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Discovering Groundwater Issues and Soil Correction Plan

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When the Customer is Wrong....

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What happens here

After draining the swimming pool, a significant issue with high groundwater is discovered. The water is actively seeping up from underneath the pool structure, indicating that a simple paver patio installation would be unstable. A 'soil correction' is deemed necessary to address this problem before any permanent structure can be built. The presenter notes the permit process for pool removal, which in this case took two weeks.

Goal: Identify underlying ground instability due to high water table and plan for soil correction.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat S250 Skid Steer Loader Bobcat — Moving soil and assisting with pool removal
  • Permit Document N/A — Legal authorization for pool removal

What they say

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patio installed see this permit it's orange should be gold took two weeks to get this permit to remove this swimming pool you should have taken me two hours nothing I want to show you guys you look at this swimming pool you see that water in the bottom that's actually not contained by the swimming pool it's coming up from underneath the swimming pool there's going to be a paver patio built exactly on the deep end of this swimming pool because the groundwater is so high in this area we've got to do a soil correction the way we're going to do that we're going to bring three to six inch riprap in we're going to bring that up just above the water elevation then we're going to lay filter fabric to separate the riprap and then we're going to use structural fill to bring the rest of the elevation up to the bottom of the paver patio that way we know we can safely build a paver patio we proceeded

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