pool was drained tonite. should have the liner switch tomorrow if weather cooperates... some nasty thunderstorms around here lately! If all goes well, we'll begin filling the pool tomorrow afternoon sometime. Will try and post photos!
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pool was drained tonite. should have the liner switch tomorrow if weather cooperates... some nasty thunderstorms around here lately! If all goes well, we'll begin filling the pool tomorrow afternoon sometime. Will try and post photos!
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Good Luck!
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Pictures coming up!IMAG0072.jpgIMAG0078.jpgIMAG0076.jpg
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Looks like the new liner will have no wrinkles (unlike the old one) and the color is brilliant compared to the old faded liner. The process looks easy but awkward to handle. I'm glad I paid an installer to do this (this time). Next time, I might give it a try (hopefully many years from now)!
Added a cup of clorox last night and stirred it around. Will add a bit more this morning when the sun hits. Installer will come by to put the face-plates on today and then I can fill it up and get the water balanced.
Note: Instead of using shopvacs to suction the air out under the liner, the installer used a high speed fan like the kind used to dry out a flooded basement. They put the air intake over the skimmer basket cleanout opening and some kind of tube (cardboard?) under the liner wall from the skimmer wall opening down to the bottom of the wall. Looks like he can just pull the tube out, reattach the liner at the top and put on the skimmer face plate and he's done! This looks like it works much better than using vacs. The liner is so tight to the walls, it looks like it was sprayed on! No wrinkles at all.
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Your pool looks great! Thanks for sharing pics. Also, thanks for the info about how your installer did the liner. That is what makes this forum great -- lots of pool owners sharing!
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Wow. Looks fantastic. That liners gonna be eye popping with crystal clear water.
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Wow. You got the attachment system to work. Even I haven't figured out how to do that, yet. (Not that I'm going to put much effort in it -- vBulletin (the forum software) loses all the attachments every time I upgrade!)
Ben
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Attaching photos is NOT very intuitive, but it does work if you persist. Will be adding more photos tomorrow. (I guess it's already tomorrow, now-- I just got up to turn off the fill water-- 3AM!) Anyway... Pool is now full and I'm working on balancing/testing. Everybody in the family wants to get in!Originally Posted by PoolDoc
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that is exact liner pattern i used in my change this year it look great when water is full congrats!
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My liner installer says that this pattern is used in 75-80% of his installs. It IS striking when the pool is full.
10,000 gallon IG vinyl liner pool, BBB user, salt added to 2300 ppm (because it makes the water feel great!), new liner/new water on 6/23/11, algae-free since 2006 (at least that's as far back as I remember). 1HP Hayward 2-SPEED CONVERTED Superpump, Hayward sand filter, PS234 test kit.
Goal: To remain completely algae-free for the life of this new liner!
Life lesson: It is what it is.
12'x24' oval 9K gal IG pool; bleach; Hayward 244T sand filter; Hayward Super pump, 1 HP, 2-speed pump; 24hrs on low speedhrs; PS234; utility water; summer: ; winter: ; android phone; PF:13
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