Small Pebble Under Liner

by Amy
(Southern Wisconsin)

Hi,
We are getting ready to winterize and close our pool. I was inspecting the liner this morning and found what looks like a couple small pebbles under the liner on the bottom of the pool. Is this something I need to worry about? We just put the pool up this spring. It is an 18' pool.
I was wondering if I should try and patch the area before we winterize the pool?
Thank you for your help, I love reading your pages!


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Hi Amy. I wouldn’t patch over the pebbles unless you really thought they were poking through the liner. It is often possible to take the rubber end of a vacuum pole and poke the pebbles down, by lightly tapping on them. This can usually be done without any damage to the liner. If need be, a patch could always be used.