Custom Build, Pool concreting pics 2/4/2024

mofflepop - We had to add 8 extra reinforced piers to the plan along the 2 main edges of the house slab in relation to the pool.

Cost wise was not a lot extra. Just had to bore the holes and add the steel and extra concrete.

I luv the smell of fresh wet concrete in the morning.

The guys did a great job. Got it done a few hours before a spinkle of rain came thru, which is actually good for a fresh pour.

Thank you! Very interesting Thanks for sharing!

Knockitdown

Firstly congrats on the progress.

I normally wouldn't say anything negative but there are a few things about the way your pool has been built that concern me, so I hope you don't get too offended if I point them out as it might help educate others who are embarking on a pool build.

Here goes:

1. In the photos you have posted, I believe that the hydrostatic valve has been installed incorrectly. It is meant to be recessed in a hole generally around 400mm deep below the pool and surrounded in blue metal so groundwater can drain down into it.

2. i don't like how the pool base sits directly on rock. The best way is to put a base of blue metal under the pool to allow the ground water to drain.

3. I also don't like how they are pouring the piers and the pool in the same pour. Normally the piers are done first as it is a different concrete mix to the mix that is used for shotcreting.

4. There doesn't seem to be any expansion joints between the retaining wall and the house and the pool coping

5. Lastly, I really don't like how the pool shell and the coping are poured as one. I haven't seen your engineers plans and he may have approved, but typically you want the pool to be disconnected from the coping and have an expansion joint so it can have some movement.

Again, your engineer may be happy with this method but it looks a bit unusual.

Here are some highlighted photos:

All good, no issue with your comments.

There is a drain pot for the HSV. The pic I took before the pour shows a hose coming out of the pot which is a submersible pump as we had some rain before the pour. This is the loacation of the HSV.

There is a layer of gravel under the sheet of builders plastic on the floor of the pool.

There is an expansion joint around the perimeter of the pool coping. Its a bit hard to see as it's obscured by the black plastic they used to protect the brickwork. After the pour, they remvoved the plastic from the windows and then cut it along the finish height of the concrete. I can assure you there is expansion joint in place. I watched them install it.

After steel fixing was completed the Cerifier and the Engineer both attened site and inspected the job. I asked the engineer about the coping on the far side of the pool. Response was the the job was done to his specifications as detailed in his engineering plans.

I didn't ask about concreting the piers separately - I'll ask the pool contractor - Granted there isnt a great deal that can be done about that now.

Thanks for your feedback. Negative is not always a bad thing.

The main thing is your engineers signed off on it so my opinion doesnt matter

So happy it's worked out and looks amazing