Small Pebble Under Liner

by Amy
(Southern Wisconsin)

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!



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. This works well if the liner is on a sand base.

If the ground under the liner is on the hard site pounding the pebble down could possibly puncture the liner. At this point I would put a patch over it. This seldom happens, however, but is possible.