I'm waiting on a water fill up and want to know how long I can go until my liner gets damaged? I do have about 6 inches in right now. The liner is 40 gauge and labeled as extra thick. Would it help if I put the winter cover on it?
How long can I leave my pool with out water till I damage my liner?
- Thread starter Nofronts
- Start date
- Jun 24, 2021
- 7,500
- Pool Size
- 30000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60
I would get water in as soon as possible. Even a few days can shrink your liner. I think anything (winter cover) that can get it out of direct sunlight would help. It is possible that, even under the cover, that temps will rise significantly.
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did my liner shrink?
this is my first post so please excuse me if I do not get it right the first time. lol I built my pool last a year ago. I installed the liner and kept the pool one year and everything was fine. I had to drain the pool to do a repair a week ago. the pool was empty about three days. As I tried to...
www.troublefreepool.com
I would get water in as soon as possible. Even a few days can shrink your liner. I think anything (winter cover) that can get it out of direct sunlight would help. It is possible that, even under the cover, that temps will rise significantly.
did my liner shrink?
this is my first post so please excuse me if I do not get it right the first time. lol I built my pool last a year ago. I installed the liner and kept the pool one year and everything was fine. I had to drain the pool to do a repair a week ago. the pool was empty about three days. As I tried to...
I was under the impression shrinking liners etc was an issue with old liners, that were stretched to fit the pool by the water, then years later being emptied and then the old liner shrinking, and then not wanting to re-strech again.
How can a liner that has not been stretched yet shrink? Or why would it shrink if there's water in the bottom of the pool?
The effects of direct sunlight on the liner on the other hand I have no idea. Will the vinyl care about 130-150F temperatures? I don't know. I don't think the water filters UV very well, so I'd be more worried about temperature and streching in odd places.
Personally, I'd be more concerned about wind damage etc if you're talking about a week.
P.S. for what it's worth my 40 gauge liner measured around 0.019" or "19 mil". It's a respectable liner, but not as heavy as they lead you to believe.