Vinyl Liner Floating, Bulging Walls in Inground Pool

[Wapak]

Thanks for the detailed response! Yes, it is only liner bulges,nothing structural that i can see. And fortunately it appears the liner is somewhat staying place...the bottom corners are all still where they should be, just the liner bulging away from the walls

Before you attempted to push out the wrinkles, did the ground water receed eventually naturally out from behind your liner or did you have to pump that out?

The water has been receeding some, but its still rained everyday so my bulges continue to stay. Everything is holding in place as far as the coping in the liner track and the steps.

I tried earlier gently and easily pushing on the bulges from the floor to the top w my pool broom, but it only moved the water towards the bottom or down the wall.

I also have some photos of my problem but im not sure how to add them here.

Thanks again!

[FormerBromineUser]

I did not pump water out from behind my liner. There was only enough behind it to lift the liner up slightly.

Try to upload photos to photobucket and then link here with the add photo icon.

A brush won't have the same pushing power as your hands or a squeegee. There is a type of rubber squeegee that has curved edges that you can attach to a pole. I also have a rubber pool "brush" that has a squeegie on the opposite end, but those are hard to find.

If the water is just sinking back down the wall when you push it, you might try pulling the coping out a tad and see if you can push the water out?

See if you can load those pics.

[Wapak]

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Dont know if these pics will show ok...i am new to photobucket!

Thanks for your help!

[FormerBromineUser]

Did you use the add link icon? You paste the URL in there. I was able to see them though on the email notification direct to photobucket, but I can't enlarge them, and no one else would be able to either.

You have no wrinkles on the bottom?

Have the sidewalls shifted laterally? Hard to tell with the small pics.

Those ARE bulges! That's a lot of water. I do think you will need to pull a small section of coping out to release some of the water before it gets under the bottom.

[Wapak]

http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/ri...c.jpg.html?o=0

http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/ri...z.jpg.html?o=1

http://http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/richldorsett/media/20150619_081053_zps43jbcugz.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2

Lets see if this works...I was using the add image icon, this time i am using the add link icon...hope the pics will now display properly, thanks!

[FormerBromineUser]

Well, now people other than me can see them too by following those links.

Are those bulges still filled with water? I think you will need to pull the coping out above one and see if you can push the water up and out.

Are there any wrinkles on the bottom?

[Wapak]

I have had some of the liner floating up on specifically on the shallow end bottom, just like a small linear bulge here and there. and some of these bulges have appeared on my side slopes to the deep end, but as I try to push the 'bubbles' they just move to a different location when i go over with the pool broom,

Now in my deep end, at the very bottom near the drain, i have always had a couple small wrinkles that appeared after a winter bout 4 years ago. but they have never been much of an issue and are barely noticeable once pool is opened.

If the liners have moved some, they have not affected the position of the bottom corners, the corners, even under my return jets seem to still be staying in place.

I have not messed with it much, I attempted to think the first day, if I eased the pool broom over from top to bottom i may push the water back to the ground surrounding pool, but that seemed to only move the water to different location so all i have done is just tried to keep my pool full so that the weight of the water would help keep as much as i could in place.

I will try to un attached the liner in a small spot and try to push some out the top as soon as it stops raining!!! yes raining again today...

thanks again,

[FormerBromineUser]

Well, update when you can. In the meantime, I would do everything you can to keep water from getting under the bottom, so I wouldn't push down. Sides are much easier to fix!