My main concern being property damage from collapse or something unforeseen. Our pool is about 4 feet from the side of our house, about 5 feet from the wall separating us from the house behind us and maybe 10/20ft on the other 2 sides from the wall next to the other 2 houses. We have a 6,500 gallon oval pool. It has held up great since March and kids have loved it. We bought it due to covid, but I'm wondering if it's best to count my blessings by the time October rolls around and tear it down and be done. As much as we have enjoyed it, we never planned to be pool owners, this was just to get us through hopefully a one time closure of public pools for summer. Tbh this thing terrifies me at the idea of it collapsing somehow and the cost it would take to repair our house plus others property. Just curious if I'm being rational in this concern or not. I would ideally love to keep it 4-5 more summers but don't want to tempt fate.
Small back yard...risky to keep pool for too long?
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Wobblerlorri
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Is it level? Did you prepare a proper base? Are the legs bending? Does it have any unrepaired leaks? Is someone likely to shoot it with an arrow or a handgun?
If it's set up properly and there's no damage to any of the components, if you maintain it properly, if there are no weekend drunks sitting around saying, "Hey, y'all watch this," then your pool is safe until you take it down. Of course there's a slight chance something could happen, but I don't think it's very likely.
I vote for leave the pool up!
If it's set up properly and there's no damage to any of the components, if you maintain it properly, if there are no weekend drunks sitting around saying, "Hey, y'all watch this," then your pool is safe until you take it down. Of course there's a slight chance something could happen, but I don't think it's very likely.
I vote for leave the pool up!
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We have many, many pool owners with larger AG pools up for years. My son put one up this year that's a 24' round Bestway this year. After filling initially he had a freak problem and a wall caved in causing immediate sudden draining. Water went down to the side and ran down to the street. I don't think the risk is very high and not sure your lot size but one way to think about this is 1" of rain is a little more than your pool for a typical 1/4 acre lot. Most yards are graded to handle this even if it happens in a short time from a heavy thunderstorm.
If it were me I'd leave it up unless nobody is going to use it.
Chris
We have many, many pool owners with larger AG pools up for years. My son put one up this year that's a 24' round Bestway this year. After filling initially he had a freak problem and a wall caved in causing immediate sudden draining. Water went down to the side and ran down to the street. I don't think the risk is very high and not sure your lot size but one way to think about this is 1" of rain is a little more than your pool for a typical 1/4 acre lot. Most yards are graded to handle this even if it happens in a short time from a heavy thunderstorm.
If it were me I'd leave it up unless nobody is going to use it.
Chris
Check out these videos of pools collapsing. Nothing terrible happens.
If the only reason you want to take it down is because it might collapse then you should leave it up. Pools don’t normally just collapse without reason.
I might get in a car accident on the way to my family vacation this year, but I’m still going to drive there anyway.
I might get in a car accident on the way to my family vacation this year, but I’m still going to drive there anyway.
I'd only be worried if you put it up without a permit and the city requires one (or otherwise violated city code), or if you didn't tell your insurance you had a pool. I could imagine either of these may open you up to unnecessary liability should something happen.
Permit and told your insurance? Keep it up as many years as you want or until it rusts and is no longer safe, and have fun!
Permit and told your insurance? Keep it up as many years as you want or until it rusts and is no longer safe, and have fun!
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