We just had a 34 foot steel wall pool put in. We are building a feature wall that is 20 feet long. We are using cinder blocks. 2 high. We put a 6 inch deep by 20 ft long footing under the lip of the steel wall. The cinder blocks will sit pretty much right up to the edge of the pool. Leaving about a half inch for the stone face. After putting one row of cinder blocks on I’m worried we are compromising the wall. Are we doing this right?
Need advice on building a wall for a sheer decent
- Thread starter Jenn7911
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,165
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Welcome to TFP.
Show us pics of what you are doing.
Are you putting the blocks on the concrete footing or is it laying on the steel wall lip?
Show us pics of what you are doing.
Are you putting the blocks on the concrete footing or is it laying on the steel wall lip?
It’s on the lip. But the blocks are bigger so it’s also sitting on the concrete footing. This picture is when we were pouring the concrete footing.
this picture is the cinder blocks sitting partly on the concrete footing.
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- Jul 8, 2013
- 341
- Pool Size
- 17280
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite Pro (T-15)
This is beautiful. Thanks! I searched for days for pictures and couldn’t find anything online Thanks for responding!!
- Jul 8, 2013
- 341
- Pool Size
- 17280
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite Pro (T-15)
one mistake i made. tell them to fill the cinderblocks with concrete at least the bottom 6-8 inches because when they come to drill holes for winter cover the anchors will not sit properly. i had to epoxy few anchors and it was a pain. if had it been filled with cement i would have had no issues. my pool builder told me but i forgot to mention to mason.
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- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,165
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
This wall looks likes the blocks are sitting close to but not on the steel lip...
Your blocks look like they are too far forward and sitting on the wall lip.
Your blocks look like they are too far forward and sitting on the wall lip.
- Jul 8, 2013
- 341
- Pool Size
- 17280
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite Pro (T-15)
you cant tell in pictures but it was set exact same way. the stone veneer actually stick out and not flush with wall.
That one cinder block looks like it hanging over the edge but it’s not. The stone veneer will be hanging slightly over though. The same way sunnyP2000 explains.