What to do??

[danl]

We have a 27' x 52" Delair . Late last summer the pump quit. Decided to wait until the spring.

Yesterday I noticed a lot of water in the yard. The liner has sprung a major leak and it only has about six inches of water left. I had intended to replace the liner as it is 10 years old and the bottom of the pool is very bumpy.
I was going to remove the liner, smooth everything out and possibly put styrofoam down.

Here is the dilemna, the state is going to take our house sometime in the near??? future to build a new highway.
We don't know when for sure, possibly within 6 months.
If I order a liner online, I am afraid we will get a strong wind and blow the sides away. and I won't have anything to put the liner in.... We are expecting stormy weather for the next few days.
The state will have to pay us more for the property, if we have a working pool and besides my wife likes it.

Any thoughts or ideas?

[danl]

I called a local pool company and they recommended I patch it.

Can I remove the liner, smooth out the sand and still match up the skimmer etc. ports?

[aylad]

If you can patch it for the time being and just get a few more months out of it, then I definitely would go that route instead of replacing the whole liner and having to leave it.

The problem I see with taking the liner out and then putting the same liner back in is that it has stretched over time with heat from the sun and weight from the water, and I don't think you're gonna be able to get it to stay where you want it in the pool once you get everything lined up. However, I guess it's worth a try and you really won't lose anything except a little money for patches in the process (don't know how expensive it will be to refill the pool in your area).

They do make patches for vinyl pools that are designed to put in underwater. Is the hole small enough that one of those might work, at least temporarily until you sell the house?

Janet

[danl]

I haven't found the hole yet. I will do that tonight after work.
I am going to get a patch kit on the way home.


So I should just not worry about the bumpy bottom? I had no clue what I was doing when I installed the pool 10 years ago and the bumps are mostly my footprints that for whatever reason have gotten worse.

We are not selling the house. it will be emminent domain where they just take it and pay us whatever they want. We should have the option of buying the pool back from the state and moving it to wherever we end up.

thanks

[AnnaK]

That sucks, about having to give up your house for a highway. Eminent domain, everybody's nightmare. Here in my area it's humongous power lines.

I wouldn't worry about the bumpy surface as long as you don't have sharp rocks or roots poking through. Pollen and other debris tends to collect in the dips but you can brush/swish/vacuum that out.

I'd patch the liner and make do for this season.

[waste]

Don't know how viable this is but, as you'll be forced out of your home ~soon, maybe ditching the pool and getting an Intex quickset would be an option ?