Okay, after reading some other threads, im am looking into bonding my 24ft intex pool. First, the area is dug into a slope and has a retaining wall that goes down about 12 inches into the ground (6 inch base rock and full block burried). Right now the frame sits 16 inches away from wall as that's the farthest it can be to be even on all sides.
Im reading this #8 wire has to be burried 4 to 6 inches around 18 inches away. First if my retaining wall is 16 inches away what is the closest to the pool wall the copper wire can be? Second the base rock comes out about 6 inches from wall with about 4 inches of crushed gravel (2 more inches of base rock compacted against bottom 2 inches of block, so 4 inches of gravel without fines) before it hits the base for wall. Will the bond still work under crushed rock if i brought it out as close to wall as possible? Also, im am installing 2 inch paver bricks for leg supports and putting a gravel base under each to help level. The gravel base areas for the paver brick by the retaining wall pretty much but against the base rock.. so does the wire need to go under the gravel base for the paver brick? Can all this just be attached to a grounding rod instead? Not really sure how to approach this.
Lastly, if im just using the regular double insulated filter with no skimmer, how do you bond the water?
Im reading this #8 wire has to be burried 4 to 6 inches around 18 inches away. First if my retaining wall is 16 inches away what is the closest to the pool wall the copper wire can be? Second the base rock comes out about 6 inches from wall with about 4 inches of crushed gravel (2 more inches of base rock compacted against bottom 2 inches of block, so 4 inches of gravel without fines) before it hits the base for wall. Will the bond still work under crushed rock if i brought it out as close to wall as possible? Also, im am installing 2 inch paver bricks for leg supports and putting a gravel base under each to help level. The gravel base areas for the paver brick by the retaining wall pretty much but against the base rock.. so does the wire need to go under the gravel base for the paver brick? Can all this just be attached to a grounding rod instead? Not really sure how to approach this.
Lastly, if im just using the regular double insulated filter with no skimmer, how do you bond the water?