Repairing the Pool

The new pool liner arrived and Jimmy and his crew got started 7am Saturday morning. The first thing they did was make needed repairs to the vermiculite bottom which was cracked from exposure but Jimmy said he had seen worse. Then the side walls needed to be re-surfaced with special insulation to protect the new liner.
Once they began putting the new liner in place, we started feeling a lot better. It certainly was attractive, Jimmy said we were wise to pick the heaviest gage liner they offered.

When they began rolling the liner out, putting it in place, vacuuming out the air from the walls and making the proper cuts in the liner, the pool started looking and smelling brand new. This was a very exciting day for us. The time and precision required to install a pool liner was impressive. I remembered that when we discovered the pool's condition, the owner said he would fill the pool with garden the hose and it would pop back into place. Not quite.
Jimmy and his crew ran back and forth on the pool's floor pounding corners, adhering the sides and perfecting the fit as the vacuum worked vigorously to get the air out from underneath.

The fun part was watching the three tractor trailer loads of water it took to fill the pool. 20,000 gallons in total. Once it was full we tested the lines and equipment. Except for one small crack in an above ground hose, we are ready to go. We're hoping for a long hot summer.