Where should the vertical line be for new liner on 18 x 33 pool?

[waste]

Patience is a virtue.

Have you tried using a shop-vac to provide suction to help you see where the liner needs to be adjusted?

The center seam should be what you use to center the liner. If that's not working, use the vac to help you see how you need to adjust the liner. Wrinkles in the floor may require you to excavate more material out of the bottom.

If you have any questions on what I've said - ask and I'll get back to you.

[reesie]

We took the liner completely out yesterday and removed about 2-3 inches of dirt. We tried to remove more but the straps that run from one side of the pool to the other were uncovered and we had to cover them back up. We put the liner back in and have shifted several times. It lokks a lot better than it did but it's still a lot of wrinkles. We just can't get it where it's right.

We got most of the floor smooth but a big wrinkle that runs all the way across the pool. We've tried working it around every way we can. The line is about where it should be according to the tape measure and the sides of the pool. My husband went ahead and put about 2 inches of water to see where the water would pull the liner and shifted the liner some that way.

We tried the shop-vac but I don't think we got a tight enough seal. We didn't have much success with it. We'll try it again, maybe tomorrow if it doesn't rain.

[waste]

Sorry you haven't been able to fully resolve the issue.

When you go the shop-vac route - it's important to make sure that the liner is fully sealed [use duct tape to seal where you put the hose behind the liner and tape off any suction and return ports - from the outside of the pool]

With < 2" of water in the pool, if you can get good suction from the vac, it's possible to go barefooted into the pool and work out wrinkles -it's a little tedious but possible.

Thanks for the update and please stay in touch.