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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:53 am
by henpecked
A friend in Oz has suffered heavy rain of late. His pool has moved considerably . Called the contractor (a major one in OZ) they have said 'pools cant sink.it must be my decking thats moved'
The house is a new build on 'made up' ground ,2M approx. I reckon the ground has been washed out and foundation checks were not carried out prior to installation.
What say you? ??? ???
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:33 am
by local patios and driveway
No one can say for certain without proper excavations but got to agree, the pool certainly has moved, built on made up ground can never be good. Must be pretty major to move that much in what i assume is a short period of time. Surely insurance company will have to pay for a full replacement
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:31 pm
by henpecked
Yes, it looks like its dropped and gone left. Huge amount of weight in one of them,so doing your homework pays in the long run
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:06 pm
by henpecked
Just an update on this......
they accept that the pools sinking and will continue to do so until it finds its equilibrium.
option1 is the remove the pool drill and concrete piers into the ground and fit a concrete floor sand base and refit the pool/plumbing ringbeam and copeings and make good any damage.
what the want though is us to foot the bill for engineering drawings piering and the concrete subfloor,somewhere in the region of $24000
option 2 is wait until such time that its deemed the pool wont sink anymore,remove copers and concrete ringbeam drill and concrete piers down the sides of the pool into hard ground,pour new concrete ringbeam fit a false water line tile around the pool as the pool wont be level and refit new copings to the original height giving the impression its level.this is at the total cost with no cost to us but they cannot guarantee it wont move further.
I think its cobblers and they should refit and make good with no costs
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:15 pm
by local patios and driveway
Got to agree they must have insurance in place?
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:48 pm
by lutonlagerlout
money back or its court time
that is a complete fail and if you are building pools they must be backable
his insurance will go up but so what?
I am sure your mate paid a lot of money for all that dean
LLL
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:10 pm
by henpecked
Yes he did,Tony.
Not too long ago either. I know its a massive fail, but Ive never seen anything on this scale of 'bollock dropping' to be handled so poorly.
The guy is genuinely being fobbed off. Trip to the local solicitor and stiff letter required ,I think. 
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:01 pm
by lutonlagerlout
well i am guessing the pool itself hasnt failed yet
that crack looks real bad news
maybe fill it with epoxy resin once the movement has stopped and relay the surround
engineer time really
LLL
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:37 pm
by henpecked
lutonlagerlout wrote:well i am guessing the pool itself hasnt failed yet
that crack looks real bad news
maybe fill it with epoxy resin once the movement has stopped and relay the surround
engineer time really
LLL
Yes, but what can you do? Prop the pool up whilst making good the ground.
Smash it up, use as hardcore for next pool.
Amazing how you can spend alot of money on a bona fide supplier and this happens.
Just goes to show.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:55 pm
by lutonlagerlout
if you look closely at picture 3 you will see that the water is higher on the right hand side by what looks like 50mm
on most pools the water and the surround are bang on level
so to my eyes the pool has either twisted by 25m up one side and 25mm down the other
or 1 side has dropped by 50mm
they must have insurance for this
I have said it before but you are only as good as your last job
thinking again the lot needs ripping out or rectifying in a way that leaves it perfect
LLL