Our New Pool Liner

It was exciting to see the process of getting a new pool liner this early spring. Leisure Pool and Spa came out in early March to empty the pool, remove the old liner, and take measurements for a new liner. After they took measurements, we waited a little over a month before they came to install the new liner because it had to be ordered, made and shipped to their store. I was amazed at how fast it actually went when they installed it. They came on a Thursday to do some prep work and then on Friday they installed the liner and started filling it with our hose that was connected to the house. They had these two big fans that would suck out all the air around the pool so it would stay flat. At one point, Curtis hooked up another hose around at the front of our house so that we could speed up the filling process. We had very low pressure for a couple of days. When the pool got filled high enough, they took the fans out and installed the new ring for the light. Then they continued to fill it. I think it was done by Sunday evening. We love the new color!

After uncovering the pool.

They used a hose and pump to pump the old water out to the gutter by the road.

Nearly empty.

Tearing it out.

Standing in it after school.

Our new liner! You can see the two fans, one on each side.

Having a little fun while the pool fills up.

The guy installing the ring for the light. They also installed new hardware for the skimmer box and the return jets. I don't know if they gave us a new drain cover, but probably.

All filled up!

The pool guy also asked if we wanted to make the 3rd hole in the wall another return jet. We said yes because that will help circulate the water better. I don't know why that hole wasn't being used before and we were wondering what it was for, but the guy hooked up all the pipes, so Curtis didn't have to. And they got the pool pump going and added chemicals. If we take good care of it, this liner should last 10-15 years. I sure hope so because it cost around $11,000 to get it done. And we haven't even seen our water bill yet from filling it up. I wonder what that will look like!