I need some help please. My husband said I should ask for help balancing my FT for Fallen Tree. Not too funny when I think of the possible outcome but at least HE's laughing!
Pics are below. I hope they're large enough. I reduced them to post. We had drought last year then lots of rain and storms recently so trees are unstable.
Big pine came down with wind yesterday and landed in pool. Second pine in two weeks to hit pool and pool house. Adjuster hasn't even gotten out here to assess damage from two weeks ago.
This tree is much larger and is going to take more than my husband and me to get it out of pool.
The water seems to be holding, but I fear the liner will tear when someone starts to remove the tree.
The liner could tear before the tree is removed simply with the wind moving the water and the tree within the water. It's still very windy here.
My fears of a tear in the liner and water loss are as follows:
If you look at the photos of the yard/terrain around the pool, there is an embankment to the left of the pool and the yard slopes downhill to the right of the pool.
I took the photos specifically to show you the way the yard slopes.
Please note we have had several inches of rain in north GA the past few days and the ground is saturated.
If we get a large tear/leak in the liner, the weight of approximately 30,000 gallons of water plus the top of that big tree is going to be going with the flow of gravity down a hill in our back yard which is part of a large hill in our neighborhood.
To add to this: One of the reasons the grass in a little greener to the right of the pool is, that's where our septic tank and field lines are . If there were to be a large tear with removing the tree, the water would flow underground and possibly float the field lines. Exaggerated thinking maybe, but I don't want more problems than we already have.
I think we should veer on the side of caution and drain the pool before trying to remove the tree.
I think we risk a torn liner either way but if we drain the pool before removing the tree we prevent any septic issues IF there is a tear.
Opinions and experience appreciated.
And, do we call a tree service to get a tree out of a pool?
Thank you,
Joan
Pics are below. I hope they're large enough. I reduced them to post. We had drought last year then lots of rain and storms recently so trees are unstable.
Big pine came down with wind yesterday and landed in pool. Second pine in two weeks to hit pool and pool house. Adjuster hasn't even gotten out here to assess damage from two weeks ago.
This tree is much larger and is going to take more than my husband and me to get it out of pool.
The water seems to be holding, but I fear the liner will tear when someone starts to remove the tree.
The liner could tear before the tree is removed simply with the wind moving the water and the tree within the water. It's still very windy here.
My fears of a tear in the liner and water loss are as follows:
If you look at the photos of the yard/terrain around the pool, there is an embankment to the left of the pool and the yard slopes downhill to the right of the pool.
I took the photos specifically to show you the way the yard slopes.
Please note we have had several inches of rain in north GA the past few days and the ground is saturated.
If we get a large tear/leak in the liner, the weight of approximately 30,000 gallons of water plus the top of that big tree is going to be going with the flow of gravity down a hill in our back yard which is part of a large hill in our neighborhood.
To add to this: One of the reasons the grass in a little greener to the right of the pool is, that's where our septic tank and field lines are . If there were to be a large tear with removing the tree, the water would flow underground and possibly float the field lines. Exaggerated thinking maybe, but I don't want more problems than we already have.
I think we should veer on the side of caution and drain the pool before trying to remove the tree.
I think we risk a torn liner either way but if we drain the pool before removing the tree we prevent any septic issues IF there is a tear.
Opinions and experience appreciated.
And, do we call a tree service to get a tree out of a pool?
Thank you,
Joan