Liner install with bead receiver

[DennisP]

Hmmm, so no-body worries about this with a steel-walled pool???

[okcnewbie]

I just installed my first liner a month or so ago. It was an inground standard beaded liner. Mine just snapped into the track that's under the coping. I can tell you that I have a35 plus year old pool with just plywood walls and they were in surprisingly good shape. I will say that I just used the 3M spray adhesive from home Depot to install my foam and it worked perfectly. I know it's not recommended but I just used the spray and overlapped my foam. After the pool was filled I can't really tell where I overlapped. Good luck

[CarlD]

I'm about to embark on a similar trek as okcnewbie in a few weeks. I'm going to replace the "Space Age" walls that were supposed to last a lifetime (I guess they meant a dog's lifetime). Planning on using underlayment-grade 3/4 PT plywood. Local lumber yard has the stuff and it's far, FAR better than the garbage Home Depot sells. I'm planning on priming it with Kilz indoor/outdoor primer, installing it, then letting it sit for 3 months before properly painting it. I won't install the liner until the spring as there's no point. Come spring, I'll use your idea of 3m spray adhesive and wall foam under the liner, and re-level and clean up the sand base.

Big job....