Greetings Everyone!
My first post here. Found this forum searching for pool crack repairs. I think I stumbled in the right place as this seem to be the most active forum on the net for pools. Hoping all of you experts can weight in on the correct method to fix the crack. In addition to fixing the crack, we will also remodel the pool since its showing its age.
So here is the problem.
Im located in Southern California. My 27 years old gunite pool developed a crack starting from the bottom corner of the skimmer, running down the wall for about 5 feet. Our pool maintenance guy mentioned about the crack a month ago and mentioned that we are loosing more water than usual, about 1 inch a day, he suspects its leaking from the crack. He did a dye test and confirmed it. We held off on looking for immediate repair because we've been traveling.
Now we are back. We got opinions/estimates from 4 different pool builders this week, suggesting different repair methods. All of them mentioned that it is a structure crack, and because our pool is built next to a hill side slope, cracks like this is common. 2 builders suggested fixing the crack with rebar staples method, 2 others suggested cutting out a 1 foot wide channel along the crack, tie in new rebars to the old rebars and filling up the channel with concrete.
Now my question is, which of these method is a better permanent solution?
One concern and question I'm wondering about is where do all the 1 month worth of leaked water go to? Does the water sit underground behind he crack or does it flow somewhere? Do we need to remove this excess water from the soil along with the crack repair?
One builder did suggest removing a section of the concrete deck above the crack line and around the skimmer and going in to compact the soil since it might be compromised from all the water. Is his suggestion correct?
I think this is enough question for you experts. Hoping your expertise can help me decide which builder to go with.
Thank you all so much, have a good day!
Randy,
Here I included a couple of pictures of our pool. Our pool turned green after shutting off the filter and stopped adding water for a week.
My first post here. Found this forum searching for pool crack repairs. I think I stumbled in the right place as this seem to be the most active forum on the net for pools. Hoping all of you experts can weight in on the correct method to fix the crack. In addition to fixing the crack, we will also remodel the pool since its showing its age.
So here is the problem.
Im located in Southern California. My 27 years old gunite pool developed a crack starting from the bottom corner of the skimmer, running down the wall for about 5 feet. Our pool maintenance guy mentioned about the crack a month ago and mentioned that we are loosing more water than usual, about 1 inch a day, he suspects its leaking from the crack. He did a dye test and confirmed it. We held off on looking for immediate repair because we've been traveling.
Now we are back. We got opinions/estimates from 4 different pool builders this week, suggesting different repair methods. All of them mentioned that it is a structure crack, and because our pool is built next to a hill side slope, cracks like this is common. 2 builders suggested fixing the crack with rebar staples method, 2 others suggested cutting out a 1 foot wide channel along the crack, tie in new rebars to the old rebars and filling up the channel with concrete.
Now my question is, which of these method is a better permanent solution?
One concern and question I'm wondering about is where do all the 1 month worth of leaked water go to? Does the water sit underground behind he crack or does it flow somewhere? Do we need to remove this excess water from the soil along with the crack repair?
One builder did suggest removing a section of the concrete deck above the crack line and around the skimmer and going in to compact the soil since it might be compromised from all the water. Is his suggestion correct?
I think this is enough question for you experts. Hoping your expertise can help me decide which builder to go with.
Thank you all so much, have a good day!
Randy,
Here I included a couple of pictures of our pool. Our pool turned green after shutting off the filter and stopped adding water for a week.