Pool Liner issues

[PoolDoc]

I was told by company x that the wrinkles were caused by the "cold hose water" hitting the liner while we filled the pool and that once it warmed up they would smooth out. I was also told that I could take my feet and try to smooth them while in the pool.

This is BS. Wrinkles are common, but it's the responsibility of the installer to remove them, which MUST be done before the pool is completely full.

It's time to check your rights under your contract.

Having a liner 'float' due to ground water under the liner is a different problem and may, or may not, be the contractor's fault.

[hrsdennis]

I would really like to see the photos before I say too much. It sounds like the OP has a legitimate complaint. The pool company, I do not like their response. You cannot work out wrinkles with your feet once the pool is full, not going to happen. There is nothing you can do with the wrinkles on the side with a pool full of water. To fix the pool you drain the water down to a couple of inches. With the sun high overhead you get in, on your hands and knees, and you push all those wrinkles to the side of the pool. You then remove all the tops and pull the liner up tight and straight. The only reason for wrinkles on the bottom is cause someone did not get in the pool and work them out. The only reasons for wrinkles on the side is because the liner is not centered correctly or they just did a sloppy job of tucking it up and over.

Wrinkles in the bottom can easily happen because of cold water, one side of the pool in shade and the other in direct sun, cold weather, one side of the pool deeper than the other or a super thick liner on a cold day. There are many, many reasons. But you do not fill a pool with wrinkles in the bottom, you just don't. You get in and you work those suckers just as flat as you can. You may get ripples at times, it may not be perfect, but you do not leave wrinkles.

On the sides, the only acceptable wrinkles are straight up and down. Angles wrinkles are just a sloppy install. Straight up and down means the liner is just bigger than the pool, there is nothing you can do except spread them out and make them as small as possible.

Anyway, I could go on and on about vinyl liners and wrinkles, but I won't, but would love more details about this job, and how they handle it. And photos. And water behind the liner, I'd love to see how that works. Makes no sense to me.

Later, Dennis

[PoolDoc]

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