borjis
LifeTime Supporter
In any case get a different opinion from other liner suppliers. No way it should cost that much total.
What are the odds that it fails after several years, on the same exact day in the exact same spot that the chemical was applied well before the life expectancy of the liner is up? Pretty astronomical probably. Seems to me the simplest answer is the correct one. The chemical caused the failure.
What are the odds that it fails after several years, on the same exact day in the exact same spot that the chemical was applied well before the life expectancy of the liner is up? Pretty astronomical probably. Seems to me the simplest answer is the correct one. The chemical caused the failure.
If you want to pursue that, it's up to you entirely. Definitely figure out what the chemical is. I was helping on another thread where the pool builder said he had put stabilizer in, and it turned out to be calcium chloride. Weird stuff happens.
No, that's poor logic.
Unless you can demonstrate how 8 lbs of CYA can cause a seam to fail that is holding 200,000 lbs of water, then the fact that they occurred simultaneously is just coincidence.
ETA: I see that you are convinced it's not a seam. Maybe if the chemical is not CYA but something more destructive, then you might have a point.
So, you come here for our advise, but seem offended to our logic.
It is highly doubtful that the CYA caused this failure on its own. I dumped pound upon pound in an Intex easy set (first year pool owner pre-TFP), faded the liner here it collected, but no failure, and that liner is a lot more fragile than yours.
Ultimatly this is your decision, and I hope it works out for you, just don't be surprised if the claim is denied.
Please keep us updated on the progress.
Dom
What are the odds that it fails after several years, on the same exact day in the exact same spot that the chemical was applied well before the life expectancy of the liner is up? Pretty astronomical probably. Seems to me the simplest answer is the correct one. The chemical caused the failure.
How about a photo of the pile of chemical?
Granular cya can usually be spotted instantly.
It's more likely that the CYA did in fact apply a small stress to the system which could ordinarily be withstood, but when applied to an aged liner resulted in a catastrophic failure.
Your questions and comments, from my perspective, have all been polite and I think your situation would be a tough one for any of us. Your issue is interesting and I hope you get it resolved well. If it was me, I'd follow the suggestion above regarding the testing for CYA. It's just a pinch (1/10th teaspoon) in a gallon of tap water to get your pool test kit to detect CYA. If none is detected, I'd do CH, but you'd need to dilute in distilled water.
I don't see this thread being much about pools. The liner "incident" can be interpreted many ways and it appears to have been vetted pretty thoroughly. Unless there is something technical about pools we can learn I plan on closing this thread.
TFP has no interest in the "lawyering" business......I'll bet there is a forum somewhere for that but the discussion doesn't belong on a swimming pool forum
I don't see this thread being much about pools. The liner "incident" can be interpreted many ways and it appears to have been vetted pretty thoroughly. Unless there is something technical about pools we can learn I plan on closing this thread.
TFP has no interest in the "lawyering" business......I'll bet there is a forum somewhere for that but the discussion doesn't belong on a swimming pool forum