Intex Metal frame poles outside the band

[Amanda]

I'm noticing, too, that the bottom of my intex pool liner (outside) is bowed. The liner is actually touching the bottom of the white poles. Almost like the liner has stretched over time, or possibly because the band is not around the white legs. I wondered about instead of draining the pool and resetting the legs inside the band. I wonder if using ratchet straps would work, I could connect several and tighten around the white poles, right where the band would normally be....?

[BigDave]

I wouldn't be able to sleep if that were my pool. Our first Intex donut was 2-3" off level the first time I built it and filled it up (it looked darn level to me), I didn't sleep until the following weekend when I had time to drain, level, and refill. Had it failed, it would have destroyed my neighbor's garden and flooded thier basement.

These pools are minimal in material, pretty much the least of everything necessary. Not much "engineering margin" for "design adjustments". It's your pool and your risk but, for me, I'd drain, fix and refill.

[PoolDoc]

You need to take the pool down, and put it up right. Period.