New pool owner and new to TFP. Hoping to get some advice from this great community (and hoping I've posted this under the correct forum). The pool was built in 2017 by the previous homeowner and I'm concerned with the large gaps between the brown coat and ground at the back of the pool. As you can see in the photos the pool is right next to 2 large trees which suck every ounce of water out of the soil here (Austin, TX area). With the current drought and contraction of the clay-based soils here in central TX, the ground is definitely going down. I noticed a small gap early this spring and simply added more dirt to fill it in, but now it's much worse (likely due to 45+ days of over 100 deg temps and subsequent soil contraction). I've been trying to water the ground as much as possible but it's not doing much, if anything. At this point the PVC pipe feeding the 3 sheers is now exposed and totally unsupported in this area. Also seeing hairline cracks going up and over the top of the pool, and 3 tiles at the water line are now cracked. To the right of the exposed PVC, the pipe appears to have concrete under it but in these areas that have failed I see no evidence of there ever being concrete. Maybe it was poor installation? Do I have a structural issue or is the brown coat simply cosmetic? What would be the proper way to shore this back up? Do I just backfill with dirt or do I need to use concrete, non-shrink grout, etc? Or do I need to get a professional here to assess?
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