A common issue when installing a swimming pool liner are the unexpected wrinkles. If you are a first time pool liner installer or have done this before, there may be some installation tips that you are not aware of. Wrinkles in the swimming pool liner may even appear years after the original installation. This could be caused by age in the liner, but most likely occurs from a poor installation job. Here are some basic tips from the pool liner pros at Liner World with the steps you need to take to install a wrinkle free swimming pool liner.
- Remove all debris from the swimming pool floor. Also make sure that the floor is compact (if there is sand) and as dry as possible.
- When installing your pool liner, you want to remove all the wrinkles BEFORE you add in the water. You cannot depend on the water to remove all the wrinkles. Most times, it will not flatten them out.
- You want to try to create an air-tight environment. To do this, place a vacuum hose behind the swimming pool liner in one wall section about a foot deep. Duct tape this so no air can get in or out. This will help keep the pool liner flat and even throughout filling. (A good section to do this in is through the skimmer box cut out in the pool wall. Then just duct tape that shut.) When the swimming pool reaches about a foot of filling, you can turn off the vacuum and remove the hose and resume filling.
- If you have wrinkles in the shallow end of your swimming pool, even out the wrinkles to the nearest wall.
Remember that the best time to install a swimming pool liner is when the weather is really warm. This allows the liner to stretch more, resulting in fewer wrinkles. Always remove the wrinkles from the bottom of the swimming pool first, and then move to the ones in the wall.
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Anonymous Posted: 8/21/2022
I have a 27’ x 54” round pool. We are struggling to find the right liner. Flat bottom pool. It is not quite round but egg shaped. What would be the best liner to fit this pool? We bought an overlap liner than only measure 55.5” on the walls which did not allow for slack on the wall
and pulled the pool walls down with it. We need to find an overlap liner that would give us play room and not worry about pool walls being buckled inward and falling down.
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InyoPools Product Specialist Matt S. Posted: 8/30/2022
Stock above ground pool liners come in three sizes, oval, round, or rectangle. We only carry the oval and round types, neither of which sound like they would work for your application. You will need a customer liner.
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Kayla Posted: 7/17/2020
Is it possible to replace an intex ultra frame
pool with any kind of liner. I bought the pool in 2015 and everything is great except the liner is fading. Intex no longer has these in stock..
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InyoPools Product Specialist Matt S. Posted: 8/24/2020
Unfortunately, the standard steel wall pool liners we carry are not compatible with the Intex frame pools. The two designs are entirely different; our liners need a wall backing to retain the water.
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Beth Posted: 4/11/2019
Hi.. I have an above ground pool... it's a 24 ft
round pool. The wall measures right at 54 inches. My question is: would a liner that's 24ft by 52 inches work with the 54 inch wall? I know there's usually quite a bit of slack left over after over lapping the liner but I just need to know if I can use a 24 ft by 52 inch liner for my pool that has the 54 inch wall.... I'll be using an over lapping liner... thank you for any advise u can send my way! Beth
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InyoPools Product Specialist Robert M. Posted: 4/15/2019
Hello
Beth - We'd recommend selecting an overlap liner that specifically states that it will work with a 54" wall. Some pool owners have successfully installed 52" overlap liners on 54" walls but others have not been successful. Better to be safe and get the correct size.
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/17/2017
Wanda - If you have a beaded liner as shown here, you may have the wrong height and the weight of the water is pulling the bead out of the track. If you have a basis overlap liner, make sure all the coping pieces that
hold the liner on the wall are in place.
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Wanda Posted: 6/15/2017
We bought a new liner for our pool after 12 yrs of being up.. followed directions on installing it. We were getting it filled and was almost half done when our liner started coming off and fell in. Any ideas on what happened and how to fix it?
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Lisa Posted: 6/12/2017
We have a 15x30 oval above ground pool. Our new liner has a boulder pattern on the top, rest of the liner is swirl pattern. After 2 attempts to install, something isn't right. The space between the two center seams was positioned correctly. We have excess liner on the sides!
If we pull the sides up, won't that mess up the ends too? This is the first liner we've installed with a pattern on the top and we want to make sure we do it right. I have to admit, this liner is kicking our butt! My husband is frustrated and I'm in tears! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Roy Posted: 6/17/2019
Hi, I just seen your post from 2017. I have the same liner and I am on my 2nd attempt. Did you successfully install the liner? What was the Outcome? Thanks Roy
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/12/2017
Juranimal - Standard liners are not designed to stretch. Their seam would split. We do sell an expandable liner that would probably satisfy your requirements. See "24 Round Overlap Expandable Liners 72".
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Juranimal Posted: 6/11/2017
Have a Vogue above ground 24' pool with 52"
walls. When I stalled 18 years ago (original liner) thyenrecommended a 3' ledge and then a cereal bowl dish that is 6" deeper in the center(but flat bottom). The original liner was a hung type with the rubber j gasket on the top. Need to replace but everything online says hung liners are for flat bottom pools only. Question: will today's hung liners stretch this 10% or must I use an overlap?
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/14/2016
flush
liner - I don't know what stage you are at in installing your liner. If you used a vacuum to suck the liner up against the wall, the liner should be fairly flush. The liner will have some play in it. As the pool is filled up with water, the water will push the liner against the wall making the liner fairly tight. You will still have a few minor winkles.
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Anonymous Posted: 6/13/2016
I have put up my 27x52 Blue Wave Belize perfectly to the
instructions. How come my liner is not flush with the wall? I even have the cove between the liner and the wall. I also set the liner out in the sun to heat up. Is that normal?
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/3/2016
JimFromIL - I would think you would be alright without adding support. Like you say, the ground should be fully settled so there wouldn't be any pressure on the pool when it is emptied.
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JimFromIL Posted: 6/2/2016
In a few weeks we're having a pool company
replace our old 10 year old liner that has a 2 inch gash above the pool line. About a third of the pool is underground as we have partial slope that leans towards the house. I'll have to completely empty the pool (21' round X 52" high), and I'm afraid of potential wall damage on the side that is underground. After 10 years, I would hope the ground is fully settled. Should I provide some type of support when draining the pool on the side that is underground?
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Dave Posted: 3/23/2016
My new liner has no holes for the pump...what
do I do???
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wes Posted: 2/15/2016
Bought my liner here and
used the instructional video All went well I was pleased with my first time liner install and the help from this company I also bought top plates and other parts for my pool from them and always am happy When I have questions about parts or need technical help they are the guys to ask
WC
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 9/22/2015
replacing liner - I would not recommend overlapping an old liner with an new one. You are likely to collect mold between the two liners.
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Anonymous Posted: 9/21/2015
Hi I have above ground pool my question can I install a new
liner over the old liner by cutting out the bottom of the old liner then overlapping with the new liner.
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/29/2015
vchaney - The bead should snap out the same way it snapped in. You'll have to be a little creative to get it stared, maybe lift up an end of one section of the grooves that holds the bead to get up under the bead.
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vchaney Posted: 6/28/2015
Is there a way to remove a beaded liner and
reinstall after the pool is relocated? The liner is less than a month old.
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/26/2015
Tammy - Usually you might have been able to kick the seam back to the corner before you have 2-3 " of water but you are beyond that stage. You may have some winkles on the floor now but the coving around the edge should support the liner edge where it is now.
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Tammy Posted: 6/25/2015
We just finished installing a new above ground
liner. We had the bottom seam positioned about 2-3 inches up the wall above the cove and no wrinkles on floor of pool. We began adding water and everything looked great but then we noticed that the bottom seam is now on the bottom of the pool about 4-6" from wall. It's fairly uniform all the way around but is this normal? It's running about 90-95 degrees here. Will this compromise the pool? We are almost half way full of water!
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/18/2015
Olivia - The liner should fit but if it was hot when you installed it, it could have stretched that much. I would call the company you bought it from and see what they say. If you bought it from us, call 877-372-6038 and talk to one of our service reps.
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/18/2015
tina - You cannot put a 21' liner in a 20 foot pool. But here is a link to a company that says they have 20' liners. I don't know anything about them but you could give them a try:
//ezpoollinerdirect.com/products-page/size-round/20-foot/above-ground-round-20ft-overlap-liner/
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Olivia Posted: 6/16/2015
I just bought a new liner and we had installed it all the way around then when we got to the very end there was about 3 inches of excess liner. Is this normal or should I return it?
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tina Posted: 6/16/2015
Can l put a 21, foot liner on a 20 foot pool can't find a 20 foot loner anywhere
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/16/2015
Billy - It sounds like your liner may have excess material that may have pulled out from under the coping. You may have to take off the top rail and coping to pull some of that material back so you don't have large winkles when you fill it up.
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Billy Posted: 6/15/2015
my liner had pulled away from my walls while filling it up, it had about 2 ft of water in it at the time. it has large pockets of air tward the top of the liner all the way around. will using the vacume method prevent this from happining again?
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/14/2015
Manitoba - I would recheck the measurement of the liner to make sure you didn't receive something smaller than you ordered. Then I would take most of the water out of the pool before I dismantled the upper braces [toprails, stabilizers] that support the pool wall. The water exerts a lot of pressure on the wall.
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Manitoba Posted: 6/11/2015
I've installed a 15x30 overlap replacement
liner on my above ground pool. The first
attempt to fill resulted in the liner
pulling out of the coping/wall on the
skimmer end. Unknowingly we did not
vacuum the huge pockets of air from behind
the liner and we installed the output
gasket device and the skimmer frame
but did not cut the skimmer hole. There
are minimal wrinkles on the pool floor.
I am in the process of draining the 2ft of
water from the pool with plans to rehang
the liner on the side it
slipped from.
I had than planned to use the vacuum to
remove the liner air before and during
pool fill. Does this sound correct or
will it slip again? We only have about
2inches of overhang showing below the
pool shelf when it's all installed and
secured.
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 6/9/2015
Mike - Probably not. I'm afraid that if you pulled off one of the Top Rails and Stabilizers to pull the liner up, you would create a temporary weak point in the wall that might fail with that much water on
it.
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Mike Posted: 6/9/2015
I bought a ued above groud pool,
ad intalled the liner and filled it to the skimmer. Until it was a litte over half full, the liner looked pretty good.....now that it is up to the skimmer, it has a 6ft long area right by the top rail and 3 inches down that is a little baggy and looks crappy....any way to fix this without draing the pool?
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 5/21/2015
shrunk liner - It is unlikely that your liner has shrunk. You will have to detach the top of the liner from the top edge of your pool and start over working the bottom edge of the liner into the bottom corner of the pool. Then reattach the top of the liner to the top edge of the pool.
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Anonymous Posted: 5/19/2015
I drained my pool in order to fix the pits in the sand under the
liner now it seams as though the liner is to small or has shrunk. The bottom seam looks to be about 4-6" away from the pool wall all the way a round. Now when I get about a foot of water in it the wall is starting to buckle. Do I need to add more sand or make more of a cove?
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 3/15/2015
Leaking - Sounds like you have a hole in your liner that will have to be replaced or repaired. If your pool water has drained out, you should support the wall until you can refill it. The pool wall needs pressure
from the water to stay up over time. You can go into the pool now to remove the ice and try to repair the liner but you will have to use a ladder to get over the wall. Don't put any weight on the wall. And wait for a warm day if you have to install a patch.
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Leaking Posted: 3/14/2015
Came home from work to see that my pool has a small river coming from the bottom. During the winter the cover fell in, bought the house in Dec, still have large pieces of ice in it. Do I need to support the sides till the ice melts or I can get in there?? What else should I
be concerned about. Never owned a pool before. Is this the beginning of a nightmare?
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 8/5/2014
illinois22 - Sometimes you are shipped the wrong product or it is mislabeled. Check the height of your liner from the seam at the bottom [that goes into the bottom corner] to the top of the liner. If you have an overlapping liner, you should have 54" plus at least another 6" to overlap the top of the wall. Very often you have to trim off some the excess liner on the outside of the wall. See our other guide on
"How To Assemble an Above Ground Pool - Part 4 - Liner Install" for further information.
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