Woke up to a mess this morning. It took me a second or two to figure out what had happened as it was still dark out when I went out back.
Note the post is no longer sitting on it's support. This is where it let go and all of the water went that a way.
This is the seam in the wall that gave way.
OH MY GOODNES!!! Look at that rust! Now some back story on this pic. We replaced the liner last summer due to the old one being faded and such. There was some rust on the side of the wall. We spent quite a bit to time wire brushing and anti-rust painting the spots that needed it. If you look towards the top of the wall you can see where we did some of the work. This mess on the bottom was not there before
Look at the top, right of this pic. That is a cast iron statue! This is what happens when 26,500 gallons of water runs free!
We are going to leave the liner down to help keep the sand base safe from rain and critters
Lesson to us all............when you take your old liner out/down and you see any rust do a full stop if possible and replace the wall at the same time so this does not happen to you. Not sure when we will be able to replace this pool. Going to have to look long and hard at the walls of the next one. The sad thing is we did take our time and did not buy the cheapest pool out there as we did not want this to happen.
I have a big sad for ME today!!!!
Note the post is no longer sitting on it's support. This is where it let go and all of the water went that a way.
This is the seam in the wall that gave way.
OH MY GOODNES!!! Look at that rust! Now some back story on this pic. We replaced the liner last summer due to the old one being faded and such. There was some rust on the side of the wall. We spent quite a bit to time wire brushing and anti-rust painting the spots that needed it. If you look towards the top of the wall you can see where we did some of the work. This mess on the bottom was not there before
Look at the top, right of this pic. That is a cast iron statue! This is what happens when 26,500 gallons of water runs free!
We are going to leave the liner down to help keep the sand base safe from rain and critters
Lesson to us all............when you take your old liner out/down and you see any rust do a full stop if possible and replace the wall at the same time so this does not happen to you. Not sure when we will be able to replace this pool. Going to have to look long and hard at the walls of the next one. The sad thing is we did take our time and did not buy the cheapest pool out there as we did not want this to happen.
I have a big sad for ME today!!!!
but the deck and screened patio was between the flow and the house thankfully!
