"Jud McCranie" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:08:49 -0500, AZ Nomad
wrote:

of course not. If it is a surprise to you then either his communciation
skills are **** poor or he is out to scam you. Either way will cost you
unexpected money.

He said that they would scrub the walls down while the water is being
pumped out. Is there any reason why scrubbing the walls has to be
done then?
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Replace you know what by j to email

The answer is yes, no, definitely, maybe, and I don't know. I had a 30'
Doughboy pool, and I really had fun in it as the whole family did. At
first, we did not know how to keep it up, so got algae and gook in it, and
had to go through a major job of cleaning it.

One thing is for certain. As the water is taken out, the pool walls become
very noodly and unstable. Scrubbing on them will send waves around the
metal of the pool. I'd say that just on the basis of the water helping keep
the shape that it would be good to scrub down as you drain it, and let the
stuff fall down where it can be suctioned up.

That being said, there is a point where such an amount of water is taken out
that the pool becomes flimsy, so it is a good thing to either add water as
you drain it, or have a cartridge filter going, and a suction hose on the
bottom to get the stuff as it is knocked free. But you have to clean the
cartridge about every hour.

"Scrubbing" has its limits, too. If a lot of hard water buildup has been
allowed, some serious chemical treatment is required to eat away that. But
it's not kind to the liner, as is a serious amount of scrubbing.

All in all, BTDT, got the T shirt. Much easier to learn how to maintain the
pool and keep ahead of it instead of doing major work that might not work.
Reinstalling a liner on these puppies isn't easy.

Steve