Holy ****

[CarlD]

Sounds like you have something more serious going on. Did the wall fail by itself, or was it buckled? In other words, did the foundation fail and cause the wall to fail, or did the wall fail and then wash the foundation away?

It sounds, from you description, that the sheet-steel wall burst allowing the liner to split. Is the pool still under warranty?

[Ken S]

No. The wall didnt collapse. The liner just burst open. The wall is still standing but a huge hole in the liner-about 6-8 inches long and there is now a small crater where the water burst out. And I can see the concrete support has moved by the nearest support to where the hole is which is incidentally under the center of the deck (which I purchased with the pool).

[hrsdennis]

Hi Ken, sounds like a mess.

I think your thoughts are correct however. Redo the ground and install new liner.

Best of luck, Dennis

[MaryLee]

Ken...Just wanted to say sorry...that really stinks

[joing]

THe same thing happened to me last Sunday!!!!!!!
the liner just popped off and water gushed out. washing away sand from the perimeter and sending water down the street. I managed to save the last couple of inches just to try to save the liner - We suspect the problem was caused by a shifting caused by some water over the winter and spring getting under one side of the pool and washing away some of the sand. (we just put the pool up last July - first time pool owners). We have redone the perimeter of the pool with cement filler stuff instead of just sand -and built a ditch to redirect water from that side of the pool to eliminate the problem from happening again. After much agonizing, I also decided to scrap the beaded liner and am going to replace with an overlap. Don't know if that will be safer or not. IN any case, I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!!!

[matt4x4]

Sometimes, animals will burry under the pool, once they get close to the liner, their burrow acts just like a washout, so it could also be rodent related.

[Ken S]

In my case it was the ladder. The ladder was rubbing up and down on the side until it broke open a hole which then just blew out with the force of all the water.

I just purchased a new liner ($750) and it will cost me another $400 to install.

I will stay away from drop in ladders and will now try drop in steps and hope for less abrasion of the walls.

All this for a 2-yr old pool.