Thank you, winter storm Thor

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#1 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:53 am

Just to show the devastating effect from winter storm Thor on our swimming pool:

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Advantage: no more expensive maintenance, YEAH!

Norway Pad · #2 Post by **Norway Pad** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:04 am

Wow. Is it simply the weight of the snow that did this?

#3 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:31 am

Not only the snow.
It was the ice rain and hail from Thor that caused the excessive weight.
Ours is/was a 24 ft. round pool, which holds ~ 15,300 gallons (~ 58,000 liters) of water.
During January and February temperatures were mostly of the freezing variety.
Early in February the air-bag (that keeps the pool-cover up) burst, no way to 'fix' that.
Add a few feet of snow on that, cover that with hail and freezing 'glacing', and have a nasty ice cake...

I've contacted the insurance company to find out if this is covered or not.
Probably not, as this was caused by a natural/nature disaster.
We'll see.

At least I will no longer have to waste money on the upkeep for a pool that we haven't used since 2012.

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