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Vinny:
I watched my pool people install my pool.

For the liner they used a wet/dry vac to get the air out.

They used a 3" "T" of poly piping wrapped in towels to get out the wrinkles on the flooring.

I hear they're HEAVY to move and overlap is the way to go.

I can give more details if you wish.

I buy from in the swim and pool products ... good prices and some nice products. I bought my winter cover, an Arctic Amor, from pool products and it has lasted 4 years now and I paid the same as the POS I bought with the pool that lasted 1 1/2 seasons.

Bonibelle:
The overlap liner is fine for a new pool install, but to replace a liner, you would have to remove all the top cap. My  liner was much less expensive because I got a beaded liner that hangs on a rail that is installed under the cap.

Vinny, did I share the website that I got my net from with you? I am having trouble finding it now

Vinny:
Yes you did send me that address but unfortunately I deleted it. I looked up in the swim and they have a product which was a little less than the one you bought... Sorry!!

The installers told me that beaded liners are a pain to install and a lot of non professionals have problems with them. I frequented a pool forum a while back and it appeared that a lot of people had their beaded liners detach from the "J" that you have them hang from. It seemed even some pros had problems with them. It sounds like you had a good install!

Bonibelle:
Nope, not at all..I actually had a lousy install >:(...Chris H helped me find the coping that holds the beaded liner in place. Typically installers put that coping at various spots along the rail. In the winter,the ice must pull the liner down and pop the pieces of coping out. I would find it on the bottom of the pool and the liner would slip off that rail. :( So hubby and I pulled out all of the little pieces of coping and replaced it with a continuous piece around the whole pool.  Obviously overlap is the best choice, but it is also the most expensive because of the labor involved in taking all that capping off and putting it back on. I will know how well my coping job worked when we uncover in about a month. When Chris checks in we can get that web site again...

drewstar:

--- Quote ---Yes you did send me that address but unfortunately I deleted it. I looked up in the swim and they have a product which was a little less than the one you bought... Sorry!!

The installers told me that beaded liners are a pain to install and a lot of non professionals have problems with them. I frequented a pool forum a while back and it appeared that a lot of people had their beaded liners detach from the "J" that you have them hang from. It seemed even some pros had problems with them. It sounds like you had a good install!
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I've heard that too. If you're a weekend warrior, or the pool currently has an overlap liner, then that's the way to go.

On my new pool install, I was sold on the beaded liner installed by the Esther Williams dealer. I was impressed with the install and the guys doing it, and was given the impression that done correctly the beaded is a better system.  I'll be removing my winter cover in a few weeks, and after my first winter with this pool, I'll find out if the extra $ was worth it.  

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