I’ve had my pool Now going on my third summer. Needless to say I have drainage issues whenever we have heavy storms, dirt and water run into my pool and I spend days/weeks cleaning it. I am looking into getting a French drain in my yard to help with the situation.
Everyone that comes out tells me the pool should have been built up higher to prevent this.
the morning they came to dig the pool they stated that I needed a retaining wall or they would have to raise the pool up and my hardscaping would require a step up to my pool deck.
We chose to build the pool up higher because at the time we did not budget for the retaining wall. (Why this option was given to us the morning of the dig I don’t know, but I’m not surprised after my experience with the builder)
every storm and every year I open it, I am spending hours upon hours in fixing this and cleaning it. I’m outside during storms trying to redirect water
I don’t feel like dealing with this over the next 25-30 years
now that I have to put a drain in that will not be as pleasant to look at as the grass plus all the headaches I’ve been going through, I am seeing how much of my issues actually lie on the builder.
The first time this happened and I reached out to the builder he said it was a final grading issue. All the professionals that have been out feel It is not a grading issue but the main issue is it not being built high enough
thanks for any input
Butch
Everyone that comes out tells me the pool should have been built up higher to prevent this.
the morning they came to dig the pool they stated that I needed a retaining wall or they would have to raise the pool up and my hardscaping would require a step up to my pool deck.
We chose to build the pool up higher because at the time we did not budget for the retaining wall. (Why this option was given to us the morning of the dig I don’t know, but I’m not surprised after my experience with the builder)
every storm and every year I open it, I am spending hours upon hours in fixing this and cleaning it. I’m outside during storms trying to redirect water
I don’t feel like dealing with this over the next 25-30 years
now that I have to put a drain in that will not be as pleasant to look at as the grass plus all the headaches I’ve been going through, I am seeing how much of my issues actually lie on the builder.
The first time this happened and I reached out to the builder he said it was a final grading issue. All the professionals that have been out feel It is not a grading issue but the main issue is it not being built high enough
thanks for any input
Butch