We're not happy with the way that our depth profile ended up. It starts at 3.5' and is a wedge down to 6.5 feet. We had asked for them to make us more shallow space and the way it is now, my youngest will only be able to have his head above water if he's right up against the shallow wall (he's 49" tall.) I'm pretty sure we're gonna be on the hook for paying for this as I was there when they did the Gunite and just didn't know that it wasn't right. They measured it in the middle at 4.5' (pool is 27' long rectangle) which seemed correct and that was the only measurement that I got. So we're having a meeting tomorrow with our contractor to see what we'd need to get it the way we want with more shallow and a sharper taper into the deep end. We're probably looking at adding about 200 cubic feet of concrete to the bottom at about 2"to 8 inches to and tapering into the deep end.
He has already stated that they would just add concrete to the existing bare gunite bottom. Is there anything that I need to know about this? Is there a concern about adding weight to the structure as much of it in at grade level? Is there a concern about it being completely bonded to the gunite and lasting for the long term?
Thanks in advance! we're totally stressing out about this and about how much it might knock us off budget. I've attached a couple pics so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about and where we're at.
He has already stated that they would just add concrete to the existing bare gunite bottom. Is there anything that I need to know about this? Is there a concern about adding weight to the structure as much of it in at grade level? Is there a concern about it being completely bonded to the gunite and lasting for the long term?
Thanks in advance! we're totally stressing out about this and about how much it might knock us off budget. I've attached a couple pics so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about and where we're at.