We are into our third year at our current home with a 15K gallon kidney shaped fiberglass pool that was put in 10+ years ago. We opened it last month and noticed last week that we have a bulge about 1" tall, about 18" wide tapering down from the high spot, and about 8-10' long coming from just right past the bottom curve of the side going out towards the middle of the pool and running lengthwise from there. It sounds hollow to me in a couple of spots and flexes a bit there. We do not have a hydrostatic valve as far as I know unless it's under the main drain of the pool. We also do not have a sump pipe to remove/check groundwater levels. I believe what has happened is we have a dip in the yard near the deck that has always been there. It's where the bulge starts and we noticed that it's washed out under the deck in this area as well. The grass had it pretty much hidden. The sides aren't bulging at all, but there seems to be a hollow spot (when I wrap on the wall) a couple inches wide down the side that corresponds to where the bulge starts.
The big kicker is we are having to put our home on the market by the 1st of July due to a job change and because of our somewhat remote location there isn't much advice or experience it seems with this issue from the local pool places (it's $700 just to get someone to come from the nearest large city). Obviously we have to disclose the issue, but we are at a loss as to whether we should try to fix it, get estimates to fix/fill and discount the home, etc... Scouring the interwebs has led us to believe it would be expensive to fix and we have little margin on the sale as it is to break even on the mortgage due to our lack of time at this location.
Any advice would be appreciated!
The big kicker is we are having to put our home on the market by the 1st of July due to a job change and because of our somewhat remote location there isn't much advice or experience it seems with this issue from the local pool places (it's $700 just to get someone to come from the nearest large city). Obviously we have to disclose the issue, but we are at a loss as to whether we should try to fix it, get estimates to fix/fill and discount the home, etc... Scouring the interwebs has led us to believe it would be expensive to fix and we have little margin on the sale as it is to break even on the mortgage due to our lack of time at this location.
Any advice would be appreciated!
