Re: Hurry up and wait to re-install replacement liner, <PIX >
I am SOOOO tired - pooped out. The pool is not ready for the liner yet, but so close. With two young men, one's girlfriend and myself, we got the sand shoveled out down to 1" with a bit of a dish on the bottom and smoothed out level with NO footprints, wall foam in, Gorilla pad almost done - it needs a bit of a trim at one end. Tomorrow trim that floor pad, put the foam cove in by 8:30-9:00 and then hopefully that darned liner by 11pm. I have to leave at 2pm for an appointment so I can't even guess if I can get my son to help me get to that point. Do I dare start filling and leave? Unless my son keeps an eye on it, nobody would be watching for 1.5 hours till my other son gets home at 3:30 and I would be home about 4:30. We have sun on the pool until just about 7pm.
By the way,the wall foam was an absolute *&%^$ to install - it took longer to install than shovelling out all that sand. Man, just trying to avoid bubbles where there are dry spots - 4 cans of adhesive they recommended for our pool size was not enough and my son had to drive 20 miles round trip to town for another can. I do absolutely LOVE the way that Gorilla pad feels on the floor. Without seeing it except in the ads, I really thought it would be like at little thicker than landscaping fabric consistancy but its really cushy and feels just like a great big THICK felt or wool blanket. I have saddle blankets for my horses made of stuff like this. Very nice. No duct tape need for the Gorilla pad - it is all one piece - no taping sections together like Happy Bottom. Pre-sewn with a double seam at the factory down the center - otherwise no other seams. That is one HUGE woolly blanket on my floor bottom!
Edit: Pictures added - 1) how the pool looked these last 6 seasons. 2) just before removing the ruined liner 3) today - wall foam and Gorilla Pad in