We have a 24′ round above ground that I was never able to get
balanced last summer. My husband usually handles all of the pool
maintenance but is in the military and deployed from May to
September. Since we are in Kansas, we don’t have a very long swim
season and we closed the pool shortly after he came back because it
was so far gone we were at a loss. The pool pump was replaced last
spring due to the old one catching on fire (if you can believe that)
and the sand was replaced in the filter shortly after that. The
liner needs to be replaced and we are planning on doing that this
spring but my question is how easy (or difficult) is it to do
yourself? The liner itself will cost over $200 and we have to have
some trees removed and roots pulled up that have run under the liner,
so we were wanting to cut costs as much as possible and one way is to
replace the liner ourselves. I briefly looked in the archives and
didn’t locate anything.
It should be noted that although I am completely helpless when it
comes to pools, my husband has always been able to maintain a
beautiful pool and overall, he is very handy so I am sure he can
handle the labor of replacing the liner, but wanted some expert
opinions from people who don’t hope to profit off of us by selling us
the installation if we are able to accomplish this ourselves. Is it
worth it doing it ourselves or should we hire someone to do it and
just watch so we can do it in the future if necessary? How long are
liners designed to last anyway?
Thanks!
Pool Opening - Spring
July 1st, 2006 · 7 Comments
Tags: pumps
7 responses so far ↓
1 burl_18 // Jul 2, 2006 at 11:01 am
In a message dated 4/7/2006 9:50:17 AM Central Standard Time, veils@…
writes:
Nope, and that’s why we didn’t know there was a leak until we closed the pool
for the winter. During the summer it was always damp around the pool due to
splashing, but never actually WET, like a stream. We did lose about an inch a
day but were told that was normal evaporation for our area.
Donna
2 burl_18 // Jul 3, 2006 at 6:30 am
In a message dated 4/7/2006 11:29:30 AM Central Standard Time,
larry@… writes:
No drains, just a vinyl liner. It took about 2 months for it to drain down
to that 1″ level, where it has stayed for almost 5 months. The pool is still
covered. No idea when we’ll get around to that as we’ve got higher priorities
right now.
What do we need to look for? Will it be obvious or impossible to find? Will
we need to add some water in order to find the leak?
Trying to think ahead…
Thanks!
Donna
3 burl_18 // Jul 4, 2006 at 1:58 am
In a message dated 4/7/2006 12:42:13 PM Central Standard Time,
larry@… writes:
Thanks, Larry! We’re in Kansas City, Missouri.
Donna
4 burl_18 // Jul 4, 2006 at 9:27 pm
In a message dated 4/7/2006 12:44:18 PM Central Standard Time,
larry@… writes:
They post the daily average loss to evaporation on a board at our local pool
store, and it was averaging 1-1.5″ daily in our area last summer. So we
thought everything was fine. I questioned them about it a couple times, but it
didn’t seem extreme compared to the average.
Donna
5 burl_18 // Jul 5, 2006 at 4:55 pm
I didn’t say anything about a public pool. I said our local pool STORE posts
the daily evaporation rate. I’m assuming the average is from private pools
they service.
Donna
In a message dated 4/7/2006 3:11:46 PM Central Standard Time, veils@…
writes:
6 burl_18 // Jul 6, 2006 at 12:24 pm
In a message dated 4/7/2006 3:27:25 PM Central Standard Time,
larry@… writes:
Sorry, no.
Donna
7 burl_18 // Jul 7, 2006 at 7:52 am
In a message dated 4/8/2006 6:06:52 PM Central Standard Time,
Donna
m_lyda@… writes:
In my case, there is NO plumbing connected to the pool. The pump/filter is
stored in the basement over the winter. I believe the plumbing on most, if not
all, aboveground pools is near the top of the pool, not below my 1″ leak!
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