Chlorine floater for vinyl pools.

[Pool daddy's]

Any suggestions regarding placement of floaters in a vinyl pool.

I have a customer who experienced damage to his newly installed vinyl liner. It appears that his floater remained still in the shallow end against the stairs. The liner was bleached in that area and I suggested he tie the floater to the ladder in the deep end to prevent the floater from becoming trapped in a shallow corner.
Any suggestions?

(I own and and operate a local Pool service company here in my city. We are 1 month in operation and new to this forum. I look forward to meeting other members here and gaining some helpful tips.)

[PoolDoc]

That could certainly work, though I've had customers who'd be likely to tie the floater in such a way it would bleach the liner in the deep end OR create a slip and fall hazard on the ladder.

Another possibility would be to have them give the floater its own kiddie donut toy -- and put the floater in the center of the donut.

Ben

PS. Welcome to the forum.

[CarlD]

Yeah, they like to get caught in ladders, stairs and skimmers. If you tie it, you want to tie in the return stream so it circulates.

Carl

[chem geek]

And when I tethered my floating chlorinator to some stainless steel bars in the pool, it ended up parking itself close to them and rusting their mounts. When I had it untethered, it parked itself in the corner of the pool and rusted another mount there as well as pitting the plaster. That was 7 years ago when I also got a nascent algae bloom from the high CYA levels from the Trichlor pucks/tabs and since then I've only used chlorinating liquid.

I wish my pool store had warned me about the dangers and side effects of using Trichlor pucks/tabs. Please don't make the same mistake with your customers. They are convenient, but at a heavy price.

[waste]

Welcome to the Forum!

I like Ben's suggestion of the floating ring around it.

I've always suggested tethering a floater from both sides of the pool, to keep it well away of the liner/ ladder. However, this can create an entanglement issue for swimmers, if the floater isn't removed prior to pool use.

Another way to tether it would be to fill a bleach jug, or similar with Sac-crete, add water and shake - the next day you'll have a liner friendly weight to secure the floater to, I made 6 of these last year to keep floating volleyball nets and water basketball hoops from straying too far (I gotta admit that making a weight this way came from Duraliegh [to the best of my recollection] ).

I'm VERY happy you care enough about the pools you take care of to come here and research and ask questions!