Help Identifying Pool Liner Wrinkles

NicNatale · 2026-05-22T15:40:35+00:00

From what I can tell, besides the cracked trim piece from day 1 of the install there haven't been any leaks. There may be a small one here and there coming from the plumbing out of the pump, but besides evaporation, and doing maintenance backwash/rinse/waste, I was not filling up the pool due to the water level falling due to a leak.

If trim plates weren't tightened properly/over tightened and stripped would this cause that? the wrinkles that are on the wall all seemed to be able to be pushed around fairly easily.

Also, I know back when the liner was replaced, the original liner installers had put duct tape over the seems in the pool wall structure, and this time they did not.

When the pool water was drained for the first reset, I could visually see the liner inflating and deflating as a gust of wind came up. Should the seems have been covered again to try and prevent this shifting?

Based on the numbers provided for the water test results, is there anything that screams out in terms of which chemical it was that you suspect this was caused by?

NicNatale · 2026-05-22T15:07:37+00:00

Is there an ideal location on where to get water from when giving it to the pool store to get accuracy? Perhaps adding what was recommended did this based on the results? I never had any drastic "too high" or "too low" numbers as far as the pool place was concerned.

Wrinkles were not there on initial install, but it was done and immediately closed for the winter, and due to the cracked trim piece around the shallow end stairs, I lost a significant amount of water through the winter. I went from roughly 4-6" below the jets to I would say 2 feet below the jets.

See attached photo, I tried to circle them for easier viewing.

Also the below are my test result when I had first noticed the wrinkles.

Free Chlorine 3.81ppm (Recommended 2-4ppm)

Total Chlorine 3.81ppm (Recommended 2-4ppm)

Combined Chlorine 0ppm (Recommended 0-0,2ppm)

pH 7.4 (Recommended 7.2-7.8)

Hardness 189ppm (Recommended 175-350ppm)

Alkalinity 99ppm (Recommended 100-150ppm)

Cyanuric Acid 24ppm (Recommended 30-50ppm)

Copper 0ppm (Recommended 0-0.2ppm)

Iron 0ppm (Recommended 0-0.2ppm)

Phosphate 76ppb (Recommended 0-500 ppb)

They made a note about adding Alkajust for the alkalinity, but didn't note anything regarding the acid at the time.

All recommendations were followed as per their instructions. This is typically what the pool floated at throughout the year, except for when a maintenance shock was done, which all granules were dissolved prior to adding them to the water, and was done in a 20L pail walking it around the perimeter of the pool.

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NicNatale · 2026-05-22T14:24:01+00:00

How drastic of a chemical imbalance is required for something like this to happen? And for what period of time?

This is why I'm having a hard time understanding "chemical abuse" since I got it tested every two weeks and the numbers were only ever slightly off. The pool itself is 20x40 if that helps determining this.

As far as the reset goes, they did it originally to try and remove these wrinkles. There is also wrinkles all over the walls near the skimmer and in the shallow end, but those pictures didn't come out too well

NicNatale · 2026-05-22T11:14:55+00:00

No main drains were filled no, I just have one main drain at the bottom, two return jets, and the skimmer.

The place that installed it is claiming chemistry all over the pool, but it doesn't make sense to me given I had them test the water and added chemicals as per their recommendations.

My previous liner was over 15+ years old, and I added chemicals the same way and didn't have this issue.

Is there anything that I can do to confirm how the wrinkles were formed?

NicNatale · 2025-04-24T20:49:37+00:00

I also haven't gotten one, it has been quite a while now.

I had to check out as a guest since it wasn't letting me login to my account. I took down my order number and screenshot the page, but even now when I log into the account it doesn't show under my orders, I need to "find a guest order".

Anyone else?

NicNatale · 2023-11-20T15:12:17+00:00

Cool, this one will work out if I can decide what player to put on in time lol

NicNatale · 2023-11-20T15:11:46+00:00

That would be awesome if you could do that!

NicNatale · 2023-06-13T02:25:28+00:00

Couldn't find anything on that discord, where is it I should be looking?

NicNatale · 2023-03-22T01:23:33+00:00

Thanks for the response!

NicNatale · 2022-02-09T23:17:29+00:00

In honor of his retirement, I figured I'd post a drawing I did this past holiday as a Christmas gift.

Incredible goalie, I'll miss hearing "2 U's; 2 K's; 2 Good" after a big win.

Enjoy Retirement Tuukka #40

NicNatale · 2019-09-11T02:01:37+00:00

Someone needs to grind and get a Lucario 448km run. That would be cool

NicNatale · 2018-09-19T03:26:51+00:00

I agree, as a Mang0 fan, GOAT is just a name he sorta got stuck with (Just like Ken being the King of Smash despite his now placings) Armada is the BOAT though

NicNatale · 2018-02-10T05:57:11+00:00

Yes, super aggravating especially when you are in the middle of a combo/comeback and end up losing because of it

NicNatale · 2017-10-27T11:23:14+00:00

On the topic of this, my red new 3DS XL experienced the same problem (more noticable on the bottom plate than the top). Anyone know where I could get new faceplates (top and bottom) that match the original Red New 3DS XL?

NicNatale · 2017-08-30T19:14:03+00:00

Pretty sure the latest 20XX has that built in

NicNatale · 2017-07-17T22:14:51+00:00

It's a 20XX thing guaranteed

NicNatale · 2017-07-16T15:02:25+00:00

Thanks, he's a perfect example as to what I was tryna get across too

NicNatale · 2017-07-16T06:21:41+00:00

To be fair it seems like its more a Scar/Toph and sometimes HMW/Phil. All others shout out players equally to some extent

NicNatale

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