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New Owner with liner question….

January 29th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Purchased a home with and 18×36 inground pool in January. Made it
through our first summer pretty well but now have a few questions.
1. We have a crack in the vinly liner in the corner of the deep end,
it is near the top of the pool and we’ve been patching it so it
hasn’t caused us to lose water. My question is that the crack is
growing (about 5 inches long now - looks almost as thought someone
took a knife and made a horizontal cut) and I think it will need to
be replaced. Is there any benefit/harm to doing the replacement in
the fall before closing the pool, or in the spring after opening? I
live in New Jersey and freezing is a concern.
2. Can anyone provide me with an estimate as to what I might have to
pay a pool company to perform the winterization and closing of my
pool? This being my first year I’d be nervous to do it myself. I
think it was about $250 to get it opened, can I expect a comprable
price to winterize and close?

3. As the summer has gone on we have gotten less and less suction
when we vacuum the pool, causing it to take longer. Might it be time
to change the sand in the filter?
Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.
John

Tags: pumps

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 Neva Marjory // Feb 1, 2005 at 6:01 pm

    Hi, John. I’m not an expert but we have an 18×36 inground pool in the
    home we purchased last fall also. See below your questions for my
    answers.
    We had to replace our pool liner and were told that it would be
    better to do it in the spring than the fall because of how the liner
    warranty works. If we did it in the fall, the “first year” warranty
    would have ended as soon as the pool was closed which would be pretty
    much immediately. One of the pool places we spoke with said that they
    only do them in the fall in areas that have a high ground water level
    and would require too much pumping in the spring.
    For us, opening and closing the pool were quoted at about the same
    price, around $150. Maybe ours is cheaper since they give us a list
    of things we must have completed before they come… i.e. solar
    blanket removed, water lowered to winter level, blue water bags
    filled and sat around the pool perimeter, winter cover sitting next

    to pool, etc. We are probably going to try closing it ourselves if we
    can figure out how to blow out the lines.
    time to change the sand in the filter?
    I don’t know about this one.
    Luke

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