Bulging walls on a Doughboy oval?

[rjproulx]

We are under agreement on a home that has a Dougboy AGP installed in 2013. Obviously we had lots of questions before putting in the offer, and in the midst of the madness I forgot to ask the agent about the pool walls. We noticed when walking around that the walls bulged out in between the supports. Unfortunately I don't have a good photo of it, but you can sort of see it in the water.



Curious if this is normal for this pool or something we should be concerned about.

 

[CJadamec]

I would look at the top plate on the wall if it is straight and level I wouldn't be too concerned with a little wall deflection in-between supports. I have an oval like that and the wall does bow out a bit like that. The top rail and vertical supports are all straight and level though and those are what is really holding the wall up.

In the link below to my build photos there is a shot of the pool at night with the light on in the water. You can clearly see the outline of the vertical supports on the straight section of the pool and see how the effect goes away on the curved section of the pool. I would consider that normal for an oval pool.

 

[JoeSelf]

Oval pools bulge out some between the uprights on the straight side, but my top rail is straight.

 

[johnnysnok]

Doughboy oval pool walls do bulge between the uprights.