Hi folks, well I just pulled the cover off to catch some free water falling today, and to start opening the pool. This is year two for me opening/closing the pool (new house). Last year my liner was floating when I took it 4 inches below the returns... I ended up with a rip in one end (while trying to get rid of the wrinkles) and lots of wrinkles in the bottom and side near returns (due to the shift). I gave up trying to sort that out but thought this time around I would leave the water just above the returns and just below the skimmer... I figured more water less chance for the liner to float... and well it worked - sort of... I still have some water behind the liner in the walls and shallow corners... should I just fill it and force the water out and deal with it... or should I drain it ? I am afraid more ground water will fill the hole if I drain... so I am predicting you folks will say no to drain and yes to fill... but this means I get stuck with the wrinkles forever...
How to I stop the water from coming in behind the liner... I have a lot of concrete around the pool from house to a retaining wall... the retaining wall does have gravel and a tile (I think that is what its called - plastic tube with holes in it) along the back side at the base of the wall (under about 3 feet of dirt) that leads to a drain that is run off for the house. could be that it is not able to get deep enough for the water, or who knows...
I know sooner or later I will need a new liner, and I want to be sure I have fixed this with a better way to close or something so I know that a new liner will not get destroyed due to water lifting and so on.
thanks
How to I stop the water from coming in behind the liner... I have a lot of concrete around the pool from house to a retaining wall... the retaining wall does have gravel and a tile (I think that is what its called - plastic tube with holes in it) along the back side at the base of the wall (under about 3 feet of dirt) that leads to a drain that is run off for the house. could be that it is not able to get deep enough for the water, or who knows...
I know sooner or later I will need a new liner, and I want to be sure I have fixed this with a better way to close or something so I know that a new liner will not get destroyed due to water lifting and so on.
thanks