I bought an Aqua Leisure 18'x4' soft-sided pool last week from Sam's Warehouse. The pool is set up and holding 5,600 gallons of water. One of the shutoff valves is leaking from inside the housing and dripping out through the handle area. The valve housing screws onto a second piece that goes through the wall into the pool and has a plastic strainer on the inside pool wall. The manufacturer is supposed to send me a replacement but the representative had no instructions on how to replace it without having water gushing out all over the place.
My thoughts are that since only the valve portion seems to be bad I don't have to replace the entire assembly that extends into the pool but to just unscrew the outside portion and attach the replacement valve in its place. How to stop the water is the main issue. Would a plastic bag put over the inside opening hold the water long enough for me to replace the valve or perhaps unscrewing the strainer and stuffing a rag into the hole be better?