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 everything and we are still coming up short on one side. The liner wont even touch the wall and when we go to try to make it fit the opposite wall starts to buckle. We need to know if we just need to purchase another liner at the beginning of next year or can we still use this one which is in really good condition. I think they call it an "over lap liner?" I don’t know, I’m new at this. Any information would be helpful.




Hi. It is probably wise to plan on a new liner in the spring. Liners shrink as soon as the pool is empty. Most of the time these liners will not stretch back out. Making a used liner fit back into a pool takes a very hot, sunny day. The hotter it is, and the more sun the liner has on it, the more pliable it becomes. If the liner is less than two years old this might work. If it is over two years it has probably lost it’s elasticity and will need to be replaced.

I recommend never attempting to install a used liner, it is just not worth the frustration. New liners install much nicer and look so much better, they are more than worth the extra expense.

One way to know how badly your liner has shrunk is to hook up the skimmer to it. With your foot, push the liner up to the coving, under the skimmer. Now go across the pool and pull the liner into the cove. With both edges of the liner touching the cove, and the skimmer in place, can you pull the liner over the wall, opposite the skimmer? This will tell you very quickly if you have any chance of reinstalling this liner. If there is enough liner to pull over the wall you might be just fine, if not don’t even try.