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3 years ago we installed a fiberglass pool, unilock wall and patio at our home. While heating the pool this spring with an external solar heater a pipe somehow slipped out of the pool and pumped water down along side the pool. It only pumped about 18" of water out, but it was enough for disaster. The result. Our 16x43' pool popped right out of the ground. The only difference between fiberglass pools and fiberglass boats is the side the water is on.

In case anyone was wondering, this is why I needed a Kubota L48 ASAP in the classified section a few days ago.

Here are two pics from the first day. we took off the cover and started pumping more water out. We don't want extra weight in it any more. We're afraid it might crack in half since its tweaked pretty good. We then peeled up the coping & patio on one side of the pool. We're stacking the pavers on pallets and shrink wrapping them and storing them on-site.

The game plan is to use the kubota to move materials and dig the close side by the lawn. Then after my cousin gets back from his honeymoon in a few weeks he'll be bringing his CAT 317 Excavator over and we'll lift the pool out and walk it down the yard and set it down. Then we'll use the CAT to dig the far side of the pool so we don't have to rip up any more of the patio then necessary. We're also going to add at least two systems to prevent this from ever happening again. One is going to be a plain old 6" drain pipe with some fingers around the bowl of the pool to collect ground water and move it away. The other will be an electrical sensor of some sort to detect high ground water and activate a pump to pull water out. We're also looking into a basement waterproofing system my friend installs. Basically a fully automatic sump pump to prevent basement flooding, only we'll use it to prevent another float.

More pics as I take'm