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Flood warnings across Michigan and how it relates to swimming pool owners 
Pool owners take notice, extreme amounts of rain have fallen across the country recently, specially hitting Michigan quite hard. Homeowners and businesses alike are in panic finding their yards, and basements dangerously flooded. The flooding situation has created a boom for some industries like plumbers but, for others it is creating downtime. With weather like this pool owners have to take precautions if they are in the process of building a new pool, or having service work done. The water table is increasing with every inch of rain we receive.
The pool owners should take notice whenever there is flooding because of hydrostatic pressure from ground water. Homeowners that are in middle of a construction project or service work can have the builder install a sump crock, and a hydrostatic plug. Sump crock allow you to visually inspect the ground water levels around your swimming pool and use a sump pump to relieve the hydrostatic pressure underneath your pool.
The hydrostatic plug for swimming pools is basically a hole in your pool which is an outlet installed in the deep end of your pool where the groundwater pressure 
would be the greatest. The hydrostatic plug can be uncapped when the pool is empty during service work or construction. The hydrostatic outlet allows the ground water to fill the pool up when it is uncapped which equalizes the pressures exerted on the pool structure.The hydrostatic plug is sealed with an o ring, with many different designs including low profile designs.
The problems with increasing hydrostatic pressure with swimming pools includes floating and wrinkled vinyl liners, bulging walls, cracked 
gunite, and cracking of cement pool decking. Swimming pool structures like fiberglass, and cement can pop out of the ground when left empty or partially drained! With flooding if a gunite pool pops out of the ground it is catastrophic, and normally non-repairable. Protecting your investment with a few steps will ensure your family enjoys your backyard oasis for many years to come.
Our company Affordable Pools Inc has made an informational video on the installation of the safety measures. Even during nice sunny summer days, weather can be unpredictable and you don’t want to be caught off guard! We go over the safety measures of draining a pool in our YouTube video here. Thank you for reading, if you have any questions regarding swimming pools visit http://www.affordablepoolsinc.com
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