Liner Replacement Upgrades

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Floater22

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Going to be replacing my liner, and know I also need new stairs. Wondering what everyone’s thoughts are on the following.
- replace existing stairs with “hidden” style that have concrete over the top, rather than the stairs showing. Is this simple, much more expensive?
-depending on stair type, how much of the pool deck should be replaced? The overall pool deck is in just ok shape. But is it possible to replace just a small area of concrete now, and do more later?
- is it a good time to convert to salt?
- thinking of also replacing pump and filter. Filter has new laterals and sand, but both are approximately 12 years old.
 
Floater22 said:
Going to be replacing my liner, and know I also need new stairs. Wondering what everyone’s thoughts are on the following.
- replace existing stairs with “hidden” style that have concrete over the top, rather than the stairs showing. Is this simple, much more expensive?
-depending on stair type, how much of the pool deck should be replaced? The overall pool deck is in just ok shape. But is it possible to replace just a small area of concrete now, and do more later?
- is it a good time to convert to salt?
- thinking of also replacing pump and filter. Filter has new laterals and sand, but both are approximately 12 years old.
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Another question to add to this. My pool has always had water behind the liner at open/early in the season. And from knowing the previous owners of the house that had the pool built, it’s always been an issue to some degree. I have receipts for the pool back to 1990, and visits from the pool company to remove water from behind the liner as far back as 1996. It’s usually not an issue later in summer. The one next door neighbor also has an inground liner pool and has no issues of this kind at all.

So, the question is, is this something that can be addressed during liner replacement? Not because the existing liner was causing the issue, but are there ways to manage water behind the liner that are best done now?

The pool company says “some pools are just like this”.
 
You can put well pits in the areas where water collects behind the liner to drain groundwater away from the pool.

Depending on the topography the well pits can drain to daylight or be set to drop pumps down in them when water needs to be drained.
 
ajw22 said:
You can put well pits in the areas where water collects behind the liner to drain groundwater away from the pool.

Depending on the topography the well pits can drain to daylight or be set to drop pumps down in them when water needs to be drained.
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They alluded to something like this when I asked them about it a few years ago. Said they install them on some new pools and they are basically like sump pits/crocks.
 
My fiberglass pool has a well pit. I can check for ground water, which thankfully I've never found, and if needed sump pump any if there were some. Mine goes down to the stone base of the pool because it was put in during installation. I'm not sure if those put in later may be different?

Maddie :flower:
 
YippeeSkippy said:
My fiberglass pool has a well pit. I can check for ground water, which thankfully I've never found, and if needed sump pump any if there were some. Mine goes down to the stone base of the pool because it was put in during installation. I'm not sure if those put in later may be different?

Maddie :flower:
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In my experience, even getting most of it out seems to correct the issue. It’s still a head scratcher as to why this happens with this specific pool. House gutter downspouts are properly plumbed out to the road, and there aren’t any obvious pitches or drainage towards the pool. The ground around the pool isn’t even especially wet. We back up to a retention pond, but I think the bottom of the 6ft deep end (or most of it, at least) are above the pond’s water level
 
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