TSNBDSC Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Screwdriver size hole. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Screwdriver size hole. Thanks It can though likely to look a little like heck. Maybe something new on the market since when I did this but water had to be drained to a couple of inches below the patch so area could be cleaned and dry for adhesive. I would Google it to see what others are saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSNBDSC Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 It can though likely to look a little like heck. Maybe something new on the market since when I did this but water had to be drained to a couple of inches below the patch so area could be cleaned and dry for adhesive. I would Google it to see what others are saying. Thank you kindly BTW Stayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Dry patch? Yes. Under water? Fuggedaboudit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Read up on, it there is tons of stuff if you google it and PTR is right drain it first and do it dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Actually try this idea...Get some "Gorilla Tape" brand duct tape and try to quickly cover the hole with it. It won't fix it but between the glue that does stick and the water pressure of the pool on the liner, it might stay in place well enough to stem the leak. That's what I did this year when I opened our pool. Mind you this above ground 24' pool is 20 years old. And it's in fabulous shape everywhere except around the skimmer where I foolishly ignored years of leaks. Now the metal has all rusted away and the skimmer literally hangs by the pool liner. (And yet the pool is still intact year after year. I keep expecting it to blow up yet it survives.) Anyway I fixed one hole while the pool level was low and he patch sealed perfectly. No sooner do I fill the pool up that I realize I have another hole. Rather than waste thousands of gallons of water I use the Gorilla Tape and, lo and behold, it's holding. Mind you the edges are loose but there is nothing leaking. Every year I get out of this pool I consider house money. Edited June 17, 2014 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 its been a very long time since I had a pool growing up, but yes patches can work if done properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Does the leak side face the house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 They can put a man on the moon, but can't patch a pool liner wet. What's w/our priorities! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 They can put a man on the moon, but can't patch a pool liner wet. What's w/our priorities! ;-) That's because we were never there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 That's because we were never there..... LoL... ZING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I hired a scuba diver who patches pool liners as a side job. We couldn't even find the holes but we knew we had a leak. We now have two circular patches in the deep end (9 feet deep) that do not match the rest of the liner but as long as it holds I can live with it. Cost of a new liner: $3000.00 plus. Cost of the patch job and the entertainment of watching a scuba diver in your pool: $125.00. We are on year three since the patch job. MY advice.... and I am a do it your selfer....Do not drain your pool and attempt a patch job by yourself. If it don't work you are right back where you started. Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Patch doesn't work as well as not sticking a screwdriver through the liner to begin with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Patch doesn't work as well as not sticking a screwdriver through the liner to begin with... LMAO... Priceless! They never did say exactly how it happened, but I hope they beat their kid sensesless (of course within reason). ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 LMAO... Priceless! They never did say exactly how it happened, but I hope they beat their kid sensesless (of course within reason). ;-) Kid stuck a screwdriver through the liner. Beating him senseless would be redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSNBDSC Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Say hi to the person who dropped the screwdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafter Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I hired a scuba diver who patches pool liners as a side job. We couldn't even find the holes but we knew we had a leak. We now have two circular patches in the deep end (9 feet deep) that do not match the rest of the liner but as long as it holds I can live with it. Cost of a new liner: $3000.00 plus. Cost of the patch job and the entertainment of watching a scuba diver in your pool: $125.00. We are on year three since the patch job. MY advice.... and I am a do it your selfer....Do not drain your pool and attempt a patch job by yourself. If it don't work you are right back where you started. Lou I've always used food coloring to help find the leak. Let out a couple drops and see if it pulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I've always used food coloring to help find the leak. Let out a couple drops and see if it pulls. Yellow "food coloring," I bet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Yellow "food coloring," I bet... Better than brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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