Beaded Liner With To Much Slack

I have an above ground pool. 48" tall sides and I just replaced the liner. It does not seem like it is deep enough and the liner has a lot of slack in it.

Does my pool need to be dug deeper? Or will filling it with water take the extra slack out of the liner?


Hi. This method of installing a beaded liner might help you.

Beaded Liner Installation

Using the vacuum might be a big help. But if you have a lot of excess liner on the wall of your pool it won't completely make it go away.

If I were doing the job I would pull all the excess liner over the wall, put some coping over top of it, and turn it in to an overlap liner. That's the option I usually go with.

Digging the pool deeper is another option that would probably work. If you really wanted to keep it a beaded liner, and did not want the wrinkles on the side of the pool, this would be the way to go.

Here is another example of extra beaded liner. This often happens around the top and requires removing the liner and starting over.


Read more about liners on these pages.

Overlap Liners

Beaded Liners

Vinyl Liner Replacement