Pools-A-Poppin'!

There are few more catastrophic events in the pool repair business than when a pool shell 'pops'.

Among the roughly 3,200 Florida pool contractors that carry 'Pool Pop' insurance about 30 residential pools are popped every year; a dozen or so in Central Florida, alone.

This insurance is no guarantee that a popped pool area will ever be quite right again.

Hydrostatic movement can cause an even partially drained pool to rise out of the ground, often taking surrounding deck and landscaping into the air with it.

In Pool School PRO, we show you the warning signs that a pool or spa is about to pop.

We'll show you how to prevent a pool from popping and demonstrate how to set up a self-priming well point pump to keep any pool in the ground, even when a thunderstorm cuts off the electricity.

Pool School PRO shows you exactly what to do immediately after a pool pops to minimize hydrostatic damage.

You'll know how to examine the various pool and deck cracks that might appear, what they mean and the best means for their repair.

You'll know precisely where to find the 'Master Mark' to relevel and retile any pool.

We show you what to test and look for in a popped pool before you estimate the cost of repair.

And most importantly, you'll see the various procedures to resettle and rebuild any popped pool, spa and deck to better than new condition

Popping a pool is one of the most tramatic events that can befall a homeowner or contractor.

Fortunately, it's also a most rewarding and profitable repair.

Most pool contractors avoid a popped pool because they simply have no idea what to do. You can save a commercial property or homeowner tens of thousands of dollars by repairing what's there, rather than destroying the old pool and burying the shell.

It really is gratifying to take a pool that an insurance adjustor has 'Totaled', a property or homeowner and family have given up on and all other contractors have run away from and make it a fun and safe backyard recreational area, once again.

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