Ants Eating Vinyl Pool Liner

Robert on june 10 2011 at 8 51 am.

Ants eating vinyl pool liner.

Failure to treat the exposed soil will result in the new liner getting damaged the same way your first liner was damaged. Termites can create small pin like holes in the swimming pool liner usually starting just above the waterline on your in ground swimming pool on an above ground pool the damage usually starts in the cove area. Before installing a new liner treat areas under the liner with insecticide designed to kill ants. Their thin liners are not enough to hide the water which lies inside.

If you have a pool and the liner gets damaged by termites before you install the new liner you need to treat the soil on which the new liner will be sitting. Monitor the water level for at least a week. Vinyl liners deteriorate over time due to harsh ultraviolet rays and pool chemicals. Unfortunately a number of issues can harm a swimming pool s vinyl liner including that ants may try to eat through it.

Termites will detect the water and target any weak part of a pools design including the liners as well as pipes pvc or flex pipe underground. Vinyl liners in swimming pools can last from 5 to 15 or more years which is a definite benefit. Ants piercing a pool s vinyl liner are doing so because they re in search of water and not a vinyl meal. We are finding now that ants can cause this type of damage as well.

For many years it has been known and proven that termites and ants will attack a vinyl pool liner. They do not eat the liner but make ant trails. They find swimming pools usually by accident but once found they will devour and destroy your pool liner in no time. They eat large areas of pin holes throughout liner causing leaks and damage.

Termites ability to detect water even through thick pool liners will initiate an interest. It is suspected that the termites are attracted to the pool area due to the dampness around the pool. If your swimming pool liner has suspected termite damage you can try pulling the vinyl swimming pool liner away from the pool wall to. Remove the liner from the pool if the ants have created too much damage and have destroyed the liner.