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I was in the same boat last year and decided to dig it up. http://www.poolspaforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26032&st=0&p=114403&hl=restoration&fromsearch=1& the repair to the wall is done and the pool will be ready for bathers early summer. It's still not cheap though. There's well over 10-15 thousand going into mine. Good luck

Hi, we're in the middle of restoring an old cement pool and I would like to get opinions on whether or not we should have a main drain. There is currently one that functions, but it's a 50 year old galvanised pipe that I fear at the very least will affect my water quality. We need to pour a cement patch in the deep end of the pool anyhow, so the new/safer drain would go there. The local pool guy says that a main drain is better but not necessary. I read online that a main drain is not only not necessary for circulation, but is potentially dangerous. Appearently we only need skimmers. (I would presume two) The pool is atleast 50 years old and is 12' x 30' Thanks for any help.

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has used Sani Tred and had some real world results. If so, what type/brand paint did you put over it? How big were the cracks you filled and did they stabilize? Thanks

So it looks like this is fixable. The pool structure/cement specialist came by yesterday and said that the bad section could be cut out and the minor cracking could be filled in with epoxy or epoxy based cement.(not sure what he meant) So it looks like the red portion gets cut out, new rebar, cement and a membrane on the outer portion. I was thinking that after this, I would use a sealant on the whole pool called, "sani tred". The rusted tube up the side wasn't attached to anything in the end, so that's not an issue and we did find the drain which seems functional and clear. I believe it's galvanised pipe because the section that sticks out up top looks grey and not very rusted. (I know that we'll need to pressure test this none the less) So I'll get a price for the new section of cement and if it's not too much, we'll continue on with the restoration of the pool. Has anyone here used Sani tred? Thanks, Bruce

I have a guy coming over on Saturday to look at the crack. He fixes municipal pools for a living so I figure his suggestion is solid. I'll leave the photos up for entertainment value at the least and maybe add more as we proceed. Thanks for looking

Hi, I'm new the forum and to pools and I could really use some healthy opinions. We moved into our house 10 years ago and at the time we were shown that there is a buried inground pool in the back yard. This year while we were deciding where to put the 27' above ground pool, we got the crazy idea of uncovering the old pool to see what condition it is in. It took three hours with the back hoe but it's done. Pictures attached. Considering the size of the crack down the one side wall, is this fixable? and at what kind of expense? the deep end at the bottom was also broken up a little to allow for good drainage. there are also a few fisher cracks here and there but I presume they are easily fixed. The wall: Cut the crack right out and recement? The floor: Same as above? Could we not put sand in the bottom of the deep end to cover the missing cement as they do with some steel walled pools? After the repairs we would probably just put in a liner. Sound feasable? at the same time, does anyone know what this 8" diameter pipe is for? Thanks