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    Water grooves in new gunite in-ground pool

    Thanks. My main concern is if there will be a crack along the length of the new extension. The rebar is not tied bonded to anything. Just drilled and hammered into the existing shelf.
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    Water grooves in new gunite in-ground pool

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    Water grooves in new gunite in-ground pool

    My PB tells me there is no such thing as cold joints with Gunite. I did some research and found that to be true if first pour was less than 7 days old, proper cleaning, etc. Well my shell is almost 1 month old. There was some miscommunication between PB and gunite sub. They poured my tanning...
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    Water grooves in new gunite in-ground pool

    Thanks. You have been a great help.
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    Water grooves in new gunite in-ground pool

    Thanks! One follow up, As the pool floor slopes from the shallow end to the deep end, it’s not a straight slope...some ups and downs. How much of that can the plaster hide? Specifically, my question is how thick can the plaster be installed before you worry about cracking / shrinkage, etc...
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    Water grooves in new gunite in-ground pool

    Gut wrenching for sure. They say it’s not good to see how that sausage is made...and it’s been messy. They will use the plaster to fill the weep holes and they will use the paster to fill in these grooves as well. I’ve been told that plaster shouldn’t be applied thicker than 3/4”, so I was...
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    Water grooves in new gunite in-ground pool

    When they shot the gunite it started to rain pretty hard. They had to punch some holes in the wall to relieve the water pressure due to the rain. The flow of the water created some grooves from the shallow end to the deep end. Some of the grooves are over 1” deep. Can they just plaster...