Ants Eating Vinyl Pool Liner. Unfortunately a number of issues can harm a swimming pool s vinyl liner including that ants may try to eat through it. 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.
Yes ants and termites are both very destructive to vinyl pool liners. They find swimming pools usually by accident but once found they will devour and destroy your pool liner in no time.
They find swimming pools usually by accident but once found they will devour and destroy your pool liner in no time.
We are finding now that ants can cause this type of damage as well. Vinyl liners deteriorate over time due to harsh ultraviolet rays and pool chemicals. Their thin liners are not enough to hide the water which lies inside. They do not eat the liner but make ant trails.