Got the pool up, beaded liner installed, wrinkles out of the floor, filling and...

[DennisP]

... I have too much material across the pool, with barely enough on the "sides" (it is a 27ft round, so there are no sides per-se, but I am referring to the sides perpendicular to the area that has too much material)...

I had sun on one side of the pool, the end with far too much material. Across from that end there is still a bunch of extra material compared to the area on the sides. I figure it will stretch in the sun on the sides, but what happens if after it fills I have too much material on the "ends"???

I already cut the holes for the main drains, so shifting the liner is out of the question, but it is not like it would matter, since we checked the pool before putting the liner in and it was properly round and exactly 27ft across from each "post"...

So, did they send me a liner that is oval or what???

I do not have enough material on the sides to use it as an overlap liner. This was a major PITA and a huge push to get this pool up this year still, just to run into this???

I have filled it only about 2/3rds of a foot full, just basically above the cove... I shut off the water for the evening and figure I will attempt to fill it more tomorrow...

Any and all input is apprecaited...

[CarlD]

It sounds almost like your pool's bottom is too high up and needs to be lower...

[DennisP]

It is a 1.5" thick foam floor...

If it was lower I wouldn't have enough on the "sides"...

For reference, the seams go across from "side" to side" on the pool on the floor, basically the extra material seems like it is to make sure there is no stress on the seams.

[Watermom]

I have asked Ben to email this thread to another 'Dennis' who is a liner installer to see if he can offer you an opinion or advice. Not sure if he is still around here or not but worth a try.

[DennisP]

Thanks Watermom, greatly appreciated!

[J_Palmer_Cass]

Pictures are always good so we can see what you mean.

Are you sure that the liner being used was designed to use with the cove installed? My pool liner was sized to be used with no bottom cove.

Just wondering why you installed the drains on the bottom of the pool? My drain is installed on the wall of the pool. The bottom drain sure makes life complicated.