Hello everyone!
My wife Kim and I are new pool owners. We were gifted a Coleman 16’x48” used above ground pool last summer and we love it! Sadly with the NY winters not being very kind to us combined with our complete lack of knowledge of proper winterizing, we ran into a big issue. The pool tore right at the suction side of the pool.
I’ll give a little background info first:
When winterizing, I drained the water a few inches below the suction inlet of the pool, attached a pillow and draped a tarp over it. The tarp was then attached to the sides by bungee cords. With all that done in the early fall, I hoped for the best and left it as is.
Unfortunately we had a whole lot of snow and rain in the past 4-5 months, coupled with many nights of sub-zero temps. This ended up with the pool filling right back up to the top, layered with 3 ft of snow on top of the cover and it all turned to a thick slab of ice.
Coming into the present day; temps are warming up...and all of a sudden there is a 2 ft long horizontal gash in the side of my pool and the suction inlet component is right in the middle of the gash. Looks like the ice shifted and took the pool with it.
So my question is as follows: what are my options? The damage is fairly extensive so is a replacement liner even an option?
Any recommendations are truly appreciated. Thanks everyone!
Aleksey and Kim
My wife Kim and I are new pool owners. We were gifted a Coleman 16’x48” used above ground pool last summer and we love it! Sadly with the NY winters not being very kind to us combined with our complete lack of knowledge of proper winterizing, we ran into a big issue. The pool tore right at the suction side of the pool.
I’ll give a little background info first:
When winterizing, I drained the water a few inches below the suction inlet of the pool, attached a pillow and draped a tarp over it. The tarp was then attached to the sides by bungee cords. With all that done in the early fall, I hoped for the best and left it as is.
Unfortunately we had a whole lot of snow and rain in the past 4-5 months, coupled with many nights of sub-zero temps. This ended up with the pool filling right back up to the top, layered with 3 ft of snow on top of the cover and it all turned to a thick slab of ice.
Coming into the present day; temps are warming up...and all of a sudden there is a 2 ft long horizontal gash in the side of my pool and the suction inlet component is right in the middle of the gash. Looks like the ice shifted and took the pool with it.
So my question is as follows: what are my options? The damage is fairly extensive so is a replacement liner even an option?
Any recommendations are truly appreciated. Thanks everyone!
Aleksey and Kim