Ir Rusty Above Ground Vinyl Pool

Owners of in ground vinyl liner pools tend to focus their attention on what is most visible the enormous water barrier that covers the entire surface of the pool.

Ir rusty above ground vinyl pool.

Too much copper usually results in blue green staining while iron results in brown red or yellow staining. Anywhere that the liner is purposely cut there is a potential for leaks on both sides of the wall that can place water in constant contact with the wall. Our ground is greasy black clay and the fine clay particles suspend in the air when it is dry then rain into the pool. Rust on pool walls can come from water weeping through a weak gasket on vinyl liner skimmers returns lights and steps.

We get ring around the pool every time it rains. Rust or corrosion for those who have aluminum pools is an above ground pool s number one enemy. Finding the source of the rust the steel or ferrous material iron is important before removing the stain. If the stain lightens from a small application of chlorine on it the stain is organic in nature.

Looks like you have a pretty nasty rust problem there. When it rains here it pours and can easily add 2 inches in a few hours. But the people who build the structures understand that what s under the vinyl is just as important to a successful pool installation. I frequently have pool owners who ask me about rust.

Mineral and metal stains. Above ground pool rust a variety of things can cause rust stains in a pool including screws nails staples hairpins or barrettes nonpool toys or rusty water pipes bringing in fill water. I d go right over the seam where it joins too. I ve never recommended this for a steel walled in ground pool but for above grounds i have recommended sheet metal and pop rivots over the rust and then duct taping the sheet metal to protect the new liner when it s dropped.

Vinyl pools with rusty steel coping or rusty walls have a larger problem to deal with. Rust stains and corrosion. First figure out what is causing the rust stain or any pool stain to avoid having to retreat the same stain over and over again. The most obvious problem with water leaking behind your pool liner is with the pool wall s finish.

Rust can be an eyesore flake into the water cause dangerous sharp or jagged edges and eventually causes the pool wall to split open. The end result is a greasy black line about 2 inches wide around the pool liner. Too much copper iron calcium or salts can all result in vinyl liner staining or marks. Moisture rusts and corrodes pool walls made of steel as well as.