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Old 05-29-2008, 06:14 PM
Jerry Peck Jerry Peck is offline
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Re: Above Ground Pool Wall Failure
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Originally Posted by Steve Frederickson View Post
The homeowners are clamiing that the pools failed due to the weight of ice/snow (a covered loss) vs. normal aging (which isn't covered).

I can't understand the "failed due to the weight of ice/snow" part as both ice and snow weigh less than water.

If it is rated to hold water, it surely should hold ice/snow.

The only complication I can see there is if the ice were to be thick enough to be massive enough that expansion pushed against the walls sufficiently to shear the rivets.

In that case, I would suspect that it was "operator error".
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