excavation

New gunite pool construction (11x29 rectangle with sunshelf) with pool builder in Florida. Excavation and rebar phase completed about a week ago. Days after, the earth caved into the pool structure. It’s rainy season here and the soil is always pretty wet in this area. I can only imagine the...

After new build excavation but before rebar, we‘ve had heavy rain. The project manager covered the walls with tarps beforehand, but the wind and rain beat them up. One side of the pool’s length is 38 feet and curved, and on this curve will be a low wall with columns and fire bowls. The curved...

Well dig day was yesterday and we are about 1/2 done. The pool company mapped out the edges based on the plans, but they later admitted that the reference post / Datum post / king post, was in the incorrect location. This caused other measurements to be off resulting in the hole being 2 foot...

After hemming and hawing on the pool location we finally settled to push the pool further away from the porch. My neighbor used his backhoe to dig out roughly 34" on the high side. For those who are interested, the installer would have charged $25/inch after 4". I have a 3' perimeter around...

Hi. We’re starting a DIY Steel wall vinyl IG pool next week and have a question regarding the excavation and prepping the site. The pool is a free form 16’ x 34’ x 5’ deep (flat bottom pool). We fully expect to have to remove some ledge or large rocks from one side of the dig. In doing so, it...

Hello - I just put a deposit down on a 16’ by 28” oval Optimum pool, which I plan to have installed mostly inground. I went with this “semi inground” model because I can’t afford a traditional inground pool but I want the look and feel of it. Since I’m just beginning my journey, could other...