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Above Ground Pool Liners

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Doughboy Pool Liner  We recently were given a 16x32 Oval Above Ground Doughboy Pool. Of course, we have to replace the liner. We have priced liners from Doughboy authorized ...

Pool Drained and Liner Shrank  My winter cover was shredded and all of the leaves and debris ended up in the pool itself. I emptied the whole pool and cleaned it out. I started to refill ...

Doughboy Round 24' Needs New Liner  I have a 24' round Doughboy pool and it needs a new liner. I'm thinking of buying a Doughboy expandable liner because it sounds like that liner would ...

Liner for Esther Williams Pool  I have a 1974 Esther Williams above ground pool, 15'X30', however, when we measured the pool for a replacement liner it measured 16' x 31' and my Swimline ...

Liner Seams  I just installed an expandable liner in my 18x33 pool and it fits great but I just noticed that the seems that are supposed to be on the cove on one side ...

Two Vinyl Liner Problems  Recently opened my 28ft AG pool. Problem 1: I found was that the liner has pulled away from the bottom of the skimmer box. I am left with about a 2" by ...

24' Doughboy with Deep End  Ok, bought a used doughboy 24' round above ground pool. What to dig out for a little deep end. Here is the plan having a landscaper level my ground place ...

How Far Will a Liner Stretch?  I am installing the liner for a 15'x30'x54" Bermuda pool. I have the pool about 2 feet in ground. I installed the liner, being careful to make sure the ...

Allegro 27' by Aqua Leader  We are purchasing a used 27 foot Allegro pool which was made by Aqua Leader. Where can I locate a manual/assembly instructions this? Also I can't seem ...

16 X 28 Doughboy Pool Liner  Have a 16 x 28 oval /deep end Doughboy pool. It’s a long story but bottom line is, the Pool Guy says we have to have the exact same size liner as the ...

Learjet Pool Liner  I am in the process of installing a new beaded above ground vinyl liner on my 24' x 52" deep pool. I have the liner installed and all wrinkles worked ...

Buster Crabbe Liner  We recently removed our neighbors "Buster Crabbe" Greystone 27x52 pool and plan on self installing it. We were told the pool is not exactly 27'. If this ...

Chlorine Stain on a Vinyl Liner  Hi,
Thanks for your help!
We had a service care for our pool while we were on vacation and the guy didn't put the top of the chlorine container back ...

Beaded Liner Receivers  We recently bought a 15’ x 24’ x 52” oval above ground pool. It has a beaded liner and we have it almost completely installed. We also have a new liner....

Close Pool For Winter  We have an above ground pool and decided not to open it this summer, it has a cover over it but the temps out side this year in TN have been hitting at ...

Pool Bottom is Lumpy  My husband and I have a 2 year old 24' round above ground pool. Last year we drained it down dry to clean up a green pool problem. We ended up walking ...

Installing Liner Under Pool Deck  Hello, We bought a home with a 15x30 above ground pool. About 2 weeks ago we had a blow out. (10,000 gallons of water rushed into our yard)_ We want to ...

Soft-Sided Pool Wall Cut  Okay.. Just recently I got an above ground pool and my neighbor cut the wall near the bottom... It's a metal frame pool and the cut is from one pole to ...

Liner Trouble   A company is putting in our above ground pool. They have run into trouble- the liner keeps slipping when water is put in. They are going to use cuppingly,...

Leaking Above Ground Pool Liner  I just installed a 27 foot AGP.I began filling it yesterday. This morning I notice a small puddle of water around the bottom of the frame in one section....

Cut Pool Liner  Someone cut my pool maybe 2 or 3 inches. How can I repair that? It’s on the pool wall, not the bottom....

Hi Diana. There are a couple of different ...

Liner has Come out of the Track   My liner has come away from the beading and slipped down around 1/2". Is there any easy way to pull it back into position?

Hi Peter. Yes, it can ...

Is My Seam Coming Apart  I am new to the pool ownership biz, and getting very frustrated. We bought a 24' round Aqualeader from a pool co, that bought them at an auction. We found ...

Beaded Liner Pool Converted to Overlap Pool  A few years ago my mom bought a beaded liner style pool as she thought that since it cost more it had to be better. Since then we have had nothing but ...

Odd Sized Esther Williams Pool Liner  I purchased a 21' x 48" AG liner made specifically for our Esther Williams pool. After installation, we noticed almost 2 full feet of extra liner where ...

Mole Tracks Under Pool  I have mole tracks all along the outer edges of my pool where the weight of the pool has collapsed into the burrows. Is there an easy fix for this? Do ...

Small Depressions in Sand  I recently installed a DoughBoy 16x24x52" AG with stretchable line with not deep end. There are some shapes on the bottom in the shape of the tamp tool ...

Digging Out Center of Pool  I've purchased a 24' round pool and I'm considering digging out a concave circular area about 18' round in the center. The pool wall is 52" tall and I'...

Pool Liner J-hook  How do I know what kind of liner we have, this is an above the ground pool. The liner in the pool has no excess line that we can see. We took the top railing ...

Wrong Size Liner  I have a 24' X 54" Doughboy above ground pool. We are replacing the liner and for whatever reason did not realize that when we purchased the new liner ...

Aqua Leader Liner  Is there a difference between a 15’ round above ground pool liner compared to a 15’ round Aqua Leader Liner?

Hi Wil. No, there is nothing special about ...

Beaded Liner Keeps Coming Out  What would cause a beaded liner to keep coming out of the bead receiver year after year? We put bead lock in there but it also comes out.

Hi. That’...

Expandable Pool Liner Replacement  I have inherited an old pool when I bought my home (age unknown) and I replaced the top rails since they were rusting about 3 years ago. I now think I ...

Buying a Liner  I need a new liner for my pool Mighty Sun 20x12, do you know an address or phone number where I could get it? thank you.


Hi Xavier. This store has ...

Liner Has Bumps and Leaks  Over the winter my pool seems to have gotten a hole, because when we tried to reopen it for summer all of the water was gone except about a foot. We searched ...

Doughboy Liner Replacement  I was given an 18 year old Doughboy pool. It is a 24 ft round, 4' deep. It is in excellent condition but needs a replacement liner. I do not plan on making ...

Wrinkles in Pool Liner  We just installed a 27' pool, we thought we got a lot of the wrinkles out and what was there would go out as the pool filled. HELP the pool is full and ...

Emptied Pool to Clean Liner  Our pool cover fell in the pool over the winter so we decided to empty the pool to clean it good. I believe it is a beaded liner. After we cleaned it ...

J Hook Liner is Slipping  We installed a new j hook liner last year, it started to slip at the end of the season, this year after fixing it, the j hook liner is slipping off the ...

Liner For Deep End Pool  I was given an 18 X 36 pool that is 4' on the shallow end and 7' on the deep end, Doughboy pool. I have not the first clue about what kind of liner to ...

Installing Unibead 15' x 24' liner  I stretched out the bottom of the liner like it said. I hung the liner on the pool wall and got most of the wrinkles out. I started to fill the pool with ...

Pin Holes in Pool Wall  I’m in the middle of replacing the liner and adding more sand, when I noticed the pool wall has some pin holes and some rust spots primarily around the ...

Excess Beaded Liner  I'm replacing my beaded liner on an above ground pool and the new liner seams to have too muck around the bead. The bottom looks pretty good. By that ...

pool liners  Hi, I’m in Ontario Canada and was thinking of buying a used above ground pool but it needs a new liner. Do you know of any places here that sell liners ...

Overlap Liner To Big  I really messed up. I bought a 24' overlap liner for my 21' round pool. Won't I have major wrinkles on the walls by the time I get to the top? (I now have ...

Help Installing Liner  How do you install a pool liner in a pool that has a half walk around pool deck? When I purchase the liner, is there a cut out for the skimmer?
Please ...

The Right Size Pool Liner  I have a 27' round-54" pool that I purchased about 8 yrs ago. I have read online that you can use a 52" liner as a replacement. The sites that I read ...

Cleaning Vinyl Pool Liner  Thanks for all this good advice.
I would appreciate if you could answer 1 question for me.
I was not able to open my 25,000 gallon, round, above ground ...

Is My Pool Leaking  Our pool seems to have lost water over the winter. Is this common? Or do you think that we may have a hole in our liner?

Hi. It is common to loose ...

Lomart Beaded Liner  I just recently purchased and tore down a 30' round x 52" high Lomart pool. I am needing to replace the liner (it is a beaded liner); however I am not ...

Expandable Liner Installation Question  I have a 28' Doughboy round pool and I am replacing the liner. I purchased an expandable 60" liner for the pool. Currently the middle of the pool is ...

Liner Tight on one Side  I installed a new unibead liner as a J-hook/V-bead for a 27' pool with 54" wall. During installation we started at one side hanging approximately 8' at ...

Pool Drained Through Water Hose  I did just that, drained the pool, I left for the winter and the “pool man” took my return out. The liner pulled away about an inch, so I drained to readjust ...

Above Ground Pool Under Ground  Well, today I noticed my water was going down very fast, I had my daughter go into the pool to check things out and it seems the vinyl has completely ...

Overlap or Beaded Liner  I have an outback above ground pool and its about 5 yrs old. A cat fell in this past winter and tore the liner so we are replacing it. It came with an ...

Un-level Pool   I just put in an above ground pool last August and it’s un-level... probably about a five inch difference. Different people and sites tell me that I can ...

Removing Buttress Straps  Hi,
I have a 15x30 above ground pool with buttresses. The liner is bad and I want to replace it with an expandable liner so most, or all, of the pool ...

How to tell if you need a 48" or 52 " liner  I have a 24 foot pool, last year the liner ruptured. I was wondering how I could tell if I need to purchase a 48" or 52" liner.

As well it is beaded,...

Beaded Liner To Small  I began to slowly fill my pool as you directed today as it was 76 and bright sunshine, when the water got to about 9" deep the liner bead came off the ...

Swimming Pool Liner  My swimming pool liner needs replace, I know last season was the last, and it has been leaking bad over the winter. I’ve let the pool drain down and I ...

Exapandable Pool Liner For Round Pool  If I buy an expandable pool liner for a 33' round pool. Can I install it on a 30' round pool and dig the deep end deeper than 7 feet?

Thanks, Matt
...

Torn Liner Catastrophe  Hello, I'm in a heap of trouble! As the photo reveals, a severe tear in my liner has resulted in near 100% water loss--about an inch of water still remains....

Vinly is only the beginning  You can also find above ground pools that are made of panels of steel, dipped steel (steel with a resin coating for protection) and aluminum. Aluminum ...

Small Pebble Under Liner  Hi,
We are getting ready to winterize and close our pool. I was inspecting the liner this morning and found what looks like a couple small pebbles under ...

Divots on Bottom of Pool  We recently noticed several large divots in the bottom of our pool liner in spots where it seems the sand base has washed away. They are about 5-6 feet ...

liners  My sister gave me an above ground pool . We took it down and moved it to my house where now we cant get the liner to fit back into place. We have tried ...

Beaded Liner Removal  I am trying to remove a beaded liner in my pool and can't figure out how to do this. I took off the top rail and removed all screws but don't know how ...

Installing a Beaded Liner  I am installing a beaded liner and need help on what direction the bead receiver goes on the top. Do you slip the liner in it on the inside or outside?...

Old Liner Under New Liner  I have bought a new 25 gauge liner and a new Blue Rhino cloth like pad. Can I cut the old liner and put it under all of the above at the bottom of the ...

Holes Under Pool Liner  I purchased a 27 foot round above ground pool one year ago. I am now noticing that there are holes under the liner where the sand bed was put down. The ...

Liner Install  Hi there! We have installed a 24 ft. round above ground pool in our yard. We installed the liner, and after putting about a foot of water in the pool, there ...

UD Liner Question  I have bought a used Lomart 18X36 pool with 48" sides. We have decided we want to set it up as a single depth pool, but we would like it to be a little ...

Doughboy 16 x 40 Liner  Hello, we have purchased a used doughboy above ground oval pool and told it was a 15x30, however after just getting it put up it measures a 16x40. We ...

Wrinkle in Liner  Hi we have installed our 18 ft round Doughboy pool and it looks amazing. The only problem we have is we installed the liner and it fits perfectly, however,...

Expandable Liner for 18X36 Pool  Hello, I love this site! Lots of great info. We are getting a used Lomart 18X36 above ground pool. I have been looking for a new liner and am interested ...

Expandable Liner Options  We are replacing an above ground pool liner with a 72 inch deep end is it better to use a stretch to fit or fitted deep end?


Hi Kay. I have had far ...

18' Expandable Liner  My above ground pool is 18’ round with a 6 foot deep end and one foot extra in the middle. How big of a liner would I need to buy, 12x48 or 15x48 or another ...

Bumps Under Vinyl Liner  My above ground pool is only about a year old. I recently noticed hard little bumps under the liner around the entire pool just about a foot below the ...

Liner is Slipping  Hi - We just installed an overlap replacement liner in our 30' AGP on Friday evening. This morning, Sunday, we noticed that one side of the pool liner ...

Replacement Liner  Where is the best place to buy a replacement liner online? We recently purchased a used doughboy, broke it down ourselves, then set it up again ourselves....

Liner Installation Problem  Hi - we just installed a new liner into our 30ft round above ground pool. We left a 6-8" overlap and started to fill the pool. We had started to fill ...

Refilling a Doughboy Above Ground Pool  We have a 28 round doughboy pool. We had to drain it, other than the deep end, in order to patch 2 holes that were in the shallow end. Now we are refilling ...

Wrinkles in Expandable Liner  We are trying to install an expandable liner in a 27FT. round above ground pool with a 2 ft. dug out deep end. The walls are up and the deep end is filled ...

Liner Pulled Out Under Fitting  When I removed the winter cover on my 18' above ground pool, I discovered that the liner dropped about 1/2 of an inch directly under the intake or circulation ...

Wrong Pool Liner  I've made a terrible mistake. I ordered a 'beaded' liner instead of a J-hook? Is there a way this can be remedied without buying another liner?

Thanks,...

A Hole in Vinyl Pool  We have just set up and filled our pool only to realize that there is a hole that water is trickling out of. Can we patch a pool that is full or do we ...

Pool Liner Shrunk  I have a 24x15x5 oval pool with the six support beams. My vinyl liner was installed about two years ago. The installer did a sloppy job and installed ...

Beaded Liner To Small  We installed a new 15 x 30 pool and now the beaded liner will not fit, it is too small. What do we do to make this fit?

Hi Lori. I am going to assume ...

Pool Liner Install  Is there anything that I need to know about buying an above ground beaded pool liner, I was told by some of the local companies where I live that most ...

25 Gauge Pool Liner  There are 20 and 25 gauge liners for above ground pools. What is the best way to go? Would it make a big difference? Prices are increased about $40 more ...

Beaded Pool Liner To Big  After we installed the pool liner we found that we have 3" that would not go into the beaded channel. What could we have done wrong? Could it be because ...

Wrinkles in Vinyl Liner  I just had my 18 x 33 above ground pool installed and the whole bottom is very bumpy and the liner is wrinkled in lots of places. Is that okay?



Hi ...

Patch Hole in Pool  My plastic pool has a whole at the bottom. How do I patch it without draining the water?

Hi. If you are talking about a vinyl lined above ground pool ...

Expandable Liner for Above Ground Pool  Does an expandable liner have more material on the bottom section to allow for a cupped bottom? Or is it the same as a standard liner with longer side ...

Pool Deck and Liner Installation  How do I install a replacement liner on an 18 x33 pool which is decked on 3 sides?



My guess is that the deck will have to come apart for you to ...

Pool Liner Problem  I purchased a used pool at the end of last season. I did the installation myself and got to use the pool for about 3 weeks or a month before we had to ...

Liner Overhang on an Above Ground Pool  I am trying to replace my liner. If I only have two inches of overhang is there a problem with the type of liner I have?




Hi William. Your ...

How to Install an Above Ground Pool Liner  How do I put a new liner in an above ground pool?



Hi Pam. Installing a new liner in an above ground pool is usually a fairly easy process, but ...

replacing pool liner  I need instructions for replacing above ground 24' round 48" pool liner. Can you tell me where to look? Thank you.



Hi. Most liners come packaged ...

Expandable Liner  How do you prepare the ground (in the deeper area) before you install the liner and before you add the sand for cushion? I am doing a 15 X 30 ft. pool ...

Liner installation price  What should I expect to pay to have a 24 foot round new liner installed, its a beaded liner so you don’t have to remove the top rails. I have the new ...

Tear in Liner  I drained & refilled my above ground pool. Well, of course the liner shifted a little and we tried to get it in place as much as possible. We started ...

Doughboy Expandable Liner  I am looking to purchase an expandable pool liner for my 24' round pool. On the internet there are many to choose from and the cost is around $225 - $275....

Installing an Expandable Liner  What is the best method for installing an expandable liner to be as wrinkle free as possible?

Hi. Whenever possible I stretch the liners into place ...

Expandable Pool Liner  I bought a used 24' round pool with 52" walls. The pool had a j-hook pool liner. I want to replace the liner with an expandable version so that I can ...

Drained pool, Liner came off.  We own a 16x28 doughboy pool with a deep section and an expandable liner. We drained it to remove some roots that were growing under the liner. When we ...

Expandable liner question  What is the best way to install an expandable liner for a new 33 foot above ground pool? I have about 8 years experience installing above grounds, but ...

Doughboy liner installation  By the sounds of it, you have installed a lot of Doughboy pools which is what I have. I have a 48" wall Timberline and the liner is original I think. I ...

Leaking Liner  There's a hole on the bottom of my overlap liner and water keeps leaking out onto the lawn. I tried a patch a couple of times but it's not holding up,...

Beaded liner  Hi there,
I'm installing a beaded liner and I have the pool completely empty (quite a job). The walls are exactly 48" high and the bead receiver sits ...

pool liner install  I am installing a replacement 18'x33'x52" Swim Line above ground pool liner. I have it in the pool area with a few inches of water in the bottom. The ...

Beaded Liner Replacement  I just bought a new beaded liner to replace my old one which is also a beaded...but after installing it it doesn't seem to fit right..seems like it is ...



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