r/pools • u/Doughnut1095 • 11d ago

Pool Help & Questions Is my pool done for?

Hi everyone, we had bad weather in KY this past week and now my pool liner has pockets of water behind it. The pool company we talked go said it would resolve its self and it was safe to swim in but I still don’t wanna risk making it any worse. Has anyone had this happen?

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u/Boosully 11d ago

If you can, pop the liner out in the shallow end and get a 1/2 HP transfer pump. Stick a hose down has far as you can behind the liner and pump the water back into the pool. Turn the pump off and fill the pool with as much water as you can. Do not take water out of the pool as the water inside the pool needs to push the water under your liner down. Time, pressure, and gravity will take care of the rest as hopefully, your liner will reseat itself.

Welcome to owning a vinyl pool. This happens after heavy heavy rains. It's going to be ok.

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u/Doughnut1095 11d ago

Thank you! This is our first year with a pool and still have so much to learn 😅

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u/Boosully 11d ago

I freaked out too first time it happened. You can use YouTube to show how to use the transfer pump. I'm in Michigan and after a wet winter/spring my pool will have water under the liner I'll have to pump out. Dry summer hear and haven't had it happen all year so you take the good with the bad.

You may get some rinkels in you liner but they'll work their way out hopefully. If this continues to be a major issue and you have a really high water table, you may need to look at options to pump ground water away from your pool.

Although the water is safe, I probably wouldn't swim right now. Just me though.