Liner wrinkles/folds after almost full drain

[TheDrB]

Hey all,

We left the pool uncovered over the winter due to mobility issues, and it got nasty. We decided to full drain to make it easier to clean out and have noticed some wrinkles and folding in the liner along the pool edges. I was thinking that the water pressure would push them back out once we refill, but wanted to check with the gurus first. Any steps I need to take or be aware of as I proceed?

Thanks,
Jason

 

[ajw22]

Fill the pool up and see how the liner lays.

You can grab the liner with a toilet plunger and drag the wrinkle out. However, if the liner is old, you risk tearing it if you are not careful.

How you deal with it depends on how the liner lays once it has water in it.

@Mdragger88 @JohnT @zea3

 

[JohnT]

The normal process is a blower to pull the liner tight to the frame, then straighten the wrinkles. Add water slowly with the blower running, tweaking the liner as needed. It can be tricky getting older liner to fit again.

 

[ajw22]

The normal process is a blower to pull the liner tight to the frame, then straighten the wrinkles. Add water slowly with the blower running, tweaking the liner as needed. It can be tricky getting older liner to fit again.

Is a blower used on an AGP liner?

 

[JohnT]

NIs a blower used on an AGP liner?

Not normally, but unfortunately an AGP liner may be harder to fit the second time. Until you said it was an AGP, the pictures looked inground to me.

 

[ajw22]

Not normally, but unfortunately an AGP liner may be harder to fit the second time. Until you said it was an AGP, the pictures looked inground to me.

Yeah, it took me a bit of studying it to come to that conclusion.

 

[Mdragger88]

Unless it’s completely empty you cannot reset it if it has shifted and will just have to live with the wrinkles. It looks a little older, if is brittle at all I wouldn’t attempt to manipulate it. Wrinkles are better than rips!
Refill slowly with the sun shining.
Refill Sooner rather than later- to prevent shrinkage. Old liners just don’t stretch like new ones.
Don’t fill at night or when no one is around to monitor it as it fills.
You generally don’t want to drain lower than 1ft of water remaining or lower than the surrounding ground level in an above ground pool.

Best of luck