I am in the process of installing a 12x24 doughboy expandable liner (deep end). This is the second time I have installed the liner, the first was 8yrs ago and there were some hiccups but overall it went pretty good. This time during the initial fill up I let the tension out too early and I have pretty bad wrinkling especially in the deep end. Its the end of the night here and I am facing a dilemma: should I drain it tonight and redo it in the morning or should I just release the tension from the walls and drain it in the morning, or should I just leave it as is and wait until morning and sun to heat the liner. I just don't want to damage the liner as its the last one of its color (had to get a leftover directly from doughboy).
Installing a doughboy expandable liner not going well, need advice
- Thread starter sadpoolboy
- Start date
- Jun 22, 2014
- 52,018
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Poolboy, I saw your post and wanted to keep it alive if still needed. Did you already set everything up, or do you still need some feedback?
Thanks for the follow up. Yes I was able to get it all sorted out. I took some advice to not drain it that night and let it sit overnight and then once it had some sun on it the next day to drain and pull it back up and start over. Thankfully when I drained it and pulled it back over the rails very carefully the bottom sand was still intact and didn't get damaged. Overall it worked pretty well, seam ended up in the cove in all but one section that stretched out weird on the initial fill, that seam is on the floor and that wall has some slight loose looking, not wrinkles but not flat against the wall. I called it good enough. Thanks again.
