Liner Install

[mohawk]

A few of you know that my 4 year old liner failed this spring, and the pool co. will replace it (so far) 100%. That will be for the liner only-not installation. I'm sure I could install the liner myself(maybe) but I'd rather have someone do it. Any idea what my charge should be to install a 30' round? I also have a problem with the west side of my pool. It seems to be deeper than the east side by about 2" so I'm thinking the west side must have sunk down after it was first installed. You can't really tell by looking at the sides though. If the price is to high I'll have to try and tackle it myself. I'm hoping I don't have to-it seems kind of difficult.

[mohawk]

So nobody has any idea what labor should run me to have liner installed? No one? The pool store hasn't called me back either to tell me what their installer would charge. ANYONE have an idea?

[waste]

Sorry for the delay in responding (this has been a very trying week at work - one day I didn't get home til 10:00 )

Prices vary around the country, but $500 to touch up the floor and drop the liner would be reasonable.

How does the liner attach to the top? Is it beaded, overlap or "J - hook"? I'll be happy to give you tips on installing it yourself if you can't find someone else to do it for a reasonable price.

[mohawk]

It is a beaded liner. I should find out soon what they'll charge and I'll let you know. Hopefully it will be reasonable otherwise we'll be installing-and I will need tips-lots of tips. Thanks, Denise

[bhawleyusa]

Just paid $450 labor to have our beaded replaced with a j-hook in N.C.

[waste]

Look at that... I was only off by 10%

Denise, please keep us informed as to your progress

[mohawk]

I heard back from my local pool store and my cost to have them install the new liner is 700.00 (the broken liner is free due to defect). The installer would give my a 100.00 break from his regular charge of 800.00. He also said that my pool is out of plumb in a few places(due to moles)and if I had him fix that he would teardown, fix, install liner for only 2100.00. He also said being out of plumb was a 50/50 if it needed to be done. I know last summer it was 1 1/2-2" lower on the one end-I'm not sure if it has sunken down more this year.
If we do this ourselves, could I just disassemble a section of the pool instead of the whole thing? I have a 30' round Ester Williams pool. Maybe being out of level that much wouldn't be a problem?
How difficult would a beaded liner be to put in?
I'm a novice here and would appreciate ANY advice. I have looked on the this site, but not much info on beaded liners. Thanks for your help

[waste]

Denise, depending on how 'handy' you are - you could probably do this yourself

With a beaded liner it's important to have the floor be a ~little below what they cut the liner to - the liner needs to stretch into place. If you have too much floor, the liner will wrinkle - alternatively, if the floor (or wall cove) is to deep, there will be undue stress on the liner and it will fail prematurely

I assume you have a sand bottom which will need a little retroweling before the new liner is dropped. If you want any tips and tricks for the troweling and think you can retrowel it yourself, let me know - I've done this a few dozen times

A strong shop-vac or vac/ blower will be needed to set the new liner - I hope you have access to one.

What are the shape and dimensions of the pool?

I, and the others here, will be here to help, should you need it

[mohawk]

Thanks Waste for answering. My pool is a 30' round, and we do have a shop vac. The bottom is sand and will need retroweling. I noticed today that the moles haven't wasted any time and have started tunneling under the pool and heaving up the sand. I know their are people who care about animals-and I do too, but when it comes to mole, there's no love lost here. Those animals have cost me hundreds of dollars with their destructive ways and they're nearly unstoppable. I'm wondering if I should check the level from one side to the other to make sure it's not to far out of plumb? Is a laser level easy to use and rentable?