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I have a 12x24 oval AGP (Salt...hahaha) that was installed 2017. Due to my own issues not watching the eyeball/dripping- the wall had rusted last season that ended up as a hole. This spring the wall has pushed out of the channel where it's rusted out/split open.
CURRENT STATE
We are coming out of thaw but there is still a large chunk of ice on the pool. Usually it's gone by - May?
Fortunately I don't have a lake yet, it isn't leaking, but the liner is visible (there's a visible area about 1 foot square.
Last year I found a hole in the wall in the spring and drained down to 6" and repaired the wall riveting steel, then refilled. Obviously I should have replaced the entire wall (since it's a long continuous sheet) but I was hoping I could work fast and keep the liner for longer.
I assume I will have to disassemble, drain, remove liner, replace wall, and then rebuild pool bottom and build pool back up. It's a buttress free pool frame with straps that run the width of the pool in 2 spots about 6 feet in on each end.
How do I keep my bottom from getting ruined/having to do major work on this? OR conversely- is this the time to say screw it and dig down 2 feet to sink the pool a little bit? (I'd love to have better sight lines in the yard.)
POTENTIAL PLAN
Drain to a foot, to keep the ice block floating for less damage to the bottom, with much of water gone, reducing chances of flood into my house/neighbor's.
Order a replacement wall for about $2K Canadian and replacement liner.
Wait for ice to melt, drain fully, disassemble and reinstall wall, smooth out bottom again, install liner.
Really lamenting not having more handy friends at this point, but i may have to throw money at it too since I have 4 kids to manage.
I have a 12x24 oval AGP (Salt...hahaha) that was installed 2017. Due to my own issues not watching the eyeball/dripping- the wall had rusted last season that ended up as a hole. This spring the wall has pushed out of the channel where it's rusted out/split open.
CURRENT STATE
We are coming out of thaw but there is still a large chunk of ice on the pool. Usually it's gone by - May?
Fortunately I don't have a lake yet, it isn't leaking, but the liner is visible (there's a visible area about 1 foot square.
Last year I found a hole in the wall in the spring and drained down to 6" and repaired the wall riveting steel, then refilled. Obviously I should have replaced the entire wall (since it's a long continuous sheet) but I was hoping I could work fast and keep the liner for longer.
I assume I will have to disassemble, drain, remove liner, replace wall, and then rebuild pool bottom and build pool back up. It's a buttress free pool frame with straps that run the width of the pool in 2 spots about 6 feet in on each end.
How do I keep my bottom from getting ruined/having to do major work on this? OR conversely- is this the time to say screw it and dig down 2 feet to sink the pool a little bit? (I'd love to have better sight lines in the yard.)
POTENTIAL PLAN
Drain to a foot, to keep the ice block floating for less damage to the bottom, with much of water gone, reducing chances of flood into my house/neighbor's.
Order a replacement wall for about $2K Canadian and replacement liner.
Wait for ice to melt, drain fully, disassemble and reinstall wall, smooth out bottom again, install liner.
Really lamenting not having more handy friends at this point, but i may have to throw money at it too since I have 4 kids to manage.
