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All up and running with no issues. We went into it for the 1st time today. Thank you fine people for your input and support. I hope it hold for many years because I'm 60 and don't think I'll want to mess around with it again. Best wishes and caviar dreams as they say(though I hate caviar)...

Well, I decided not to risk it and bought yet another liner. I filled in the center with 25 bags of topsoil and shoveled a good thick layer of sand on it after tamping. Tamped the sand and now my pool is a flat bottom pool. I installed the new liner(with vacuum running until the bottom filled...

25 gauge and yes I'll vacuum like I did this time. I was hoping that it could handle the slope but I just can't risk it. Too much damage could be done downstream of a blowout. Thanks Kimkats.

Just an update. I talked to the supplier's head pool tech and he said it's not going to happen. If I want to risk my patched areas he suggested draining what water is in there and remove the liner and fill in the center with sand. He also said to relocate the patched areas so that the new holes...

The liner has the correct wall heighth(52") but is a flat bottom pool liner. My pool is 60" in the center. The bead seems secure and the liner is against the wall at the water level but there's 1-2" space between the liner and wall above that and it's taught like a drum. I don't understand what...

and crickets...can anyone chime in?

Crud. I just saw it as you responded. I'm committed now I suppose. Anyone else do this and what was the outcome? EDIT: I measured the center depth and it's 60". I called save more on pools and the customer service rep said he didn't think it will hold but gave me an extension # to talk to...

Thanks YippeeSkippy. Where did you see it being a flat bottom liner? I reread the product page again and did not see it anywhere. I hope I'm not in deep doo doo and the liner will hold. I'm on a bored well and I have to just trickle in water and the water level is up to 16" in 2 weeks time. We...

Thanks Casey. I'll wait for the water level to rise near where the new openings will go before installing the skimmer and return port. I'll give an update after it's up and running and hopefully without any leaks.

Thanks for the quick replies. It's a moot point now because within a couple of hours in the SC 80 degree weather after removing the return and skimmer the cut openings were starting to stretch and distort the openings. I felt it was now or never to save the liner. I wasn't happy with how the...

Allrighty then. I cut the patches for 2 layers with the larger ones 2" larger. My question now is do I wait for the pool to be filled close to the level of the return and skimmer or do I patch them now? Also should I wait for the liner to stretch in those areas before I apply the patches if I...