Swimming pools blog

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• 1 evelyn_200 // Jul 31, 2003 at 2:29 am

  Even if it doesn’t pop out all the way, the tendency is for it to pop out
  somewhat. It’s like a boat, and the ground is like an ocean.
  I am sure other people can tell you more.

• 2 robbie_50 // Jul 31, 2003 at 9:54 pm

  How do you think our pool can be resurfaced if we can not drain it?
  Keep The Faith
  Retta

• 3 janis_40 // Aug 6, 2003 at 5:20 pm

  What are boats made of? Answer: FIBERGLASS. Yes if the water table is
  high enough the pool will try and float. It may rise only and inch or so but
  this is enough to break pipes and crack the deck. The water in that pool
  weighs as much as an 18 wheeler and may be the only thing keeping it in the
  ground. The basic question I have is how far do you have to dig before you
  strike water?

• 4 janis_40 // Aug 7, 2003 at 12:48 pm

  Very good question.

• 5 robbie_50 // Aug 9, 2003 at 8:07 pm

  I live in the swamplands of Louisiana I tap the ground lightly and I hit
  water.Think we will get this done pofessionally.Will cost
  alot I bet. But in 21 yrs this is the first time we have had to do any
  repairs.
  The pool has been so much fun for everyone.Now the grandkids are
  comming so will keep it going.
  Keep The Faith
  Retta
  (-36)

• 6 janis_40 // Aug 10, 2003 at 6:42 pm

  Great your pool will not pop out it will fly out. I used to live in
  Pineville when I was stationed at England AFB in Alexandria. I left there in
  ‘92 just before they closed it. But yes the water table in southern
  Louisiana is very high. Is the water that old? Unless there is a method to
  keep the same amount of weight in the pool when the water is removed it will
  rise. When I left LA they sent me to Arizona where you can drain a pool
  without it popping out of the ground but where the sun will dry and crack the
  surface in a day if left dry in the summer.

• 7 robbie_50 // Aug 11, 2003 at 11:04 am

  I live 10 mins from the bay which leads to the Gulf.Pineville is way up
  north.Nice hills up their.We are considered below sea level.
  Can you believe we still have the same water we fill the pool with 21
  yrs ago.Have added a little over the years but not much.
  Keep The Faith
  Retta
  (-36)

• 8 janis_40 // Aug 12, 2003 at 9:39 am

  In Southern Arizona the pool water is completly replaced every year because
  of evaporation. Water evaporates during the summer at a rate of at least two
  inches per week. In about five years the TDS and hardness are through the
  roof and the pool water must be replaced.

• 9 janis_40 // Aug 13, 2003 at 5:07 am

  I liked Pineville. I lived near the lake just north of the Red River.

• 10 robbie_50 // Aug 13, 2003 at 9:30 pm

  Pineville is very nice.Been there only one time.
  I am sure all the rain we have here is one reason we never had to
  replace the water.I was surprize to hear you have to replace the water
  every year.That must be an exspence and a big job.how do you do this?
  When we filled the pool the fire dept came and pump it in.
  Keep The Faith
  Retta
  (-36)

• 11 janis_40 // Aug 14, 2003 at 8:04 pm

  They do not replace it. It evaporates. About every five years they replace
  it. A sump pump works well and all pools have fill lines. Some are
  automatic.

• 12 robbie_50 // Aug 15, 2003 at 12:26 pm

  What know nice fire dept. to fill pools ?
  Keep The Faith
  Retta
  (-36)

• 13 robbie_50 // Aug 16, 2003 at 7:55 am

  Do you think liner pool last long?How often do you have to change the
  liner? what does it cost.I often wonder if I should have gotten a liner
  one.
  It cost me about $ 10,ooo. that was for pool complete install and
  cememt around it plus wooden fence.That was 21 yrs ago.Wonder what cost
  would be today.
  Keep The Faith
  Retta
  (-36)

• 14 janis_40 // Aug 17, 2003 at 6:29 am

  At least twice that. You have the same problem with the vinyl liner pool.

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