In Gulf coast area, I/G pool. 40'x20' oval. 5 ft max depth 2 ft min depth.
Roto rooter came and gave a leak test for the pool, we knew it was leaking but not sure how much and where. The tech found several cracks in the pool area, and around the skimmer. We will be replacing the skimmer for sure. The tech also said "the shell is fine, but I would redo the gunnite entirely". I thought the shell was gunnite? What would that process look like? They would go in the pool and chip away everything? I thought gunnite had rebar in it and you needed to use wood blocking to do the form? How would that be possible if the pool is already enclosed inside a concrete deck? Our pool is a bit odd in that it sits "above ground" but it's technically IG, They basically built up a hill with some dirand used cinderblocks to put the concrete deck level with the pool. So that right outside the edge of the deck it just drops off about 3 feet into a sloped hill.
So can they just remove the gunnite and redo it while not touching the surrounding concrete deck? What is a ballpark price for such a thing?
The other option is those compression staples, but I hear they aren't guaranteed to work, and I worry about this "hill" and the erosion if that's why the cracks started in the first place. The concrete deck has some sinking pieces as well. I would hate to do something expensive but not work for long term.
Roto rooter came and gave a leak test for the pool, we knew it was leaking but not sure how much and where. The tech found several cracks in the pool area, and around the skimmer. We will be replacing the skimmer for sure. The tech also said "the shell is fine, but I would redo the gunnite entirely". I thought the shell was gunnite? What would that process look like? They would go in the pool and chip away everything? I thought gunnite had rebar in it and you needed to use wood blocking to do the form? How would that be possible if the pool is already enclosed inside a concrete deck? Our pool is a bit odd in that it sits "above ground" but it's technically IG, They basically built up a hill with some dirand used cinderblocks to put the concrete deck level with the pool. So that right outside the edge of the deck it just drops off about 3 feet into a sloped hill.
So can they just remove the gunnite and redo it while not touching the surrounding concrete deck? What is a ballpark price for such a thing?
The other option is those compression staples, but I hear they aren't guaranteed to work, and I worry about this "hill" and the erosion if that's why the cracks started in the first place. The concrete deck has some sinking pieces as well. I would hate to do something expensive but not work for long term.