Water damage to Gunite shell

[RRK2600]

A heavy rainstorm came down during the end of our contractor shooting the shell for a Gunite pool. They covered it with plastic but a week later uncovered it and we came home to a hole in the Gunite. Is this repairable?

 

[Jimrahbe]

RRK,

I suspect they will patch that right up and you won't be able to tell.

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

They should clean out all the debris and then patch it with hydraulic cement. It will be fine.

 

[ajw22]

I wonder about the integrity of the gunite if water can take out that large of a chunk.

I would go around and hit the gunite with a pick and see if other areas crumble.

@AQUA~HOLICS thoughts?

 

[davecraze]

A heavy rainstorm came down during the end of our contractor shooting the shell for a Gunite pool. They covered it with plastic but a week later uncovered it and we came home to a hole in the Gunite. Is this repairable?

Seems repairable. They had to cut a bunch of decent sized holes in my shell to move lights around and it will patch right up.

 

[AQUA~HOLICS]

Was the product Gunite or Shotcrete? What concerns me in the picture it how little of the product stuck to the cage, the rebar is fairly clean.
I use a crow bar and hit the shell or drag it along the top surface to listen for hallow spots.
What did the original intrusion look like before the shovels came out?
Looks like in the second picture is a light hitch.
The mixture of the product may be to blame.

 

[ajw22]

The mixture of the product may be to blame.

That was my thought.

 

[JamesW]

In my opinion, you should have several core drilled samples taken to have them professionally examined for strength and thickness by a professional testing laboratory.

The laboratory can do a compression test to see how strong the concrete is.

They can also look for other indicators of quality like voids and do other tests to determine if the concrete is acceptable or unacceptable.

What was the strength in PSI of the concrete as specified in the contract?

What is the thickness?

What thickness was specified in the contract?

 

[JamesW]

 

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[Dirk]

I'm with the others here. It's not about fixing what failed, it's about why it failed in the first place, and what other failures have yet to occur...

If the PB has issued any sort of "lifetime warranty on the shell," don't even consider it. "Lifetime" doesn't mean your lifetime, or even the lifetime of the pool. It's the lifetime of the solvency of the contractor's company! Which might be as "rock solid" as that shell!!