Gap appeared between liner and steps, not sure how to patch?

[jake789]

Hello, I recently purchased a new house with a inground liner pool. I've learned alot from this website over the past week.

My pool was holding water for 2 weeks with no noticable losses.

I just added a liner patch around the top of the pool (ameri-sheild) and I am very pleased with the looks.

The problem is that the patch (or more likely the hh-66 glue) caused the old liner to pull away from the steps. There is now about a 0.5" gap that the water is leaking if I fill it.

So I have a vinyl liner and it seems like a plastic hold-down that seperates the steps from the pool.

My question is, do I use pool putty, marine silicone, or vinyl patch?

Or do I unscrew the hold-down and patch the vinyl and screw the hold-down back?

Pics are attached. Any help would be much appreciated!!!

 

[jake789]

Re: Gap appeared between liner and steps, not sure how to pa

Anyone have ideas? Is this the wrong place to post this?
Thanks.

 

[Bama Rambler]

Re: Gap appeared between liner and steps, not sure how to pa

The liner folks haven't seen it yet. Give it a day or two and bump it again if noone has replied.

 

[cramar]

Re: Gap appeared between liner and steps, not sure how to pa

Just my 2 cents, but personally I think what you need is a new liner.