PLEASE advise me regarding my liner

Hello all again!

here for help once again.

I bought a home one year ago with an in ground vinyl lined pool that was about 2-3 years old at the time. Whoever had the brilliant idea to do this in Louisiana, with our high water table, was smokin' crack... but I digress.

I have had problems with the liner floating ( weekly or more) with the resultant numerous wrinkles since we moved in. I have a pump that drains out the water behind it, (at the big pumps,) but no one told me about this until it had already developed severe wrinkling from it. Anyway, now I run that "gutter pump" every few days to get the water out when I see the first signs of ripples of it under the liner.

Just this week, when I was in the pool, it felt very different under my feet in certain areas. I feel and see what looks like "rocks" poking up under the liner, scattered about, and a feeling and look of some type of "erosion" going on at the slope of the shallow to the deep. This is definitely a new occurance. I have no idea what to think. I have put calls into the pool company that installed it, but they have not helped me in the past, as they are not taking any "new customers", and I cannot find another company that deals with vinyl liners in my area. I am quite frustrated and concerned.

Can any of you kind gurus shed any light or advice on this for me?

thank you in advance, Sharon

Sharon, where are you in Louisiana?

Janet

mandeville, northshore of new orleans

Sharon,
I live in S. Arkansas. We had a vinyl liner pool installed last year. The builder put a rock bed under the deep end and a pump so that we can pump water out from under the liner, if needed. It sounds like you may have the something similar. If so, your poolcrete or sand under the liner is probably eroding from the water under the liner. One reason we chose the vinyl liner was because we have a high water table and we were told that a gunite or fiberglass pool could float up out of the ground. As it is, we are suppose to keep water in our pool at all times. After heavy rains, we pump the water out of the rock bed.

Nonetheless, you probably need to contact a couple of builders in your area and find out what remedy would be best in your area. At the least, it sounds as though the liner will have to be removed and the bottom of the pool repaired. If you have to have a new liner, they are expensive. A 20 x 40 in S. Ark cost about 3000.00 installed. There are some sharp folks on this forum that may be able to advise you as well or better than a contractor. They may be able to tell you how to fix the problem yourself. Good luck.