Re: Really Scewed Up today !
In the 5 days it took to get the boxer repair kit shipped to me and the pool drained the liner seemed to shrink and pull away from the walls of the pool. I attempted to patch the 2 holes in the liner. It was 72 degrees when I started but the vinyl was very stiff. I was able to install a 6 X 8 inch patch on the hole on the bottom area successfully. I trimmed around the cracked area to make a elongated hole about 4-1/2" X 2-1/2" where there was no where for the slit to continue to run. I also took a piece of vinyl the same size and the patch and slid under the liner where the patch would not stick to the foam board below the bottom area.
The slit in the radius where the liner transitions from the bottom to the wall as a different area. I had a 1-1/2"-2" hole that had a diagonal wrinkle running thru it. I attempted to straighten the area out using my wife's hair drier, No such luck. I applied a 4" X 4" patch. It almost worked but on one side in the wrinkle it just would not adhere and remain stuck to the old liner. I had cleaned both areas with rubbing alcohol but the damage being in the radius between bottom and side was to tough to over come. If both damaged areas had been on the bottom I'm confident I would have been successful.
I agree with you suggestion not to try and put on a cover when the wind is blowing but when it comes up in the middle of installing the cover its hard to make the decision to call it off. Especially when you have had friends come over to help with a job that's already difficult anyway. I can look back now and say "IF I HAD JUST " taken another course of action at that point. Lesson learned !
So I'm back to still needing a recommendation on purchasing a replacement liner for my 16 X32 Doughboy ? I under stand the heaver gauge liner is better. Its quit a job to install one from what I have read in the forum post so I want to make sure a by a high quality liner when the time comes. Any specific brands better than the others? Any sales during the off season when things are slower for dealers and manufactures ??? Thanks for any input !
16X32 vinyl AG Doughboy 12,600 gal w/ deck down one side. 19" Doughboy filter, 1.5 hp Hayward pump, CircuPool RJ20 SWCG, 440 pounds salt, maintaining 30 ppm borates; CYA 60ppm.
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