Refilling Pool With Shrunk Liner

I recently read the answer to one of your responses about an above ground pool and substantial water lost during the winter months. I to have had this problem, after covering my pool for winter and after a hard freeze and snowfall I noticed that the cover had began to sag, I looked inside to see that almost all of the water was completely gone.

I looked around the sides of what I could see and didn't see water around it, since a small portion of the pool is underground.

Anyway, I have noticed that the pool has started to buckle quite a bit and there is really nothing at the moment that I can do since what is left of the cover on one side still being on the rim of the pool and is totally filled with snow. I guess the buckling is from the shrinking of the liner, so bottom line, is my pool a total lost?

Not happy with this situation, just had my deck build around it this summer past.



Hi. It does not sound good if the liner is shrinking enough to cause the wall to buckle. When you can get the cover off, and if you can find the hole and repair it, you might be able to refill the pool. If the liner will stretch enough to refill, the wall should push back out on its own.

The trick to filling a liner that has shrunk is to do it in direct sunlight. The sun on the liner may allow it to stretch back into shape without completely pulling out from under the top rails, or pulling the pool walls down.

If you have an overlap liner you also have the option of resetting the liner. This would mean removing top rails but might mean saving the liner.