Inground Pool Liner Measuring Mistakes

Top 10 Inground Pool Liner Measuring Mistakes

Check out the top 10 most common Inground Pool Liner Measuring Mistakes before ordering your replacement vinyl pool liner. It’s always best to get your order right the first time!

1. 1. Not using the pool liner manufacturers measuring sheets. Manufacturers have invested heavily in hardware and software to improve the accuracy and throughput of their design and cutting departments, and their inground pool liner measuring sheets have been set up to work with their software. Not using the manufacturer’s measuring sheets can and will create unnecessary errors and delays in processing your orders. ALWAYS completely fill in the swimming pool liner measuring sheets.
   2. Assuming standard specs for any part of a swimming pool (i.e.: Pool Wall Heights, Corners, Depths, Liner Bead Types, etc.) when most companies have multiple standards, and the manufacturer will not know the one you are dealing with. Remember that there are over 10 corner sizes, 3 corner types and 10 wall heights that are considered standard by someone.
   3. Incorrectly measuring the pool Wall Heights and Depths. All depths must be based on the location of the liner bead receptor. Wall heights should be from the liner bead receptor to where the swimming pool floor meets the pool wall. Deeper depths should be taken in several places, the most important being the corners of the pool pad based on the slopes you have provided.
   4. Not consistently using the same measuring units. Use Imperial Units (Feet & Inches preferred not inches alone) or Metric Units. This makes it easier to check additions of profiles ((shallow end + front slope + pad + back slope must = length of pool), (and left side slope + pad + right side slope must = width).
   5. Not providing diagonals to confirm the swimming pool is square. An inground pool kit can be far enough out of square, but not visible to the human eye, to cause fitting problems. This mistake occurs most often with Rectangles, Grecians, Lazy “L”s, and Square “L”s. Always check diagonals and show them on the pool liner measuring sheets.
   6. Adjusting measurements. Do not adjust measurements taken of the swimming pool. Vinyl inground pool liner manufacturers do that for you when they create the cutting specs for your liner.
   7. Mismeasuring or not measuring break locations. Break locations on Lazy-Ls, Square-Ls, Kidneys, etc… are used by the manufacturer to determine where to start or stop adding in material for changes in depths of your pool kit.
   8. Stating the hand of a swimming pool (i.e., Right or Left) without taking into consideration the pool liner manufacturers requirements. Do not confuse Reverse End Pools with reverse pools. Reverse is used by some companies to indicate opposite hand to their standard plans. Reverse End is used to indicate that the deep end of a pool is being switched with the shallow end on pools that have differences between the two. Always give the finished hand after the ends are reversed – a sketch is always helpful.
   9. Not providing a separately measured perimeter on shaped inground pools. Perimeters are used for checking CAD plots for Kidneys, Figure-8s, Cloverleafs, etc… It is also used to spot check finished vinyl pool liners.
   10. Not measuring vinyl lined pool stairs fully. All the risers should add to the pool wall height and all treads should add to the stair depth. Do not forget to measure the length of the stair as well (they are not all 6’ long). Other information needed on stairs is the corner detail on the top tread, whether or not there is a set back from the inground pool wall and it’s detail, and if you require loops to hold the stair in place.

Follow these guidelines and avoid common inground pool liner measuring mistakes, make sure to give us a call with any questions that you may have when measuring or ordering your vinyl inground swimming pool liner. Check out our inground pool liner measuring tips for more information on how to measure your pool liner.

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Pool Kit Specialist
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October 30, 2015