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while the pool wall lifting gets a 
while the pool wall lifting gets a 
Wall completely out of track
- Thread starter Tammie-Lee
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And it needs reinstalled because the pool lifted. It's going to be hard with that deck too because it's a surround. Dang... the frost heave got you.
Did you leave those stairs in the pool all winter?
I left mine in and had to unbolt them from the pool because the ice was lifting them. At one point they were a good 3" higher than originally and nothing was stopping them. They would've easily caused severe damage.
I can't tell from the pictures tho, it kinda looks like the wall by the stairs is fine and it's the other end that lifted?
Do you think it will need a reinstall because the liner will be shot? Or are you thinking the walls might not come down decently when the melt starts.
The track is placed back onto the bottom of the wall around the entire pool and the cement ring that it sits on is intact. If it is a reinstall would you make the entire bottom cement Instead of just a ring for the walls to rest on. The cement ring is the recommended install.
The concrete ring is in place. The track and the walls lifted off of the cement ring.
The pool is a frozen solid block of ice. We live in northern Canada. -50 over the winter and we have not thawed yet. We have hardly had a day above freezing.
What I think happened is the concrete heaved in the middle of the pool and when the concrete in the middle went up the outer parts got pivoted and went down therefore the walls separated from the track without support from concrete. This is a total redo. Plan on how your going to drain it down now so when it becomes a threat your ready to strart draining. Just know the weight of the water once it leans will take out the pool in a minute with 15k gallons.
Here's what I think you're going to see once you see the actual inside of the pool below the top rails... a gap in some areas where its higher. Your post heaved with the ground and pushed it up. I'd be under that deck and looking at every single one of those post to see what's going on.
The deck is beautiful but... dang... it's going to make this so difficult because it surrounds the whole pool.
You know what I'd do? Id start taking the deck boards up and numbering them around the pool. Get a starting point and number the underside of them so you know where they'll go when the reinstallation process is complete. Go slow. Dont rush the process. You're going to be busy. This isn't a race... its going to be a marathon so pace yourself.
Once you get that done, if the deck was built decently, that should allow you some walking room around the pool. You'll need to take the top rails off the pool and uncap the post. You're going to find that some of those top caps where the rails meet the post are completely dislodged and that is why the pool looks like its sitting higher than the deck. And it's why you need a installment. The heave may have even bent top plates or sheared screws. No one will know until you get into it. If your husband is handy, and he's got buddies at the fire staion, give those men a pool pass all summer to swim in exchange for man power. We can get you through the installation process if... "IF" you post pics of what we need and ask of you.
I want to see the pictures of inside the pool where the pool sits higher than the deck preferably where there is a post/end cap. Give me close ups and about 10ft away you can get close ups by laying on the deck and pointing the camera under up under the posts so we can see both sides. Just don't drop your phone in the pool. I'll be back later this afternoon when I get out of prison.
The deck is beautiful but... dang... it's going to make this so difficult because it surrounds the whole pool.
You know what I'd do? Id start taking the deck boards up and numbering them around the pool. Get a starting point and number the underside of them so you know where they'll go when the reinstallation process is complete. Go slow. Dont rush the process. You're going to be busy. This isn't a race... its going to be a marathon so pace yourself.
Once you get that done, if the deck was built decently, that should allow you some walking room around the pool. You'll need to take the top rails off the pool and uncap the post. You're going to find that some of those top caps where the rails meet the post are completely dislodged and that is why the pool looks like its sitting higher than the deck. And it's why you need a installment. The heave may have even bent top plates or sheared screws. No one will know until you get into it. If your husband is handy, and he's got buddies at the fire staion, give those men a pool pass all summer to swim in exchange for man power. We can get you through the installation process if... "IF" you post pics of what we need and ask of you.
I want to see the pictures of inside the pool where the pool sits higher than the deck preferably where there is a post/end cap. Give me close ups and about 10ft away you can get close ups by laying on the deck and pointing the camera under up under the posts so we can see both sides. Just don't drop your phone in the pool. I'll be back later this afternoon when I get out of prison.
Man Casey. Everytime you get out of prison you go looking for someone and end up right back there tomorrow. #breakthecycle.
There is no concrete in the middle of the pool. The wall fits into a track and there is a poured cement ring about two feet wide that the wall sits on.
@Casey had given you a very solid plan from start to finish. MY hope is once the ice melts you will find the walls will go right back into the bottom rail but I don't think it will be that easy 
Fingers crossed that happens. If it’s a rebuild then that’s what we will do. Still frozen and too much snow to deal with a deck disassembly. I will post in a couple of weeks where we are at. We go above freezing this week.
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,027
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
