Recent content by Mike0893

We think this pool is 25 years old. The original homeowner had it done when the house was built. We've lived here for three years. The crack in the deck was there when we moved in. But it was grown in the last 6 months. We became aware of the crack in the pool just this summer. Everything...

Is this what your looking for? Here you can see the skimmer in the center of the photo. The crack is on the right side of the skimmer

Thanks ajw

When the skimmer was replaced , water was entering the hole where the skimmer was. Doesn’t that mean the crack went all the way through the gunite

Hello TFP members, I recently had a suction side leak in my pool that required a skimmer replacement. I also had a crack in the pool that was about 3 feet long starting from the skimmer and going to the floor of the pool. I had previously asked here about a repair for the crack and received...

tstex I’ve had a suction side leak since March or April. It started off slow and slowly got worse. I’m now losing 1 1/2 to 2 inches a week. So as you know we’re in a drought situation around here so I have been watering the landscaping much less than in previous years. I have areas where my...

Is there a particular product I should use for the plaster patch?

I guess we’ll see if the pool leaks after the skimmer replacement. Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it

I can’t tell how deep the crack in the plaster is. It’s pretty narrow. I don’t think I could shove anything in the crack to tell how far it went. The skimmer repair will involve sawcutting a 2x2 or 3x3 hole in the deck, hammering out the concrete, remove the old skimmer and install a new one...

It looks to me that the slab in the picture you refer to is pulling more than lifting. The lift at the crack is about 1/4”. The pull is closer to an inch but I don’t know if the lift was there before the crack started getting big. The crack has always been there and someone applied some sort of...