Have you ever wanted to know how above ground pool installers get their pool liners looking so perfect? I have seen many people try and install their own pool liners with not the same results. i have seen many pool owners attempt to install their own swimming pool liners and I can tell you their results are different than mine. I have installed many pool liners and I have almost never seen one installed correctly without wrinkles.
Next I will explain how you the novice homeowner can learn some tricks of the trade about above ground pool liner installation.
Purchasing the highest quality above ground pool liner is the most important step. Buying an inferior product will give you inferior results. If you do your homework you can find excellent sources to compare and get the best quality above ground pool liner out there.
Installing your pool liner in thirty degree weather you will find it very difficult to get installed correctly. Do it instead on a warm spring or summer day. Laying the liner in the warm sun for about an hour or so will give you the pliable liner to work with. Only when the pool liner is warm that it can be brought inside the pool for installation.
The best surface to install an above ground swimming pool liner on is a flat smooth one. Hosing the floor with water and the tamping and smoothing with pool trowels will create a custom look and will allow you to install your liner on an acceptable surface. Gorilla floor padding is a great item to place under your new liner as it will protect it from sharp materials penetrating your new pool liner.
Tape off your skimmer cut out area! The wall of your pool has a cut out for skimmer and a cut out for a return. Tape off the opening on the outside of the skimmer cut out with Duct tape. Place a five horse or stronger shop vacuum with its hose into the return opening from the outside the pool. Stop feeding the hose in when the end is about 5-8 inches from the bottom of the pool’s floor. This will help suctioning liner when placement takes place. It your hose doesn’t fit in the return opening use the skimmer opening and tape the air space around it.
Be careful inside the pool at all times to prevent divots and wrinkles from forming. After carefully spreading the liner out, get out of the pool! You want to install the liner from outside the pool so you don’t disturb the floor.
Your new above ground pool liner will be one of many different kinds. J-hook, uni-bead and overlap are considered the top three. By paying close attention to your pool liner installation instructions supplied by the manufacturer you will be able to fit correctly. You’ll want to line up all seams along the bottom to the bottom of where the wall meets the floor. When your new liner is properly in place you can then put back together the top part of your swimming pool just like you took it apart.
The vacuum will do its job by extracting all the air between the wall and the new pool liner. When it’s nice and smooth place a running water hose into the pool and start filling. When the water reaches the edges of the pool wall then and only then shut off the vacuum. Pay special attention to unwanted wrinkles from sneaking back in. If they do then simply turn back on the vacuum for a little while longer.
By taking your time you can manually now get inside the pool and being careful. You can then spread wrinkles out by hand being extra careful not to create divots while doing so.
Before your skimmer and return can be attached you’ll have to let the water fill your pool to halfway full. Experienced installers have their own tricks but for simplicity and to safeguard against possible manufactures guarantee it’s a good Idea to wait until your pool is half full or more with water before installing your skimmer and return.
Filter your water and get chemistry correct as soon as possible as now the maintenance process begins. Congratulations on becoming one of the first home owners to install an above ground swimming pool liner without wrinkles.
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