Urgent Help PLEASE!

[matt4x4]

If you have pics of how much of the bead came out of the receiver, it would give us a better idea of what you may or may not be able to salvage.
I would think your leak will be at or slightly below the current water level, within about 3". Possibly near the stair location.
You can push the liner back into the bead, however, if there is a big gap between liner and receiver it may have shrunk too much.
Try some hot (but not boiling) water, it softens the liner and allows it to stretch some, possibly enough to get it seated again.
You can purchase liner lock if it continues to pop out.

[hrsdennis]

Hi, I don’t recall mention of a beaded liner and since you did say something about removing top rails I will guess an overlap liner. If that is the case, by all means remove a few top rails. When we install an overlap liner we tuck the excess vinyl back into the inside of the pool so the over hang on the outside is an even 1 ½” or so. If the pool was done this way you may have plenty of extra liner to work with.

At 6 years you will have lost a lot of elasticity in the liner. Working on it and filling in high sun is essential. With still a foot of water in the pool it is doubtful it has done much shrinking and I would by all means try to save it. Depending on liner brand, thickness and pool care the liner could be shot anyway or serve you well for another 6 years.

As Matt mentioned, picks would be very helpful if further advice is needed.

Best of luck, Dennis