Good morning from Massachusetts:/
We work around pools mainly, however, it appears we have to dive in (ha) to figure out how to remedy this situation. During the demolition phase everything went well, if you look on the right side of the pictures attached you will see a slight bulge in the pool wall and strangely enough a pinch that is really just on the coping of this ancient fiberglass/concrete pool. That occurred while maneuvering past that area with my mini excavator towards the end of the entire demolition phase which is odd to say the least. I uncovered a large boulder that had been pressed against the pool wall roughly 2 feet below the subgrade. When the damage occurred, I did not want the pinched coping which had a small crack, to spread down the pool wall so I went down to the hardware store and picked up a fiberglass repair kit, that is why you were seeing the brown or tan like color right where the damaged wall is. My question is, does that section need to be cut out or is there a way to heat up the bent/bulged area as a pool water begins making it to that height? Or is there a way to heat up the pool wall and carefully manipulate or mold if you will , The pool wall to take away some of the curse of that bulge.? I am a bit lost on this one guys and gals and would greatly appreciate any advice as to how to proceed and not create a absolute nightmare. Just so you are aware the pool itself is got to be 40+ years old and had not been opened for over a decade, the homeowner drained the pool, after reading several things on the Internet that was probably not the best thing to do, but here we are.
Respectfully,
Tim
We work around pools mainly, however, it appears we have to dive in (ha) to figure out how to remedy this situation. During the demolition phase everything went well, if you look on the right side of the pictures attached you will see a slight bulge in the pool wall and strangely enough a pinch that is really just on the coping of this ancient fiberglass/concrete pool. That occurred while maneuvering past that area with my mini excavator towards the end of the entire demolition phase which is odd to say the least. I uncovered a large boulder that had been pressed against the pool wall roughly 2 feet below the subgrade. When the damage occurred, I did not want the pinched coping which had a small crack, to spread down the pool wall so I went down to the hardware store and picked up a fiberglass repair kit, that is why you were seeing the brown or tan like color right where the damaged wall is. My question is, does that section need to be cut out or is there a way to heat up the bent/bulged area as a pool water begins making it to that height? Or is there a way to heat up the pool wall and carefully manipulate or mold if you will , The pool wall to take away some of the curse of that bulge.? I am a bit lost on this one guys and gals and would greatly appreciate any advice as to how to proceed and not create a absolute nightmare. Just so you are aware the pool itself is got to be 40+ years old and had not been opened for over a decade, the homeowner drained the pool, after reading several things on the Internet that was probably not the best thing to do, but here we are.
Respectfully,
Tim
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