Optimum Round Pool Instructions

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• Optimum Round Pool Instructions

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Prepare the pool site

• Remove all the grass on a surface 2 wider than
  the size of the pool
• Level the ground

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Main drain (optional)

• If you are to install a main drain, determine its
  location and install it first

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Main drain (optional)
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Prepare the pool site

• Add crushed stone all around the perimeter, 18
  wide and 2 thick to lay and level the bottom
  track on it
• Be sure that the ring of crushed stone is
  levelled and compacted

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Patio block installation (optional)

• In some installations patio blocks are
  recommended under each post
• It is very important that the blocks be levelled
• That type of installation is optional, it is not
  prescribed or indispensable

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Tracks and bottom plates

• Insert all the tracks into the bottom plates
• The space between the two tracks in the middle of
  the plate may vary in size, from 1\4 to 3\4
  (5mm à 25mm)

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To prepare the pool site

• Before installing the last bottom track prepare
  the bottom of your pool with sand
• 2 of sand is necessary to protect the liner
  against small rocks or any other foreign objects
  that can puncture it
• Sand will also be necessary in order to install
  the cove later

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Tracks and bottom plates

• Carefully measure to verify the roundness of the
  circle
• Be sure to know the diameter of the pool.
  Example the exact diameter of an 18 Optimum is
  18 2

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Wall installation

• Some prefer to install the uprights before the
  wall

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Wall installation

• Others prefer to install the wall before the
  uprights
• If you use the second method be sure that the
  wall is maintained in place by stakes set into
  the ground and attached to the wall
• Temporary install the top tracks to maintain the
  wall in place

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Wall installation

• You must read the notice on the wall
• It is very important that the two bars be
  installed as indicated

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Wall installation

• There are two other different types of wall bars

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Wall installation (other picture)

• In the case of the Optimum pool, because the wall
  joint is thicker at each end of the wall, you
  must cut the track where it will be installed in
  order to give it enough space
• The same step will have to be taken later for the
  top track

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Wall installation

• Start installing the wall where the cut was made
• Be sure that the wall is secured into place

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Wall installation

• Join the two bars as indicated on the note
• Install the bolts and screws into all the holes
  (you must have the corresponding amount of bolts
  and screws as there are holes)
• The screws heads must be inside the pool

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Wall installation

• Cover the heads of the bolts against any of them
  being scratched
• Use duct tape or a backwash hose maintained by
  tape

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Wall installation

• At this stage, it very important to check for the
  roundness of the pool
• Using a measuring tape check the diameter at the
  bottom of the wall from the center of a bottom
  plate and to the opposite side between two bottom
  plates

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Cove installation (sand)

• This step is to protect the liner from any
  contact with the bottom tracks and plates
• Lay the sand at the inside base of the pool

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Cove installation (sand)

• Built a slope with the sand as demonstrated on
  this picture. The slope can be raised more or
  less but must have a minimum height of 3
  against the wall
• The lenght of the slope may vary

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Cove installation (sand)

• This picture demonstrates the protection of the
  liner against the bottom tracks and plates

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Cove installation (sand)

• Lay the sand equally for a flat surface

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The liner installation

• After the sand is all leyelled and compacted you
  install the liner
• Take the liner out of the box and unroll it in
  order for the bottom seam to be placed against
  the wall of the pool at more or less 4 between
  the wall and the bottom of the liner, when the
  liner is all spreaded out

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Beaded liner installation

• If you have a beaded liner hang it at the top of
  the wall making sure that it is vertically
  hanged. Hanging the liner too much towards the
  right or the left will cause wrinkles to show on
  the wall of the pool
• As the bead is being installed, replace the top
  wall channel as you work around the circumference
  of the pool making sure that it is well
  positioned in between the uprights

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Overlapping liner installation

• Overlap liner may also be used by the dealers
• Overlap the liner at the top of the wall leaving
  6 to 8 outside the wall (enough to strech the
  liner out)
• Use plastic copings to hold the liner

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Overlapping liner installation

• To prevent the liner from being visible on the
  outside of the pool, fold it towards the inside
  before installing the top wall channels

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The liner installation

• In order to facilitate the liner installation use
  a vacuum to block the water return entry, using
  adhesive tape also blocking the skimmer which
  will aspire the air out and the liner will take
  its place at the same time

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The liner installation This is the result
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Top plates installation

• The top plate is used to join together the top
  track and the upright
• The plate should be inserted between two tracks
  and clipped to the upright

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Top plates installation

• After the top plate is well in place, insert two
  screws on each side to secure the plate on the
  top of the upright

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Top seats installation

• Before installing the top seats make sure that
  the uprights are levelled with a carpenters
  level
• The top seats must be centered between the
  uprights and secured with screws in the holes
  already pierced in the top plates

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Seat cap installation

• Insert the bottom tab of the seat cap in the hole
  located on the top front of the upright
• Push the front part towards the inside of the
  pool and secure with a screw

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Seat cap installation

• Install the small rear part by inserting the two
  small tabs into the plate and push