Recent content by aniceone

I missed the time when he took the samples :( - I doubt he did a very thorough job, and it did not sound like they intended to repair the side (they are more concerned with repairing other various issues the masonry guys discovered, although it makes no sense to be sticking masonry on a faulty...

Well, the guy said that "for shotcrete, unlike gunite, it is perfectly fine to use wall scrapings on the floor and that shotcrete does not produce rebound"... That is after I sent him the links which he obviously did not look at. Yeah...maybe I look stupid or something. He did take the samples...

Thank you; I requested (nicely) that the company check the areas of the bottom near walls, using the information from the links provided by Chris and JamesW. I will let you know what they will say.

Thank you, this is VERY helpful!!

Well, those are quite some images! I am sure this is not something a pool company will be thrilled to have to do though...

:cry: :cry: :cry: Sorry - I have read this, but when you say "chipping out" I imagined small bits in one spot, but if there are problems over the entire/most of the pool bottom.... :cry: :cry:

Chris - and if there are voids & rebound, what should be done? Scrap the whole thing? Report the company? Is there a way to repair this? I added more pictures - pretty much the entire process. I looks like they shot a layer of concrete on the pool bottom on top of whatever slid down from the...

Well, cracking days after pouring can't be good. And if the bottom is weak, our soil will do a number on it - as the PB knows well, you have to build especially strong concrete structures here.

This is what is looked like when they were building (picture too large to post). The second guy on the right is standing pretty much where the crack is. http://s1061.photobucket.com/albums/t475/a_niceone/

Sorry, double post.

And if they used the rebound and the shell is compromised - the the pool pretty much toast? The will probably want to put some epoxy on it and proceed with everything else...

Yes, that is what it looks like to me, about 1.5-2m, and maybe 2mm wide. I believe the side where the crack is gets a little more sun than the other side, but it really depends on the time of the day. It looks like list of the pool dried evenly, but not perfectly (although water on the bottom of...

I was hoping I was seeing things, but no - there it is, a crack on the bottom to wall transition curve :(.