Pool Liner Problem

by Mike Moskal
(Southington, CT)

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 close it for the winter here in Connecticut.

My wife and I went to open the pool today and found that the liner (new as of installation) had pulled away from the wall in one area. The section is about 5 ft long and it's about 3" away from hooking back over the top of the wall. Am I out of luck on this liner or can it be salvaged?



Hi Mike. Since the pool liner was new last fall you should have no problem resetting it. You will want to wait for a warm sunny day. If you drain the pool the day before and reset the liner in the morning it should be ready to fill by the time the sun is directly overhead.

You may be able to just pull up the one section that has come down and let the liner stretch a little as it fills back up. You may, however, need to shift some vinyl from the other side of the pool to have enough to pull over that one section.

If you are working with an overlap liner, and did not cut off any of the overhang when you installed it, you should be in good shape. Let the sun work for you to allow the liner to do a little stretching.

If you tuck the excess liner back into the pool you get an extra thickness of liner under the coping and rods. This can be a big help in keeping a liner from slipping.

Vinyl Liner Overhang