scalesmd, to post a picture here you need to open an account on a webhosting site like Photobucket - it's free. Upload photos from your computer to the photobucket account. In Photobucket, each photo will have a TAG line. Copy that line to the text of your message here. When you hit "preview message" your photos should appear. Hey bindersbee, this is a great question, and is relevant to fenceposts as well. We've been pondering how to do those so that the task of replacing them doesn't loom quite so quickly. Or, how to set them so that they can be easily replaced. So I'm very grateful for the responses too. There is also that new wood product made from recycled tetrapaks or something - Trex in the US I think? I think they focus on decking though, maybe don't make 6x6 posts.

As a pool professional of over 35 years, IN NEW ENGLAND, this is something I have actually seen several times. My first thought was multiple pinholes in the liner due to a stonedust bottom, which is very common, second was possibility of ants/termite damage on the bottom if the bottom was done with sand ( also very common )-neither of these seem to be the case here. Third would be the possibility that the main drain cover may have failed, possibly jarred loose when vacuuming the pool,and the gasket has separated and therefore not really visible as a tear or leak ( I would lean on this as the cause more than anything else. ) There would be no hydrostatic valve in this vinyl pool, rarely if ever used in vinyl installations. The dual main drain is the new code NATIONWIDE, and any renovation or new install requires these dual drains. Either way, looks like you got it repaired and hopefully you'll have another 12-15 years with this liner.

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Thanks! So true. (Mrs. worthy and I don't even have bathing suits. No au naturel swimming either!) My only regret is that I wasn't nudged into this sooner. On the tight city lots I build on, I didn't want to sacrifice the backyard. But this size is just right and it costs less than an average car or truck. If I build again, though, I will strive for an indoor pool. Southern California, this ain't.