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Holes in liner and water in betweeen

August 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

We have an Inground 16 x 32 that we inherited when we moved in 3 years ago.
We have been dealing with holes in the liner ever since. There is a lawyer
of water between the Liner and the wall. To the point that 3 corners of
liner are separated form the wall.
Last year with a lot of pumping out then manual brute force (and hot water
and popsicle sticks) we got all but one corner reattached for most of the
season.
We even end up putting chlorine into the water between the liner and the
wall to keep it from going green.
We can not afford to get a new liner.
I have been repairing the obvious holes in the shallow end but there is some
I am not catching.
So my questions are ….
Any tips for detection of holes in a liner?
Repair other than the kit I buy at my pool place ?

Expectations if I hire a diver?
Can I do this diving thing myself? (I an an certified advanced PADI diver
but not in pool repair :) )
Any tips for putting the liner back in?
Thanks for any replies.
Denis north of Toronto

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1 response so far ↓

  • 1 Jimmie Louis // Sep 4, 2006 at 9:04 pm

    Hello All,
    I posted this last week and received no response … Hopefully some one
    out there can help me with some advice. Thank You.
    We have an Inground 16 x 32 that we inherited when we moved in 3 years ago.
    We have been dealing with holes in the liner ever since. There is a lawyer
    of water between the Liner and the wall. To the point that 3 corners of
    liner are separated form the wall.
    Last year with a lot of pumping out then manual brute force (and hot water
    and popsicle sticks) we got all but one corner reattached for most of the
    season.
    We even end up putting chlorine into the water between the liner and the
    wall to keep it from going green.
    We can not afford to get a new liner.
    I have been repairing the obvious holes in the shallow end but there is some
    I am not catching.

    So my questions are ….
    Any tips for detection of holes in a liner?
    Repair other than the kit I buy at my pool place ?
    Expectations if I hire a diver?
    Can I do this diving thing myself? (I an an certified advanced PADI diver
    but not in pool repair :) )
    Any tips for putting the liner back in?
    Thanks for any replies.
    Denis north of Toronto

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