Swimming Pool Repair VS Remove and Replace

At what point does it justify removing and replacing a project verses reconstruction or repair costs?

Compromised Project Integrity

Depending upon the defects, repairing a project may not be feasible.  If electrical and plumbing lines are substandard, replacing them will require major excavation, demolition of decks and core drilling through the structure.  If plumbing and drain lines under the structure are inadequate, then the structure must be cut open to install additional lines.  

If masonry, tile and plaster need to be removed and replaced, pool decks re-sloped, drains and lines installed, it begins to reach a point where the repairs will look just like that... repairs.  But the owner did not contract for a repaired pool - they contracted for a properly functioning NEW POOL.

Sometimes the extent of the repairs, would take longer to complete than merely ripping everything out and starting afresh.

Making the decision to remodel or completely remove and replace a swimming pool, is not entirely an economic decision.  The resulting project will have been structurally compromised during the reconstruction.  The remediation measures may not result in a project that functions 100% as it should, had it been constructed correctly form the beginning.  And the owner is settling on a project that is not of first quality, one full of patches and repairs.



Paolo Benedetti, SWD, Principal
Aquatic Technology Pool and Spa
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