggestions. Galvanized screws do not do well, so everything in the rebuild will either be stainless or ceramic. No nails, not even ringed stainless. Also, my rails are cedar so galvanized is a no-no...it doesn't do well with cedar.

The aluminum and plastic walls have been a disappointment. Aluminum can easily "rust" if it is not properly anodized, or the anodization is breached, and it has, and, unfortunately on the liner side, not the visible side. Also, despite reinforcement every two feet, they bow out, badly.

I could easily get another season, as the liner's patches are sound and there are no leaks there. But I will be pushing my luck...and I will be another year older, too!