Oh Oh - leak in new liner or old liner water squeezing out?

[NWMNMom]

Ok, when I removed the old liner a few days back there was about 2"-3" of water in there that I dumped into the sand/ground inside the pool frame. The liner came out and a lot of the sand was dug out. The ground/sand remaining was damp. The Gorilla Pad was placed and the liner was put in 2 days ago. I started adding water yesterday and we have maybe around a foot of water in there now.

I noticed a damp spot outside the pool wall in a spot near one of the solid/straight side uprights that never gets sun on the north side this morning. These uprights are where the water was being channeled out before when there was a leak but then it was pouring out due to the large leak in the old liner which was substantial. The picture shows that I dug out the spot so the damp stuff is spread out a bit there from that. I did dig down a few areas other than that along the sides and it is damp ground but this more damp here. Anyone think there is a leak in the new liner or the water I dumped inside the frame under the new liner is sqeezing out or ?? Yikes, brand new liner.

 

[Bama Rambler]

When you place that much weight on the ground it will squeeze the water out of it.
Do you appear to be losing water from the pool?
I'd give it a few days to dry out, or do a bucket test to see if you have a leak.
I suspect it's just ground water from the other pools leaking and will go away with time.

 

[dmanb2b]

you can also try digging a small 6" wide hole maybe 3-4" deep and see if significant water pool's up in that spot...if not it's prob just the weight of the water squeezing the ground underneath

 

[NWMNMom]

I'll keep my eye on it. The hole I dug there did not fill up or pool with water, it was just fairly damp. It actually has started to dry out. Hopefully I am just being paranoid. Doesn't look like any water is going out faster than it is going in or that the fill is slowing down any. Thanks guys!

 

[cheddar85]

How'd it go? Was your liner okay? Hope everything went well with the fill!

 

[NWMNMom]

That damp area never got any wetter, although nothing on that side of the pool really got too much drier either, just a bit then kind of hung at damp - that north side is always a bit damp I guess, just that spot must have been water squeezed out. I guess I'll update my other thread too.