Abstract: A pool framework made of sheet metal components can be readily erected and/or dismantled by unskilled labour without the use of fixings such as screws, bolts, rivets or welding. A series of flat, upwardly and outwardly sloping wall panels supported on a similar series of base beams form a closed polygon. Adjacent side edges of each pair of wall panels are interconnected by junction assemblies and are surmounted by a coping assembly forming a peripheral upper deck for the pool.