Grant County family's newly installed pool is leaning and leaking. The Satins said they bought the above-ground pool still in the box and hired a local contractor to build it.
That's the homeowner's fault for getting a random drunk contractor to install your pool. Everybody always wants to save a couple bucks and do it the cheaper way, but sometimes those couples hundred extra could save you a headache
One year, way back when I was about eight or nine years old, my Dad decided we were going to have an above ground pool in our back yard. Now is probably a good time to state that our back yard was huge, but it wasn't even remotely close to being level, so a pretty good sized chunk of earth had to be removed for this to happen. It sounded great, until my little brother and I discovered that we were being recruited to be on the crew that installed it. We started right at the end of summer, which was when I learned how to use a pick axe and a shovel. We had about three or four weeks worth of good weather left before it turned too cold to do much of anything else. It was around mid spring when we went back to work digging, sifting, digging, sifting, leveling, filling, sifting, tamping, leveling, tamping. We got to that point where we had carved out enough of an area and had enough super fine grade sand thick enough to be heavily compressed and it was time to start building the actual pool. It wasn't very deep, maybe five or six feet. All I really remember about it was that it was a round pool. We got done building and started filling it about mid-summer of that second year, so we still had a few good weeks left to enjoy it, then it was time to winterize it. After that, we got I think it was another three summers of use out of it before money dried up and it was time for a long distance relocation from PA to TX. I have no idea what happened to it after that, but it was all still trouble free when we left. We never had any problems with the land shifting or settling or anything else, so when I look back on it, I think we did a great job of building it and picking out that one spot in the yard where the ground around the back of the pool was going to be well below the top of the pool. I never really thought about it until I was well into adulthood, but there really wasn't a whole hell of a lot that my Dad couldn't do. One summer, he decided to do all the bodywork and paint a 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser. Not one of those pussy Land Cruisers that were eventually more street vehicles than anything else, but a 2-door FJ-40 that resembled a Jeep CJ-5. Yeah that was one of his many projects. I remember him also doing bodywork and painting an AMC Javelin a few years later. The first one I remember him doing was a Ford F-100, then after that was an old green and white Bell Telephone Dodge Tradesman B-200 van. Yeah, that was the order... The F-100, then the B200, then the FJ-40, then the AMC. But that swimming pool was probably the biggest job we tackled. That was a lot of work, but it was worth it once it was done. We were still playing around in it while it was being filled, but it was under the guise of working any creases we found out to the edge so the liner could be pulled up higher; kind of like filling a waterbed except with the pool, we were actually inside the liner working out all the creases. We never had any problems with it, maybe a rip in the liner every now and then, but that was only in the first year, and damn sure nothing like these yayhoos were having. These small tears in the liner were always up near the top where they were easy to patch. As time went on, we started having less and less tears until one day they finally just stopped, and there was no more maintenance other than making sure the skimmer always had the right amount of chlorine tablets and that the suction hose didn't have any leaves in it that would clog it. That was it, My Dad, my little brother and myself, and occasionally my Mum if there was something to do that didn't require digging or playing with dirt lol.
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Aren't you suppose to put the pool on a leveled ground? What the hell is a second hand pool?😕 Walmart has them on sale constantly. They're on sale now for $98. I saw a nice pool for $1100 they're as low as $400. I don't understand why they just didn't buy one fresh out the store/box? The most dumbest thing I've ever heard.
You can’t build a pool on sloped land if you level the base underneath correctly. And just because Walmart has a pool special doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the pool this family wanted. Buying a pool second hand means a previous owner purchased the pool and no longer wanted it. Buying this way majority of the time lands a big discount as people just want to get rid of it no matter what they paid for it.
Installation is straight forward for an above ground pool, but it must be done correctly, it all starts with prepping and leveling the area. If the base is not level, you will have problems. Water will always self level.
How does he figure 25,000 gallons in that pool? That pool doesnt even come close to 25,000 gallons of water. Even filled up, dumped, and filled again is not even close.
SirPlsCalmDown How about give Trump a rest and let him do his job. Obviously you're just another butt hurt snowflake who's still crying about hiliary losing. Lets keep politics off of videos that's NOT related to it.
My above ground is now 18 years old , still going strong , it is important to make sure the area where your pool will be installed is prepared right , and is level . To have an above ground pool not be level is only going to be a complete nightmare just empty the water out of it ..
We installed a 15’ above ground pool here in Montreal Canada Was bought from popular pool company Trévi It lasted way past its warranty, til it was dismantled in 2012 due to family moving away and the constant maintenance & upkeep issues of it being an old pool past its warranty It had always leaned toward the adjacent yard, but never actually tipped or flooded It was well built and was purchased brand new and professionally installed over the course of 11 hours, including breaks
As someone who’s installed above ground pools. Make sure blocks are under the legs. Have the site graded as level as possible. Spray zinc around pool walls on both sides. Gorilla floor padding In the bottom will help keep roots out.
Old clip from 2017, but worth mentioning that: 1) these people didn't do their research. 2) these people were looking for something cheap and easy. 3) the contractor was stupid for doing anything in the first place. 4) the homeowners had high hopes but unrealistic. 5) the wife appears to be 20 years younger than the husband. 6) the news channel got in the middle of both parties to show both parties were incompetent in doing their own due diligence. 7) what do the kids have to do with the parents failing to do their due diligence??!!
You have to level the ground before you build the pool. Just putting it on what looks like flat ground doesn't do it, especially for a round pool which relies on the support of equal and level posts all the way around. And a pool that size doesn't have anywhere near 25,000 gallons in it. I had a pool installed and the first installer I had out leveled the area by himself and made a huge mess of things. He tried putting the thing together in the mud pit he had created but it was obvious that he was doing it wrong and that the ground was not really level. I called a grading company and a couple hundred dollars later had a laser measured level area for building the pool. Found another guy to do it and 4 years later we are enjoying our 5th pool season. All they really need to do with this pool is take it down, grade the area and start over.
While this is not in my area of expertise, I suspect there is a lot of loose soil or settling (below the surface) where that pool was set into place. Putting all the weight of the pool itself and filled with water, and being on uneven ground to begin with, caused it to buckle. If the ground had been properly leveled and a film base likely would not have happened. Sounds like a big risk buying a 2nd hand above ground pool this size, No warranty, parts are already worn.
It doesn’t matter if he screws the post to the bottom rail that’s not the problem. The pool hasn’t been leveled and rounded properly. All that holds the post to the bottom tracking is very tiny screws. They just pulled right out from the pool not being built properly. The only way to truly fix this pool is rebuild it.
The entire pool needs torn down and rebuilt. With an above ground it all starts from the ground up. The base of the pool is going to dictate everything. So if it’s not rounded and leveled properly there’s no way to fix it without rebuilding it.
If they are afraid that it will collapse and hurt someone, why not drain it? With a pump or buckets, etc. We gave our pool like that away a couple years ago and it was not that hard to drain and take down.
Matt D I installed our 18foot pool the ground must be level soil has to be packed really good and then about 4inches of sand on top and packed really good.if the ground isn't packed good all that weight can cause the pool to settle makeing it unlevel. If the pool is out of level it will put to much weight on one end causing to much stress on the sides which can lead to the pool to collapse. With our pool about a 1/2 in+ or- is all that's allowed for level. So how well it's installed and level is extremely important.
Can't Stop well considering the people bought it from someone else, without knowing the status of it while it was up and working, then how would anyone know that it was defective until it was put up?
Can't Stop they can be if no pressure is put on them until the water gets put in. That’s why you buy new and who ever the company sends out to put it up and anything happens, they’re insured with it. You have no clue what a pool is going to do until you put it up!
You can install a 2nd hand pool just as long as you do it right. I've probably built a few hundred of them in my 14 year career of being a above ground pool installer. If the yard is not shot with a transit and get the dig down to 2-3inchs of virgin ground. Then a brand new pool will do this too. It don't matter if its brand new or a few years old. Trust me not one of the pools I ever installed did this and I installed anywhere between 80-120 pools from Spring to Fall for 14 straight years here in PA. I knew what caused this from the first picture of the pool.
First of all you can clearly see there is no base under the pool you have to clear out the ground and throw some base and use a tamp to pack it down you need to shoot grade and make sure it’s level all over!!!! ...then every spot there is a upright you have a block on the ground then you assemble the pool by laying out the track then the wall then the coping or rails and bang drop the liner and your as right as rain !!! If you don’t prepare the ground before you build the pool your asking for problems..you can’t just pick a spot in the yard and be like ok we’re putting it here
They bought a 2nd hand used pool from someone else, and found a cheap price. Then they hired someone not related to any company to install, ensuring they had no warranty.
I put up a pool I bought from my neighbor. 'put it all in a wheel barrow and rolled it down the street. 15x30 - I think it was supposed to be level within a 1/2" over that 30' Mine was right at 1/4" Best $$ I ever spent
Hate to be the bearer of bad news this is not a 25 thousand gallon pool mines 24 feet around and its only 10 thousand gallons and way bigger than this one id say this is half the size about 5 thousand gallons
I think people are going crazy with this above ground pool they are making it it bigger than build in 20k pool for 500 ,, Yeah something is going to come out wrong
You can ALWAYS buy a pool from another family BUT make sure they have it up and running, nd make sure they have a warranty on it with receipt. I bought a 18"x48" with all pool equipment and receipt and the warranty with add-on such as pool cleaning kit ladder all together she paid$800i bought it for $200 cash best deal EVER....😎
How is this the contractors fault? Those pools are pieces of shit. They just plain and simple dont hold up to anything. One strong gust of wind here where I live would demolish it.
Pool story starts at 1:03 Don’t buy second hand shit Suck for the kids that they don’t have a pool but it’s not a tragedy- they always have the garden hose and a kiddie pool if need be
