Thanks for the reply cwmoody.
Maybe I should take your cautious route as I drain the pool completely and start by putting a hole or two in the shallow end.
The idea of randomly hitting a pipe now scares me.
I’m guessing there’s often water under the pool.
I might spend an afternoon digging a the side to see. Might be worth putting a well pipe in.
But if it was fixed to that extent, why so much subsidence around the pool. A quite frankly with all the subsidence of soil evident around the pool, the previous use as-is, and the years unused and full of brackish water, I’m pretty certain that it won’t be going down again.
- Steps and deck leading up to pool.
- Deck attached to pool on left side under tree up to where shed is.
- Can build shed 17’ tall and 200sq ft. Floors are rotten because it’s flooded every spring. So build shed on raised piles at same level as deck and bigger.
- Utilitarian wall built behind pool supporting wide coping stones.
- Nice decorative wall on right side of pool supporting wide coping stones.
To go really over the top, make the right side shallow end wall a negative edge. Could look great and would work wonders to clear all the floating debris (you’ll notice all the trees) from the pool.
Nice to have dreams. Would be nicer to have the budget to match.
Yet another dilemma. Fence is falling down and needs replaced ASAP.
Priced the composite fencing that I wanted to buy and install. $15k just for the supplies. Need to ratchet my tastes down several notches. Might need access to yard to fully repair or remove pool, guess I should find the cheapest available code acceptable fence and install it myself. Then hit the neighbours up to share costs when the pool is final and a nicer fence is to be put in.
Sounds like a good idea keeping the size down for the holes to be easy to fill. My pool has spent a a few weeks with the shallow end completely drained and been through some big rain storms. Nothing moved at the shallow end.This was probably overkill, but its not hard to fill 1/2" holes with epoxy.
Maybe I should take your cautious route as I drain the pool completely and start by putting a hole or two in the shallow end.
Not sure where the skimmer pipe runs, or whether there is a main drain pipe still connected. Guess I should brave the spiders in the shed and try to see what blowing out the various pipes does. That will tell me if there is actually a connected pipe.Keep in mind the main drain line runs under the pool, probably either over to the skimmer or straight to the back wall and up the wall.
The idea of randomly hitting a pipe now scares me.
Not sure. Suppose I could measure at the raised wall.Do you know how thick the cement walls are?
Neighbours have said that a stream flowed behind the houses when they were originally built. Before the construction of the St-Laurence seaway, my neighbour says that the street was often underwater in the spring as the lake rose.If there is still water under the pool, there is a possibility the pool may go down some once the holes are drilled and any water is released into the pool.
I’m guessing there’s often water under the pool.
I might spend an afternoon digging a the side to see. Might be worth putting a well pipe in.
Doubt that. The pool was repaired and used as-is after it floated. And that was years and years ago. Although I have to question the neighbours again as it seems the previous owner put 25k into fixing the pool. The pipes might be in place.And after the pool is refilled, it could go down even further
But if it was fixed to that extent, why so much subsidence around the pool. A quite frankly with all the subsidence of soil evident around the pool, the previous use as-is, and the years unused and full of brackish water, I’m pretty certain that it won’t be going down again.
I’m leaning towards “building inside” rather than cutting down if I’m going to fix it to level. A slightly smaller pool built in/on the existing structure.I would hate to see you spend countless hours cutting through concrete walls and rebar to try to level the pool for it to go down further upon refilling.
Looks like this is the best first step. See if we’ll at least use it for a while.So before I decided to tackle a huge undertaking like that, I think I would drain the pool, clean it up, paint it if you want, refill it, and swim in it for a while.
Sounds very close to my plans. If the pool were raised all round, looking a the first picture:For what its worth, I envision stacked stone around the side walls where the pool has floated and some sort of waterfall feature over the back wall to make it appear intentional.
- Steps and deck leading up to pool.
- Deck attached to pool on left side under tree up to where shed is.
- Can build shed 17’ tall and 200sq ft. Floors are rotten because it’s flooded every spring. So build shed on raised piles at same level as deck and bigger.
- Utilitarian wall built behind pool supporting wide coping stones.
- Nice decorative wall on right side of pool supporting wide coping stones.
To go really over the top, make the right side shallow end wall a negative edge. Could look great and would work wonders to clear all the floating debris (you’ll notice all the trees) from the pool.
As from before. I was flabbergasted to learn that 25k of repairs already went into the thing. Going to have to try and test the piping. Maybe I can get an idea by blowing the pipes before I empty and clean it.Do you know if the plumbing was redone after the pool floated? I can't imagine a pool floating that much and not breaking the pipes or at least causing leaks.
Nice to have dreams. Would be nicer to have the budget to match.
Yet another dilemma. Fence is falling down and needs replaced ASAP.
Priced the composite fencing that I wanted to buy and install. $15k just for the supplies. Need to ratchet my tastes down several notches. Might need access to yard to fully repair or remove pool, guess I should find the cheapest available code acceptable fence and install it myself. Then hit the neighbours up to share costs when the pool is final and a nicer fence is to be put in.