Step by Step How to Fit a Liner 2.

The following steps are continuing from my first
blog…. how to fit a liner.

• 9. Now you need to unroll the liner and find the deep end marker. Remove the label and throw it away if you fail to do this a stain may appear under the liner months after installation.
• 10. If your liner has a pattern on it be careful not to walk on it with hard soled shoes as this may scuff the liner. Use plimsolls or bare feet (recommended). Do no wear trainers.
• 11. Make sure all the pool fittings have new gaskets never use old gaskets.
• 12. Attach small sections of the liner beading into the linerlock fixed to the pool shell below the coping stones. Find the four corners of the pool using the corner labels on the beading as a guide and fit a small section of beading either side of each corner. Then find the mid point on each side and each end and fit a small section of beading at these points. By doing this you will:
  • a) Lift the liner side wall clear of the base to allow you to see if the base of the liner is positioned correctly.
  • b) Have effect of distributing the beading evenly around the pool.
  • c) If the liner has to be repositioned in the linerlock slightly, it makes it easier to adjust
  • When you are happy with the positioning of the base of the liner, push fit all the beading into the linerlock. Overlap liners may be adjusted as the pool fills with water, although take care to ensure that the base of the liner is orientated correctly in the pool shell before it is filled with water.
• 13. Vacuum fit the liner by using an industrial vacuum cleaner hose between the pool shell and the liner, make sure you seal all the points of leakage with masking tape first. Using the Vacuum will pull the liner back towards the pool shell to enable you to ascertain if any wrinkles are likely to be held in the liner should the pool be filled with water. However if during the vacuum the liner has wrinkles that will not disappear the liner may need to be repositioned or it is the wrong size or shape. Immediately contact the supplier if this is the case.
• 14. While filling the pool do not turn the vacuum off until there is at least 3” of water over the base of the pool at its shallowest point. Always cut side wall fittings at the last possible moment, preferably when they are just beneath water level as the pool fills. If you do it any earlier the liner may crease when the pool is full. When fitting the liner to the roman end make sure the base to side wall joint of the liner is not positioned too far away from the shallow end of the pool.

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