Choosing and Installing a Replacement Above Ground Pool Liner

Above ground swimming pool liners are made ofbeaded style liner. The difference between a
a thin vinyl material, and are designed to hold"beaded" style liner, and an "overlap" style liner is
water in your above ground pool. The waterthe way the liner is held in place inside the
inside an above ground pool pushes out againstswimming pool. Beaded above ground pool liners
the pool walls and actually holds the walls up. If allhave a very small groove or lip at the top edge
of the water is drained from the pool liner, theof the liner. This small lip is snapped into a track all
thin steel pool walls will collapse inwards and bethe way around the inside of the swimming pool
damaged. Swimming pool liners are a functionalat the very top of the pool wall, to hold the pool
part of the above ground pool, but also add styleliner in place. If your swimming pool requires a
and character. Above ground pool liners arebeaded pool liner, you will be able to see this track
available in an amazing selection of attractiveby looking under the top rail on the inside of the
patterns and styles, and often set theabove ground swimming pool.
décor for the entire swimming pool area.An overlap style pool liner is folded over the wall
Replacement swimming pool liners for aboveof the swimming pool, and held in place
ground swimming pools can be found in severalunderneath the top rail of the above ground
grades, or thicknesses. The thickness of vinyl poolswimming pool. If your swimming pool requires an
liner material indicates how durable the pool liner is,overlap style liner, you can see a small amount of
and how long it might last inside a swimming pool.the pool liner under the top rail on the outside of
The thicker the pool liner material is, the morethe swimming pool. To install an overlap pool liner
durable it will be. The measure of pool linerthe top rail of the above ground pool is removed
thickness is presented in either "gauge" or "mil",all the way around the pool. The new liner is
both meaning the same thing. The pool linerplaced in the pool, and draped over the top of the
included with most new above ground swimmingthin metal wall of the pool. Long plastic clips are
pools is plain blue color, and a 20-gauge thickness.placed over the liner and the thin metal wall to
Replacement swimming pool liners can be found inhold the liner in place, and the top rails are
thicknesses up to 30-gauge.re-installed over the new liner. Most of the excess
Above ground swimming pools are built toliner hanging down on the outside of the pool can
accommodate either an overlap style liner, or abe trimmed off.