Garden hose stuck behind pool liner

[Rscary5]

Hello everyone! I opened my pool and had a floating liner. Bought a transfer pump, stuck a garden hose behind the liner in the deep end, and let it run for about an hour. It definitely worked in getting the liner situated, but now because the liner is tight, I cannot remove the garden hose! Its tight enough that I’m afraid if I really tug on it, I’ll rip the entire liner.

I‘m trying to not have to remove the water to get it out, water is very expensive where I live. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to free it up a bit? I tried adding some air with my shop vac and while it did help, it’s not enough. Any advice would be great!

 

[Rscary5]

 

[JamesW]

Turn the hose on and begin to pull gently until the hose comes loose and then turn the water off.

 

[Rscary5]

Great suggestion, this worked! Hose ran for about 3 minutes as I pulled gently. Thank YOU!

Now getting the liner back in the track, again seems very tight and doesn't want to move much. Anything other than heating it with hot water to help?

 

[JamesW]

Hot water should work.

Don’t get the liner too hot.

Lower the water an inch or two if necessary to give you more slack.

If you do the hose thing again, cut off the metal piece first so that it is not a problem and then pull it out before the liner gets snug.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pool+liner+back+in+track

 

[Rscary5]

So I tried some tips from searching the internet, and yesterday I had a little success getting the liner back in the track, but today, I cannot get it to move at all. I dropped the water level to just below the skimmers, I’m using a heat gun on low, moving side to side for about 15-20 seconds at a time, but it just doesn’t seem to have anymore give in it.

Anyone have some advice that works from personal experience? It hasn’t been warm the past few days, but I figured the heat gun and dropping the water would have helped.

 

[Rscary5]

I tried hot water too, but can I used boiling water? There are 2 very small tears (above the water line) in the liner wear I'm pulling, and I'm fearful that if I pull it too much, it will expand the holes even more.

 

[JamesW]

Can you show pictures of how low the liner is?

 

[Rscary5]

 

[Newdude]

I always had luck working either end, 1/100 of a mm at a time. Basically rubbing/massaging at the split, over and over and over and the friction warmed it enough to stretch. Then i'd hit a spot that didnt want to go any further and switch to the other side until that stopped going further. A few switches later, i was in the middle and done.

 

[JamesW]

That should be doable.

Just get it warm enough, pull it up and tuck it in.

Hopefully, the liner does not rip or tear, but it can if you use too much force.

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[Rscary5]

Boiling water was the trick. It was a breeze after using about a gallons water. Thanks again everyone for all the advice. This is probably the MOST helpful forum on the internet!