Posted on 08/06/2015 2:38:37 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
Hi,
I just went into our above ground pool; it is leaking from the bottom. The vinyl has appeared to thin and there are three small holes. My daughter is outside doing her best to plug from the outside with duct tape.
I am still in my suit and have removed my contacts... I have duct tape. Trying to call pool stores but keep getting voice mail trees.
Any ideas before the water completely drains???
I had one do that years ago. Turned out to be bermuda grass growing up thru the bottom because I did not kill it and put down 3 inches of fine sand.
Solution, get new liner because it turned out to be an invasion.
When I leak from the bottom, I use Depends.
Oh Crap........forgot about that......never mind
Pool Bursting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVrxXfzsD7Q
TMI Guy TMI!
As a temporary measure, simply place a thin piece of plastic—like a free grocery bag, or those thin bags they supply at the produce section of a supermarket. Put something flat on it, and weigh it down.
I hope you are not worried about losing the water? Its not like you are in commifornia! Just keep refilling it. You’re in Canada for pete’s sake! lol
Never allow drunken teenagers use your pool.
If it was in California all you have to do is put a few fish in and the state would divert water to it.
upside down with a 454 running the pump in no time.
A 454 with a cam, and side pipes! :)
I actually work in the pool industry...
This is an above ground? What the diameter and wall height (48, 52 or 54?) I can tell you the gallons.
You have gotten a lot of good advice (and some bad on the this thread). Pool stores should ALL sell vinyl adhesive patch kits. They have a clear price of 20g vinyl and an under water adhesive. Cut the patch much bigger than needed, rounded edges. Place heavy amount of adhesive on the cut clear vinyl patch. Fold it (make it a glue sandwich) and open the patch under the water. Use your foot to rub out any air bubbles. The adhesive “melts” the two pieces together.
Now to the problem they caused the holes in the first place. Do you have any plants landscaping the pool surround? If so, could be a tap root. Also it could be termites (a common issue under liners). How old is the pool? Is there rust on the bottom track or wall? If so, very hard to repair—if not, order a new vinyl liner.
To prevent the problem in the future, you can place one of two professional products over your sand bed (as a barrier between sand and the liner). One is a product called ArmorGuard (used in asphalt work). It’s a black fabric that is impervious to rocks working their way thru as well as roots. It comes machine sewed together in one big circle, oval, etc
Another product is called “Happy Bottom” and it’s. Foam strips that you tape together—cheaper, but a little more work for the installer. Does the same prevention as Armor Guard.
Good luck...and when you repair (or replace) the liner, make sure you balance oh, alkalinity and calcium (low or NO calcium hardness can cause liners to become brittle).
Leaking from the bottom, right?”
When my daughter first started driving she called to tell us she had a flat tire - but she said she was lucky because it was only flat on the bottom!
...from orbit!
Just tip the whole pool upside down, and I think it will quit leaking from what was the bottom.
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Works for me... On a related note I’ve never understood why tires always go flat on the bottom even when you find a nail on the top...
Seriously ,,, drain , patch , refill... there is no other way.
Put yourself in a 6 foot balloon and watch what happens!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMbM-ERy2Lk
Use the spray on rubber coating. I can’t think of the name of it right now but the stuff they use on the bottom of a boat with a screen door sealed with the stuff on the commercial.
Depending on age/condition of liner, might consider new one unless it's an isolated spot.
It may be one of those very clever photoshop escapades.
I dunno. But glad you liked it. Have a super weekend!
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