Wrinkle in Liner

by Adele Bradford
(Britain)

Hi we have installed our 18 ft round Doughboy pool and it looks amazing. The only problem we have is we installed the liner and it fits perfectly, however, there is one area where we could have pulled the liner over the top rail a bit more. It’s an overlap liner, but it’s wrinkled a little in this one area. The pool is full and being used. Is it safe to take off the section were the problem is so that we are able to pull it over the top rail a little? Or will the pool need to be drained? Is it safe to take off top rails when the pool is full? Thanks




Hi Adele. Yes, it is safe to take off top rails when the pool is full, they do not hold the pool together. The pool will normally expand just a little in this area and it may take several people and a little pushing to get the holes in the top rails to line back up again. Some top plates have multiple hole sets for different size pools. I have had to use a different set of holes on occasion, but never had any problems beyond that.

If for some reason you were not able to pull the top rail back into place you could always drain a foot or so of water out of the pool. Taking just a little pressure off the top of the pool would make a lot of difference.