Disastrous Fire In Pool Shed! Need Your Advice!

[Soccer Mom]

About a month ago we had a serious fire that began in our pool shed. it was completely gutted. Everything that ran the pool was in that shed. including all pool chemicals. We have an inground pool which is approximately 10 feet away from the pool shed. So my question is what damage could there be to the underground pipes leading to my pool. My pool desk is concrete so what has to be done to ensure that my pool pipes have not been damaged. My insurance adjuster says he will get an engineer to look at the pipes but 2 pool specialist have recommended tearout of the concrete to inspect the pipes. Engineers aren't pool specialists so now what?

[aylad]

Wow, how scary!! Do you/they know the cause of the fire? I hope nobody got hurt!

I am not qualified to answer your question, but I'll alert a few folks who are to pop into this thread and see if they can help.

Welcome to the forum!!

[Soccer Mom]

Thankfully my husband and I who were sleeping at the time were alerted by my daughter to get out of the house. So no one was hurt thank God! A freak accident due to instant combustion. Your forum's expertise would be greatly appreciated as we would like to get some facts to refer to if needed.

[PoolDoc]

Your situation is not one I've personally encountered. But, I don't understand why anyone suspects pipe damage extends under the deck. If the pool room exploded, maybe, but probably not. If the PIPING exploded, then I'd be concerned.

Also, there is -- at least in the USA -- no such category as "pool specialist". I'm guessing that's also true in Canada. So I'm not sure what you mean when you use that term.

Why don't you just excavate the pipes, a few feet away from the pump room, expose and cut them, and see if there's the slightest evidence of damage extending underground. If there's none -- which is what I'd expect without an actual EXPLOSION -- then I wouldn't worry about it. However, if you want to go further, you can flush the lines into the pool, and then pressure test them.