Is It Okay To Drain My Vinyl Liner Swimming Pool?
One of the most important things that any owner of a vinyl liner pool needs to know is that you should NEVER drain your vinyl liner swimming pool. The water in the pool helps hold the liner into place. If you do drain your pool you can cause your vinyl pool liner to shrink ,upon refilling if the liner has lost its elasticity it can cause the liner to rip or tear. The liner can also become hard and brittle. The older the vinyl material is the more likely this is to happen. If you do have to patch a hole or puncture, you will not need to drain your pool as most vinyl repair kits are designed to work under water. Also if you drain too much water out of an above ground pool, it can lead to the pool wall collapsing. You can help protect the life of your liner by not draining your pool.
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ENSURES LONG LIFE FOR VINYL SWIMMING
POOL LINER WITH PROPER CARE.
Maintaining proper water balance is key to the life of your swimming pool liner: pH between
7.2 to 7.6; total alkalinity between 80 to 100 ppm; and calcium hardness between 200 to 300 ppm.
Free chlorine should be kept within range, the most common active ingredient that sanitizes the pool, between 1.5 to 2.5 ppm. If the level drifts below 1.5 ppm, algae and bacterial will grow more easily and may cause staining of the vinyl pool liner. If the active chlorine level is maintained greater than 2.5 ppm, liner wrinkling may occur. This problem can be further aggravated if pH levels that fall below 7.0
I was out of town over the winter with business,and I left without covering my in-ground pool.I came home, and my pool has evaporated to a water level about 2 feet deep. The liner looks like it has shrunk since it is no longer attached to the pool walls. Does this mean I HAVE to get a new liner? Or can I work around this problem? Thank you
If you have only 2′ of water left in the pool there is probably a leak. If you refill the pool the liner may be fine. It will depend on the liner age. If the liner is old it may pop out of the coping track.
This is my first pool-
I have been vaccuming my pool and getting it ready for this summer and it’s been at a decent level (mid skimmer) pretty much the last couple of months. This morning, I woke up and it was about 3-6 inches lower and my pump was reading about 5 psi’s. Is this normal? It doesn’t seem so.
The 2 may be unrelated. If the water level went down use this link for information on how to find a leak.
http://www.royalswimmingpools.com/blog/how-to-find-leaks-in-vinyl-liner-pools/
If the baskets or filter needs to be cleaned the PSI on the filter gauge will go down.
I opened up my pool this year to cloudy water(above ground).Have tried all sorts of chemicals,no luck.Should I empty some of the water.
how do you drain an abouve ground pool if necessary without causing damage to the liner
You can drain some of the water out of the pool and refill it but if you drain all the water out of the pool it can cause the vinyl liner to shrink. If the liner shrinks it may become tight or may pull out from the top rail.
if above ground pool is drained and shrinkage has occured? what if any steps or methods are needed to take when refilling to help liner avoid damage from tears and wrinkles?
my winter cover came off and now the neightbors tree in in the bottom of my pool, can get it clean to even see the bottom i have got 4 different sweepers but they don’t work any ideas no how i can get all the leaves out of the bottom of my pool, please help
Use a leaf net to get most of the leaves out of the pool. Then vacuum on waste and balance the chemicals untill the pool water clears up.
We have a hole in the bottom of our pool’s vinyl liner. The water ran some of the sand out so there is now a dip. Is there a way to put more sand in the hole to fill the dip? Or do we have to take the whole liner off to fix the dip? Then get a new liner even though we can patch the hole?
A pool co. just installed a new liner in my Ester Williams Lady Ester III (1994)rectangular pool 16×30 52″ wall hgt. 48″ water hgt.
they did not even out the sand and remove thier deep boot prints.
Now with over 13,500 gallons of water in the pool and maint. chemicals they tell me they will come back at the end of the season and pump out all the water and peel back the liner to smooth out and even the bottom.
I guess peel back because they cut the skimmer and retun in .
I was told when the pool was installed that any time you empty the water from the pool you have to replace the liner. (example ,moving the pool etc.)
Is this true because I paid a lot of money for the liner and do not want a flawed liner that will cause problems in the future.
If this is the case I will insist on a new liner
I accidently poked a small half circle shaped cut into the bottom of my above ground pool liner. It has sand underneath like most. What should I do? Can I just leave it?
You should use a vinyl liner repair kit to repair the cut. It will be fine if you follow the vinyl repair kiit instructions.
If it is not left empty for an extended amount of time the liner should be OK
hi i have an inground vinyl liner pool, i found a somewhat pointy rock in the deep end in the corner at the base of the wall about 3 feet from the top can i drain some water out and pull the liner from the rail and reach behind it and fix it? should i leave it? of i do drain some water should i refill it right away?
I have a brand new pool and the sand settled under one corner so it is not level it settled 2 weeks after installed. can I empty the liner and add the sand needed without ruining the liner? I understand it may shrink it how long can the water be out without hurting it? the manual says if shifting occurs drain relevel and refill is this right?
You can drain it to get the rock out but you must refill the pool quickly.
You will probably need to support the pool frame with patio blocks then rebuild your pool cove. The liner should be fine if it is not left empty for a long period of time. New liners do not shrink as fast as an older liner.
So I winterized my above ground pool and then noted the water level had risen. I am assuming that this was because I had a leak in my pool cover. I put a hose in the pool to siphon off the excess water and forgot about it to come back and find the water level in the pool was way too low.
1. Have I destroyed my liner.
2. do i just fill it back up to a appropriate winter level.
3. Should I replace the cover or just suck it up beacuse it’s gonna be a mess in there already.
The water on top of the cover will put pressure on the water in the pool and make it appear fuller. When you drain the water off the cover it will sometimes drain water out of the pool too. You should fill the pool back to the proper level and it should be fine.
i just covered the pool 2 months ago and just relized the pool water level went down 1 foot more then i drained it. its half in and half out above ground pool. the pool company wants to drain it and redo a new liner . also the sand washed out because of a under ground stream they wanna do the base with viniculite and portland is this correct?
The water going down could be a leak in the liner or it could be that when you pump water off the cover you are also pumping water out of the pool
i drained my pool to clean it, we hadnt cleaned it in 2 yrs , it is partially in the ground, and the ground was wet and the soil around the pool fell in the wall bulged out a little so we dug the dirt out and relized the wall there came out of the track,can we dig out more and try to put wall back on track or does the whole thing have to come down????
I have a 20×40′ inground pool. I had my back yard flooded (thanks to the developer behind me) This happened twice in one week. The pool is about three years old and has a vinyl liner. If I drain the pool at night and have the water delivered by early morning will I be OK, or is there another alternative? (about 3″silt in the bottom)
My pool is 2 years old with a vinyl liner 16×32. Apparently I have a leak in the main drain line. The water has leaked out at about 2 feet below the skimmer. Is is ok for me to drain the pool and glue a plug to permanently close the main drain?
a load of pollen was in our pool and it was very cloudy, after putting chemicals in we could not clear it, so my husband drained the pool. The liner looks like in one area it has folded over and on one side it looks wrinkled, we put the new liner in last summer.
I can’t get my pool clean and algae balanced. After fighting with chemicals I have decided to drain it. It is 5 years old. The If I have the water low for 1 day will that damage my liner?
WE UNCOVERED OUR POOL FROM THE WINTER AND ALL THE LEAVES FELL IN(OF COURSE). BUT THE LINER HAS ALSO SLID DOWN ON ONE SIDE. WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PULL THE LINER BACK UP ?
If the liner will not reach the liner track use warm water to soften the liner. If it is an overlap liner take the top ledge off and reinstall the liner
It is possible. You should try and refill the pool as soon as it is emptied
It would be best if you put a plug in the main drain without draing the pool.
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