Above Ground Pool Liners: Overlap, Beaded and J-Hook
It is that time of the year again – pool openings are just around the corner! Whether you have been putting it off for the last couple of years or just want a new look and feel to your pool; what...
View ArticleUsing a Vacuum to Install a Vinyl Liner
Installing a new pool liner without wrinkles is an real accomplishment. It requires careful measurements, skillful adjustments, and a vacuum that really sucks – a lot of air. A vac/blower, such as the...
View ArticleVinyl Pool Liner Problems – Repair or Replace?
Some of you might be wondering if the old vinyl liner can make it another season. The pool above will certainly need a new pool liner. Inground liners may last longer than above ground liners, but at...
View Article9 Problems With Inground Vinyl Liner Pools
Customers are always asking what type of swimming pool is better: a vinyl, concrete or fiberglass pool. They want to know how they differ in cost as well as maintenance. The truth is each pool type has...
View ArticleVinyl Liner Maintenance: How to Make It Last 20 years
My in-ground vinyl pool is 28 years old. During this time, I have only needed to replace my pool liner one time. In earlier times, I ran a small home daycare of three children with 12 years between the...
View ArticleHow to Replace an Above Ground Pool Liner
If your above ground pool liner is looking a bit… shabby – replace it! The cost to replace an above ground liner yourself can be less than half the cost of contractors, who typically double their liner...
View ArticleHow to Clean up Green Algae in Vinyl Pools
Cleaning up a swampy green pool is no walk in the park, it can take hard work balancing, cleaning and filtering the water to return a dark green pool to swimming condition. And vinyl liner pools, they...
View ArticleNutgrass Problems in Vinyl Pools
For vinyl liner pool owners, the only thing between the water and the earth is a thin sheet of vinyl. If this vinyl gets punctured, torn or ripped, it’s game over. Protecting your pool liner is...
View ArticleProtecting Pool Liners From Ice Damage
Ice and vinyl liners normally play nice together, but there are a few situations where large and heavy ice sheets can damage a pool liner. Most pools in the northern half of the U.S. will freeze solid...
View ArticleVinyl Pool Coping Replacement
If your vinyl pool coping is old, faded, rusted, dented and cracked – this blog post is for you, and anybody who has ever wondered about replacing vinyl liner pool coping. Maybe you’ve spent countless...
View ArticleInstalling an Expandable Pool Liner
Doughboy® Pools have a long and rich history in America. They are one of the only aboveground pools with a deep end section. They are also the only aboveground pool to use an Expandable pool liner....
View ArticleInground Vinyl Pool Wall Repairs
Swimming pool walls do not last forever; and if your pool was built 20 or 30 years ago, pool wall repairs could be in your future. Damaged pool walls just need a little tender loving care to get them...
View ArticleSelecting a New Inground Pool Liner – Vinyl Thickness
Now that you have taken measurements for an inground pool liner or hired a professional to measure the pool for you – it is time to choose a replacement pool liner. That is one advantage of having a...
View ArticlePool Liner Manufacturers
Have you ever wondered where your vinyl pool liner is manufactured? Or are you researching the company that makes the pool liner you are about to buy? Maybe you are a pool guy, interested in connecting...
View ArticleThe Complete Inground Pool Liner Installation Guide
Replace your own inground pool liner, and save thousands of dollars over local installers! Installing your own inground pool liner is easy, when you take it step by step. I will assume you have already...
View Article5 Ways to Destroy a Vinyl Pool Liner
A beautiful new inground liner – nothing matches the soft feel and bright luster of a vinyl lined pool. If you’ve recently installed one of our inground pool kits, or replaced your inground pool liner,...
View ArticleWrinkles in a Vinyl Liner Pool
Wrinkles in your vinyl liner. Not pretty to look at, and also causes some vinyl liner performance issues. Wrinkles in a vinyl lined pool can create some problems such as: Here’s some of the causes of...
View ArticleLeak Detection in an Inground Vinyl Pool
WHO CARES IF THE POOL LEAKS? There are many problems that can occur if you have a leaking pool, so it’s best to find and fix pool leaks right away. In an area that requires you to winterize and cover...
View ArticleStains and Discoloration in a Vinyl Liner Pool
Above ground and inground pools both use vinyl liners and are susceptible to staining from minerals, organic materials and chemical damage. Vinyl pool liner stains are not only unsightly, but cause...
View ArticleCan You Drain & Clean a Vinyl Pool?
For concrete pools, draining and cleaning, and perhaps acid washing or pressure washing, is a routine service, performed when stains exist or water conditions are poor, or both. For vinyl liner pools...
View ArticleInground Vinyl Pool Floor Options
Which Pool Floor Type? An important question or discussion point that we have with homeowners building their own swimming pool is about the pool floor material, between the vinyl liner and the earth. A...
View ArticleHow to Order a New Above Ground Pool Liner
Spring is rapidly approaching, and that means it may be time for many of you to start thinking about replacing your above ground pool liner. Thankfully, you only need a few basic pieces of information...
View ArticleBorderlines Vinyl Liner Tile Borders
It’s time to break free from waterline stains or fading on your vinyl liner, acrylic, fiberglass or stainless steel pool wall. There is an affordable product that is durable and easy to apply to your...
View ArticleHow to Put a Beaded Liner Back in the Track
It happens. One day you look out at your vinyl liner pool and you notice that the liner has pulled out of the track. Argghh. Why did your beaded pool liner decide to pop out of its track? Your pool...
View ArticlePool Surface Care: Plaster, Vinyl, Fiberglass
Some people don’t think too much about their pool surface. I suspect these are the same people who don’t notice the dings and scratches on their car’s exterior. But for those of you who DO notice such...
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