I was in the process of Slamming my pool for the season. Water was clearing up. I stared loosing water. 3-4” a night. I found a very large tear in the slope corner going into the deep end.(16x32 with 4 slopes in the deep end)Tear appears to be about 2’ and about 1/4 the way down from shallow end. The issue I have is I can not get an installer to replace until mid July. Liner is about 8-9 yrs old and replacement is due. Question is it ok to let water drain and pool left empty for that long? I can not even attempt a patch with out water going down as the liner has wrinkled up bad in the area. Do I let it drain then patch with very large pieces of liner and fill back up? Or just let it sit empty with winter safety cover back on until July? -Great start to summer!
Replacement liner help
- Thread starter Srss7601
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,817
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Your risk is the water in the pool helps support the pool walls. Without water in the pool a wall can collapse into the pool. Only you know your soil conditions and if a storm can cause a wall collapse.
The safest thing is to get some type of patch on the tear and refill it with water.
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The safest thing is to get some type of patch on the tear and refill it with water.
Liner Replacement - Further Reading
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Thanks! That’s what seems to be the suggestion. Hopefully I can get a decent patch and slow water loss and still get use of the pool. Thanks for confirming my thoughts!