Our pool was finished around the 3rd week in August. After the pool was finished, the builder had the dirt man bring in 14 yards of top soil and I put sod down over it. I have not done any other landscaping to the yard. My yard has not flooded until this month. Earlier this month we had about 9.5" of rain over a 3 day period. My pool and yard flooded on the 1st day of all this rain. It has fast and heavy. The rest of the time, it was more like slow steady rain.
On Wednesday this week, we had 2.5" of rain in one afternoon. It started at about 12 pm and when I arrived home at 5 pm my yard and pool had already flooded after only 2.5" of rain. I've kept my water level half way up the tiles. We got a total of 7" in an 18 hour time frame. Needless to say, my pool is green again.
I'm not sure the grading on my pool is right. My backyard is mostly clay, and we put a lot of top soil on top to encourage drainage. Should I ask the builder to look at the grading again? Or do you think I'm on my own? (my husband thinks I'm crazy for trying to ask the builder about this.)
If I'm on my own, can someone suggest ideas on what to do? Every time this happens, I wind up with tons of fresh water in the pool, no salt, no cholorine (even though there was 6 ppm on Friday afternoon and all other parameters were with in limits), no stablizer, low CH and yucky water.
Thanks for all your help.
On Wednesday this week, we had 2.5" of rain in one afternoon. It started at about 12 pm and when I arrived home at 5 pm my yard and pool had already flooded after only 2.5" of rain. I've kept my water level half way up the tiles. We got a total of 7" in an 18 hour time frame. Needless to say, my pool is green again.
I'm not sure the grading on my pool is right. My backyard is mostly clay, and we put a lot of top soil on top to encourage drainage. Should I ask the builder to look at the grading again? Or do you think I'm on my own? (my husband thinks I'm crazy for trying to ask the builder about this.)
If I'm on my own, can someone suggest ideas on what to do? Every time this happens, I wind up with tons of fresh water in the pool, no salt, no cholorine (even though there was 6 ppm on Friday afternoon and all other parameters were with in limits), no stablizer, low CH and yucky water.
Thanks for all your help.