Hello All!
I'll start this thread from the beginning of April '23 when we found our "forever home". This place has everything that a tinkerer could ask for, drywall replacement, kitchen renovation, main floor replacment and the PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE a 22x45 Grecian L, pool. We were ecstatic to have our own little Oasis to hang out with our friends and Family.
Fast forward to the day before closing day, after our home inspection and pool inspection (ooops nope never did that, More on this later) We were doing our final walk through to make sure everything was on the "up and up". When I pulled into the drive way and glanced on the open pool, which I hadn't seen until this very moment. I saw that there was part of the liner drooping off the coping and figured "it probably needs a liner NBD". But since I saw it I had to take a look at our new "oasis" to do a quick look at the rest of it.
---let the fun begin---
As I walked up I was greeted by Beautiful clear water and the pump running, however I noticed that there were more droops all around the deck, stairs. There was a 2'x3' hole in the concrete deck covered by a weathered sheet of plywood and a hole down to a "home owner special" repair to the low end return . I decided at that moment that I had a problem, time to investigate further..... Bricks in the deep end, LOTS of water surrounding the pump and filter, uneven concrete, integrated coping failure, SKETCHY electrical, to say it very nicely. The $ signs started tallying up in my head VERY quickly and I decided that we needed to re-evaluate the house deal, as I as now needed a new pair of underwear. (here is where I realized when I needed to contact our attorney, we were informed that we chose to skip the inspection of the pool, ooops, rookie move!! Read contracts clearly kids)
I contacted the closest pool company in my area and got a quote for the repair of everything. Which came to a number north of $15k. We worked a deal out with the seller and long story short, we have been in the house for 2 months.
Here we are, we have selected to work with a local company, and nailed down a price and have ordered our liner, coping, pump, plumbing, concrete. etc.
I elected to save some money by doing the Demo of the existing deck, its mesh and rebar reinforced concrete but very hollow so Its not awful to do. However, I'm noticing that the coping isn't actually attached to the steel frame of the pool at all, its just attached to the concrete, How did the pool builder do this????? I'm genuinely curious.
Thanks in advance. pics below.
I'll start this thread from the beginning of April '23 when we found our "forever home". This place has everything that a tinkerer could ask for, drywall replacement, kitchen renovation, main floor replacment and the PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE a 22x45 Grecian L, pool. We were ecstatic to have our own little Oasis to hang out with our friends and Family.
Fast forward to the day before closing day, after our home inspection and pool inspection (ooops nope never did that, More on this later) We were doing our final walk through to make sure everything was on the "up and up". When I pulled into the drive way and glanced on the open pool, which I hadn't seen until this very moment. I saw that there was part of the liner drooping off the coping and figured "it probably needs a liner NBD". But since I saw it I had to take a look at our new "oasis" to do a quick look at the rest of it.
---let the fun begin---
As I walked up I was greeted by Beautiful clear water and the pump running, however I noticed that there were more droops all around the deck, stairs. There was a 2'x3' hole in the concrete deck covered by a weathered sheet of plywood and a hole down to a "home owner special" repair to the low end return . I decided at that moment that I had a problem, time to investigate further..... Bricks in the deep end, LOTS of water surrounding the pump and filter, uneven concrete, integrated coping failure, SKETCHY electrical, to say it very nicely. The $ signs started tallying up in my head VERY quickly and I decided that we needed to re-evaluate the house deal, as I as now needed a new pair of underwear. (here is where I realized when I needed to contact our attorney, we were informed that we chose to skip the inspection of the pool, ooops, rookie move!! Read contracts clearly kids)
I contacted the closest pool company in my area and got a quote for the repair of everything. Which came to a number north of $15k. We worked a deal out with the seller and long story short, we have been in the house for 2 months.
Here we are, we have selected to work with a local company, and nailed down a price and have ordered our liner, coping, pump, plumbing, concrete. etc.
I elected to save some money by doing the Demo of the existing deck, its mesh and rebar reinforced concrete but very hollow so Its not awful to do. However, I'm noticing that the coping isn't actually attached to the steel frame of the pool at all, its just attached to the concrete, How did the pool builder do this????? I'm genuinely curious.
Thanks in advance. pics below.
A bit of work ahead, but it will be worth it in the end. Good luck and keep us posted.