Mark
ENTERPRISE,#2Consumer Comment
Sat, February 03, 2007
Chances are, Leslies MAY BE CORRECT... I live in Southern Alabama, and around here, the #1 hole producer in pool liners is Termites, and/or ants. Seems BOTH of these insect types are attracted to something within the liner material, and will sometimes eat them almost like candy. I have about 10 years pool liner installation experience... Complaint stated he was sure the liner was too small because the seams are away from the pool wall. That description sounds, to an experienced liner installer, like he might be 1/2 right... If the pool was properly measured for the liner, the floor seam should be within 3/4 inch of the pool wall. But, the other possibility is that some companies I've installed for, would send in the measurements with floor dimensions intentionally slightly undersized, but pool wall height intentionally slightly oversized, claiming better fit and liner life cause then, the undersized floor pulls the wall in, allowing water pressure to get more pull to pull the liner wall tight against the structure... I won't mention any names, but I've noticed some liners I've ordered appear that some of the liner manufacturers intentionally cut their liners similarly, with the wall material intentionally extending several inches onto the pool floor to have the water pressure pull the walls tighter. I'm assuming holes were in the walls... If in the floor, may have been partially faulty installation if roughness can be felt through the liner... The surface under the liner should be almost totally smooth, or rough spots can poke holes in the liner. Wrinkles the installers were unable to work out would indicate if anything, the liner is slightly OVER-sized (too big) for the pool, not too small. Too small would result in few, if any wrinkles.