Keystone 27' Pool rusted through and leaking, help!

[sekinkead]

Our 27' Keystone pool which was installed in 2012 has developed a bunch of different rust about halfway up the outside of the pool. It almost seems like a manufacturers defect. Well as you may or may not know, that company went out of business about 7 years ago so there is no honoring of the manufacturers warranty. The outside has rusted all the way through and caused a hole in the liner. Has anyone else had this happen, is there a fix? My pool is in great shape otherwise, original liner and never had any issues. I follow the TFP method to keep it sparkling all season. We started to open it in may and ran into some spigot issues on our end trying to fill it up and so now its a swamp while we try to figure out what to do. I can post pictures if anyone wants to see what I'm talking about. I'd rather not fork over another $3000 to get another pool and have to install it ourselves.

 

[Newdude]

I can post pictures if anyone wants to see what I'm talking about.

Please.

. I'd rather not fork over another $3000 to get another pool and have to install it ourselves.

Sadly, the wall only costs a couple hundred bucks, even less once prorated. You're on the hook for the labor / liner / refill / rebalance either way.

 

[1poolman1]

Our 27' Keystone pool which was installed in 2012 has developed a bunch of different rust about halfway up the outside of the pool. It almost seems like a manufacturers defect. Well as you may or may not know, that company went out of business about 7 years ago so there is no honoring of the manufacturers warranty. The outside has rusted all the way through and caused a hole in the liner. Has anyone else had this happen, is there a fix? My pool is in great shape otherwise, original liner and never had any issues. I follow the TFP method to keep it sparkling all season. We started to open it in may and ran into some spigot issues on our end trying to fill it up and so now its a swamp while we try to figure out what to do. I can post pictures if anyone wants to see what I'm talking about. I'd rather not fork over another $3000 to get another pool and have to install it ourselves.

You have 17-18,000 gallons of water in that vessel. That's about 140,000 pounds of water. The only thing holding it in place is the wall of that pool. Put people in the pool, get the water moving and the force magnifies, and you have a disaster waiting to happen. It could even suck a child into the opening if it gave way suddenly. Where would the water go? Bite the bullet, get a new wall, liner, or pool, and please be safe.