Hi All,
I'm replacing the vinyl liner on my pool for the first time. I purchased a new vinyl liner through a pool company which includes install. They came out, took my winter pool cover off, and measured my pool dimensions with old liner still in. 4 weeks later they're out here doing the install. They cut away my old liner and tell me the pool will be ready 2 days.
Day 2 there's a problem. I have water coming from somewhere. They seem aghast at what it could possibly be and are offering no real solutions beyond this is out of their wheelhouse and I’ll have to pay thousands of dollars for some company to dewater the ground.
I had city operations come out and take a look- they said it's likely ground water from a high water table. In this area about 25% of the houses have inground pools. The guy actually had a friend who lived just down the block and pool builders told owners if liner had to be replaced, ground would have to be dewatered.
[rant coming]
I'm perturbed I wasn't informed of this when I bought the house. How did this house get a permit to build the pool if the liner could never be replaced without a full crew coming out here to dewater the ground? How could the prior home owners, their real estate agent, my real estate agent, my hired inspector not inform me of this issue?
This also seems like something that should be within a pool company’s wheelhouse. Nice of them to cut away my old liner and force me to deal with this situation sans guidance.
[exhale] Now being up a creek without a paddle, I’m taking the reigns back over this project.
Is this… perhaps… the perfect opportunity to shorten the deep end a few feet to above the water line? The pool is ~39k gallon and deep end is money pit to heat (~9ft with diving board).
What other solutions should I consider, and what are the ballpark costs associated with them?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm replacing the vinyl liner on my pool for the first time. I purchased a new vinyl liner through a pool company which includes install. They came out, took my winter pool cover off, and measured my pool dimensions with old liner still in. 4 weeks later they're out here doing the install. They cut away my old liner and tell me the pool will be ready 2 days.
Day 2 there's a problem. I have water coming from somewhere. They seem aghast at what it could possibly be and are offering no real solutions beyond this is out of their wheelhouse and I’ll have to pay thousands of dollars for some company to dewater the ground.
I had city operations come out and take a look- they said it's likely ground water from a high water table. In this area about 25% of the houses have inground pools. The guy actually had a friend who lived just down the block and pool builders told owners if liner had to be replaced, ground would have to be dewatered.
[rant coming]
I'm perturbed I wasn't informed of this when I bought the house. How did this house get a permit to build the pool if the liner could never be replaced without a full crew coming out here to dewater the ground? How could the prior home owners, their real estate agent, my real estate agent, my hired inspector not inform me of this issue?
This also seems like something that should be within a pool company’s wheelhouse. Nice of them to cut away my old liner and force me to deal with this situation sans guidance.
[exhale] Now being up a creek without a paddle, I’m taking the reigns back over this project.
Is this… perhaps… the perfect opportunity to shorten the deep end a few feet to above the water line? The pool is ~39k gallon and deep end is money pit to heat (~9ft with diving board).
What other solutions should I consider, and what are the ballpark costs associated with them?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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