Vinyl Pool Liner Repair
Different Types of Pool Liner Damage
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Liner Bead Popped Out
Liners don't typically pop out without cause. There are two main reasons why your liner may have slipped the track. First, your liner may fit poorly or be incorrectly sized. Upon initial installation these liners are often coaxed to fit up in the track with some patience and a lot of extra pulling and tugging. However, as vinyl liners age over time they lose some of their elasticity. Combine this with slight contraction of the material in cold weather and/or the "floating effect" of a rising ground water-table during winter rains and a poorly fitting liner can easily pop the track. Second, an old liner track may be stretch out and no longer holds the track as tight as it once did. Or you may have a combination of these two problems.
"T-Lock" or "Liner Lock" is a often a simple fix for this type of problem. Learn more at our What is T-Lock page or seeT-Lock Prices now.
Liner rips or tears due to sharp foreign object
Although we do the best to protect our liner from sharp objects, between mother natural and human error sometimes "life happens." Even pool experts are not immune... Our pool store manager experienced this when his little boy threw a metal object in their pool. Even worse, he only learned of the problem after the automatic pool sweeper had dragged it around the pool floor a few times.
Luckily, fixing accidents doesn't have to be a total headache. A simple pool liner repair kit can be used to repair most small holes, cuts, tears, or punctures.
Liner ages and fails above the water line
Although there are various reasons a liner can fail, by far the most common cause (about 80 to 90%) of swimming pool liner failures occur Above the Waterline. This is due to the afternoon sun reflecting across the top of the water & hitting the far side of the pool wall. When this happens, the ultra-violet (UV) rays are actually reflected and "Fry" the liner above the waterline as that portion of the swimming pool liner is not water-cooled.
Large liner failures above the water liner can often spell death for and send you shopping for a new liner. Large blue patches from liner repair kits can look tacky at the water line and can fail trying to support the weight of the entire liner wall. Fortunately, Ameri-Brand had created a unique solution to repairs these types of failures, improve the astetics of your old liner, and significately increase it's lifespan.
The Ameri-Shield Solution:
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The Ameri-Shield is an Extra piece of vinyl that matches the perimeter of your new liner and is secured above the liner in the same track via a "T" lock system. It hangs down into the water a few inches. It installs in minutes and continues to protect your swimming pool liner for many years to come. |
This is an inexpensive method that can Greatly Extend the Life of your new pool liner. As many of you already know, Ameri-Brand works very hard to offer new ideas and products to our customers and the response to this product has been Exceptional!
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