Pool lifted up out of ground-Cost 2 Cure?

[LA Woman]

I have a vacant SFR in Los Angeles where the pool has lifted up out of ground due to being empty for a long period of time.

This is my first experience with this type of repair. The pool is lifting about 4 inches up out of the ground.

I need some idea of what is involved with repairing it back to a functioning pool.

The agent says it will cost $50,000! I don't think so, but like I said this is my first experience with this type of problem.

Any appraisers have experience with this?

 

[CANative]

http://x.havuz.org/viewtopic.php?p=20368

 

[LA Woman]

Thanks Greg! Good link to have on my favorites list.

PS Its friggin' pouring rain here in northern Los Angeles County....hope the hillsides hold up.

 

[Mountain Man]

The easiest fix is to bust up the concrete that is causing a tripping hazard, then fill in the hole with a few truck loads of dirt. Once a pool pops out, and assuming you want a pool, you're pretty much stuck as a whole tear out and build a new one from scratch.

 

[LA Woman]

Thanks Mountain Man!

 

[David Rasmussen]

Pool lifted out

I have seen this several times lately with foreclosed properties when the pool has been empty for awhile. Both times the least expensive cost to cure was demolition and fill in the hole. Costs were $5,000 to $7,500.

 

[Mike Plumlee]

Let me tell you about a guy I know (me) that drained his own pool and power washed it one weekend. I needed to work on it a little more and decided to do it the next morning, despite my wifey's warning. Overnight, the pool popped out about 1.5 inches on the deep end and .5 in on the shallow. I freaked and filled it with water which took 18 hours.

The short of it is that mine settled back down in since the ground was wet underneath. I had to get it checked out with a pressure test to make sure none of my supply lines, drain lines or connections had been broken. Lucky twice.

And here's the bottom line. IF those connections or drain lines had not held - that would have a semi-expensive fix. IF the pool had not settled back down into the ground - that would have been a major fix. If your pool popped up and stayed, then you have to tear out the whole thing and start from scratch. The only thing possibly usable would be the supply and drain lines (with new connections). It cost almost the same as a brand new pool. $50,000 is about right.