A new liner was installed in our pool last fall, but the light lenses were left covered over by mistake. I thought we would have to drain the pool below the lights to have this fixed, but am told that’s not the case. How can you cut vinyl under water without a lot of leakage? Is there any risk to doing this?
Cutting vinyl under water
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I think the answer would depend on the type of lights you have. Let me ask a couple of experts to answer your question.
@JamesW @jimmythegreek
@JamesW @jimmythegreek
Lights all have a gasket around them on vinyl liner pools. As long as the gasket is in place with a trim ring holding it down you can cut them wet. Not sure what type of lights you have and brand
Thanks for replying Jimmythegreek. I have looked up some more info. Hopefully, this is helpful...It is a fibreoptic system — Hayward Supervision — but not sure of the specific model. I believe this is a diagram of the installation in the pool wall:
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I hope it’s safe to assume the old faceplates and gasket were removed before they were covered with the new liner. So now the installer would just put new gaskets and faceplates on by feeling for the screw holes, then cut the vinyl out from the center? Is that correct?
This manual does say to have the water level below the lens. So maybe I’ve answered my own question or is it easy enough to do under water?
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I hope it’s safe to assume the old faceplates and gasket were removed before they were covered with the new liner. So now the installer would just put new gaskets and faceplates on by feeling for the screw holes, then cut the vinyl out from the center? Is that correct?
This manual does say to have the water level below the lens. So maybe I’ve answered my own question or is it easy enough to do under water?
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I've never dealt with those but it looks like the faceplate seals them off. If that's the case the water would have to be below to install them watertight and not get wet