Beaded liner

by Mike
(Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)

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 at 47" from the base of the wall. The sand base is basically right at the bottom of the wall, so I know I need to add a fair amount of sand and build up a cove. My big concern now is how much do I have to bring up the floor of the pool and how high should the cove be built up? Is there a lot of 'play' in beaded liners? Would you recommend using a peel and stick type cove or is it enough to build it out of sand?

Cheers,
Mike

Hi Mike, there is no way of knowing how the liner is going to fit until you try it. You might add a cove and then wish you had not because the liner is baggy on the sides. I would start with a fairly small cove, about the size of the preformed ones. If the liner appears to be to small you can always add more. You will bet a much better fit if the liner has to stretch a little bit. What you don’t want is a liner that is to big for the pool leaving a mess of wrinkles that you can not get out.