cubman

Bill; Thanks very much. I checked out your website several weeks ago and picked up on some of what your saying. I'm thinking that my water problems are from the leaking in the pool. Also there were some very heavy rains here for several days a few weeks back. I hope that you dont mind if i call you. I'm going to need some help, advice and moral suppot. I have also been in contact with Mr. King in Tulsa about the pool. Nice man and very helpful. thaks again.

Thanks for the reply Don I have a 1 1/2" pipe under the diving board of some material other than PVC, looks more opaque than anything. I'm in Wichita which doesnt seem like there is a lot of water close to the surface. As far as the concrete work is concerned, Ive mostly removed all of that. I'm pretty sure I can do the fiberglass repair. I've been trained in this area in A&P school. The only thing that I have reservations of is pulling the pool out and re-leveling the base. I dont like sand and I've read in these pages of someone using 3/8 " pea gravel. That seemslike the most logical method to me. It retains less water and allows for the smooth flow to the bottom where I plan on putting a pipe with lots of holes drilled in it running to a large schedule 40 pipe in which i can put a submersible pump. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Also I pumped water out of the ground thru that pipe under the diving board. a professional quote 20 big ones. And I just got lucky a few weeks ago and was given a 5% reduction in pay to help the company be more profitable. I'm a beautiful guy.

My wife and I moved into our home a year ago. It has a San Juan pool which had a history of damage. We didnt know the extent until now what a problem pools can bring to bear. First it popped up a couple inches after a very wet spring here in Wichita, KS. I decided that the only thing to do after recieving some eye popping estimates was to do it myself. I have been in the process of tearing out the concrete around it. Under the concrete are long tunnels where I would have expected to find sand. It has apparently all washed away. I dont know where it could have gone. The sides of the pool are bulging inward and there are cracks starting to develop. I will have to empy the pool to repair the cracks (I am handy enough to do this). But I can't empty the pool because everybody says dont empty the pool. I now refer you to the previous sentence, "I will have to empty the pool.....". How do I get to this hydrostic relief valve? What does it do? What if there isnt one? This pool is thirty years old. I'm going to knock this thing out myself and then maybe go into business. First of all somebody tell me what to do.