Restoring Filled in Pool with Damaged Concrete

[swoggyfrog]

I recently found out that the previous owner of my house buried a concrete pool. I started to dig it up, but discovered that it was partly demolished. (The top 1' or so of the walls were destroyed before burying, and the rebar is sheared off). Is there any way to fix these walls, or should I bury the pool again?

The pool was buried in 2011 and I don't know what the condition of everything else is yet.

[yukon42]

This is just my opinion mind you; I would fill it back in. The cost of recovering that damaged pool along with ensuring all the accompaning piping is in order would, in my mind, be cost prohibitive. I would look into a self contained spa/hottub to get my water fix instead. If you are dead set on a pool, perhaps an above ground pool would work for you. What ever your decision, good luck.

[Teapot1]

Too soon to give much info but the walls can be drilled, chemfix new rebar in and shuttering onto the existing wall after greening up the concrete with acid.
I would however probably change to a liner as you wouldn't know the integrity of the old walls now against leaks. Changing to liner or a sprayed polyurea coating may mean changing some fittings from concrete to liner versions. Thats the positive side of things but you should approach someone to look at it rather than us behind a computer. Good luck and let us know how you get on.

[JG0203]

I bored two holes in the bottom to allow the remainder of the water out and to prevent the pool from exploding.
They pop when the water table is high and the pool is pushed up.

There had been no rain for a long time before and after I began.

I then filled the pool with around 5k litres of water, and when it rained, therest of the pool was filled.