Hi everyone!
Firstly, I hope I’m posting in the correct place. Secondly, I have searched the site (albeit briefly) but haven’t really been able to find anything that helped. Apologies if this topic is elsewhere.
Here is our problem……
IG fibreglass pool installed Oct 2018 during a pretty big renovation of our backyard. I used contacts and friends of friends to try and save some $$ but do feel, save for not engineering enough for water to escape, all jobs were done very well.
After experiencing a couple of years of drought, the heavens opened in early 2021 and basically the rain has not stopped (including a bunch of rain events and 3 floods). Whilst we are not located on a flood plain and haven’t been impacted by rising water, we do receive runoff from adjoining properties. We don’t have an overflow and during these rain events I cannot pump water out of the pool as fast as it is coming in. It truly is heartbreaking watching a crystal clear pool turn brown in 20 mins and that’s not to mention the 4-500 dollars it costs to clear the pool up each time.
During a late season swim in April 2021 (we encountered a 1 in 50 year flood in March) I found the floor of the pool to be like that of a 1990’s waterbed - a truly amazing experience. A plumber pumped out thousands of litres of water until the pool floor returned to normal. Until this time I had no clue what a sump tube was. I regularly siphon water from the tube now.
Fast forward to March of this year, after a flood event that was slightly larger than that of 12 months prior, I come home to this one Friday afternoon……
It was at the end of the swimming season and we couldn’t afford what we thought might run into $30-$35K so we decided to secure the sight and tackle it in a few months time. The consensus at the time (not from us but from the shell provider + a builder mate) was that the pool shell had not ‘popped’ but rather the concrete under the travertine had sunk.
Fast forward to today where we start the process to get things rectified and I’m petrified that the pool shell has indeed lifted or popped. The water line in the following pic says it all. Has anyone encountered this or can anyone put my mind at ease by telling me that it won’t cost an arm and a leg to fix?
Apologies for the length of post!
Firstly, I hope I’m posting in the correct place. Secondly, I have searched the site (albeit briefly) but haven’t really been able to find anything that helped. Apologies if this topic is elsewhere.
Here is our problem……
IG fibreglass pool installed Oct 2018 during a pretty big renovation of our backyard. I used contacts and friends of friends to try and save some $$ but do feel, save for not engineering enough for water to escape, all jobs were done very well.
After experiencing a couple of years of drought, the heavens opened in early 2021 and basically the rain has not stopped (including a bunch of rain events and 3 floods). Whilst we are not located on a flood plain and haven’t been impacted by rising water, we do receive runoff from adjoining properties. We don’t have an overflow and during these rain events I cannot pump water out of the pool as fast as it is coming in. It truly is heartbreaking watching a crystal clear pool turn brown in 20 mins and that’s not to mention the 4-500 dollars it costs to clear the pool up each time.
During a late season swim in April 2021 (we encountered a 1 in 50 year flood in March) I found the floor of the pool to be like that of a 1990’s waterbed - a truly amazing experience. A plumber pumped out thousands of litres of water until the pool floor returned to normal. Until this time I had no clue what a sump tube was. I regularly siphon water from the tube now.
Fast forward to March of this year, after a flood event that was slightly larger than that of 12 months prior, I come home to this one Friday afternoon……
It was at the end of the swimming season and we couldn’t afford what we thought might run into $30-$35K so we decided to secure the sight and tackle it in a few months time. The consensus at the time (not from us but from the shell provider + a builder mate) was that the pool shell had not ‘popped’ but rather the concrete under the travertine had sunk.
Fast forward to today where we start the process to get things rectified and I’m petrified that the pool shell has indeed lifted or popped. The water line in the following pic says it all. Has anyone encountered this or can anyone put my mind at ease by telling me that it won’t cost an arm and a leg to fix?
Apologies for the length of post!
Did a pool company put this in?
