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INSTALLING THE POOL LINER
These instructions only apply to overlap liner installation. Follow the liner manufacturer’s instructions
for other style liners.
IMPORTANT:
Only attempt to install the liner on a warm and sunny day, preferably above 72 °F (22°
C). Unfold the liner and put it in the sun for 2 hours. This helps to soften the liner. If the temperature is
below 60° F (16° C), the liner will be hard and rigid and quite difficult to handle.
CAUTION:
Have 2 or 3 helpers for the following liner installation steps.
• Carefully place the liner inside the pool at the center of the pool floor. Do not to disturb the
smoothed dirt floor. Extend it evenly until the seam between the wall and floor panels reaches the
base of the pool in the center of the protective cove. Smooth out any wrinkles in the liner
(see diagram 22). Straighten the liner wall seam and so it is perpendicular to the ground.
• Drape the pool liner over the pool wall. There should be an overlap of about 3-in (8-cm) over the
pool wall height (see diagram 19 and 20). Temporarily hold the overlap in place with clothes pins.
• Confirm the pool liner is placed evenly inside the wall (see diagram 21). If the liner is tight, stretch it
to fit smoothly on the inside of the wall. If the liner placement fails, it may not be centered properly
in the pool.
• Check if the overlap is uniform. The pool liner should only be touching the pool floor in the center
of the pool. If it’s not, pull up an additional 3-in of the liner over the wall and re-pin with the
clothes pins.
• Start filling the pool and continue until there is about 1-ft of water in the pool. As the water
stretches the liner down to the pool floor and against the pool wall , release some of the excess
overlap material. Before preceding further, recheck to see if the water is level, if not, something is
wrong, and the liner and the pool wall will need to be removed to re-level the pool area.
