Concrete Around Vinyl Pool

by lgroff
(York pa)

Our concrete deck around our vinyl pool is cracking and our pool company will jackhammer out and re-pour due to the lack of expansion joints, lack of tamping and settlement.

Should we drain the water and remove the liner due to flying concrete or it tearing when they clean the water afterwards? Also, do most pools have "aprons" that wrap 3-4 ft around the pool above the concrete posts below? Then have a secondary pour for the remaining deck?

What is the average size of each square between expansion joints? How do you think the pool company should compensate us for inconvenience of substantial cracking within six months of original install and not being able to use pool for first season due to delays? thank you for your help.



Hi lgroff. Concrete is not really my expertise but I would think that if the concrete is cracking due to settling then something should surely be done to the ground underneath the concrete. I'm not sure a primary layer of concrete is the answer, but probably a gravel dirt mixture that can be packed solid would work.

Compensation will probably be what ever you can get out of them. Many companies feel all they are obligated to do are the repairs and nothing else. This might be the case and you would have to settle for that.

As for as the vinyl in the pool goes, if you drain the pool and remove it, it will never go back in the same. It may not even go back in at all due to shrinking. All vinyl liners will shrink when the pool is emptied, but not all of them will stretch back out. If it were me I would figure out a way to cover the pool and leave it full of water.