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I respectfully disagree sir. My pool renovations story is under one thread, this thread. I linked an associated thread from last year in my opening post of this thread, to better tell this story. I started a thread in the BBB section that has nothing to do with my pool walls collapsing, it's...

Well, the good news is my pool did not leak noticeably overnight, like it did last year, so that is good news? I added some dichlor and will test later on today. The reason for the granular products question is it would be easier than lugging jugs of bleach around. After reading the link posted...

No, I have not tested it. I'm trying to determine how much water it holds, before I add chemicals. Any help appreciated. I have another thread in the BBB forum. Thanks!

I guess my real question is how much water does my pool hold? The pool calculator does not seem accurate because it does not distinguish whether or not the pool depth is constant or not? Making it vague. Plus my pool does not have squared corners. My pool is 18x36x8. I think I am going to use a...

This job cost me about $2800, a little over 2k in labor and the rest was for parts and materials. We got some rain last night, I woke-up this morning to a heavy deluge. I'll be running the pump, filtering the water and adding chemicals later today. The big question is what the bottom will look...

Hello everyone, I just had my pool drained for repairs, it now has a new bottom, and the one year old liner reinstalled. It will be full of water tomorrow. I need to add chemicals to the fresh well water. How much bleach would I have to add to a 18x36 pool full of fresh well water? I have 14...

Liner back in place yesterday

Wall foam installed

Patch complete, liner is ready to be re-hung

This picture is flopped, the handle imprint is to the right, and the small hole is visible

Screwdriver rust on the underside of the liner, and a hole to the left of the rust

Bottom repairs complete

Four well points and 20 bags of vermiculite later, the walls in my pool are nearly finished

The two major areas of collapse after repairs

I put half down for the liner job, and then after I found the bottom collapsed I asked what he was going to do about it, at that point he refused to take any ownership for that damage. He blamed it on ground water. It wasn't until I found the screwdriver until he showed any concern. I asked for...

Damaged area removed

The screwdriver outline could be seen, protruding above the bottom, it actually caused a small hole where it was stretched around the handle. We would have rehung the liner today, but the pool guy forgot his glue, actually he drove his wife's car instead of his truck. We needed the glue to...

Because this screwdriver was left under my liner, Jim Refunded my money. Had it not been there, I'm sure He would have not done so.

The screwdriver that spent the winter under my pool liner

Another recent picture

This picture is about one week old, showing the damage to the bottom. There are two well points connected and pumping about a half basket, and water is still leaching over the slab

Another picture of the new liner from last may, and this was the last time I ever saw Gus, because he never returned to my house as far as I know. He left his tools and mess all over my yard, and I had to clean it up. Several days later one of his crew came by to pickup the tools.

Another picture from last year

From last year before the new liner was installed

new-liner-install-gone-wrong-vermiculite-bottom-collapsed-t49675.html The link above discusses the mistake made last year when I needed a new liner. My local pool store failed to show up several times to provide an estimate for a liner replacement last year, so I went shopping on the internet...

I hired a company to install a new liner in May, He said it would take two weeks, Start to finish. The pool was drained, measured and new liner ordered (old liner was removed). While the pool was empty A pump was installed on one of three wellpoints to prevent the walls from collapsing. The...

I have Calcium Hypo, and I just put in 5 lbs...I am recirculating the water through the sand filter... I'm planning on testing the water later today with my TF-100... Thanks for the input!

I had a new liner installed. The pool is filling with well water and I anticipate it being full tomorrow. The company/crew that installed the liner said to add some "flock" to remove the iron. I went to the pool store and bought a 24 lb box of chlorine, but they had never heard of flock. I...

I contacted Cascade pool in Chesapeake VA. The guy came out and looked at it, quoted a price, and described how long it's going to take. I got all the answers I was looking for, I think I'm going to have it installed for $2750...

My liner needs to be replaced. My local pool store hasn't impressed, they have missed the appointment to come by my house twice. Now I'm thinking about ordering it and installing it myself. How hard is it, how many people does it take, and does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!