Currently our pool build is at the stage where gunite was installed and we are 4 days into watering it 2-3 times a day. Last night we had a large amount of rain here and their is a little less than a foot of water dirty sitting In the deep end. Is this ok or will it damage the gunite? I can run to Lowe’s and buy a sub pump, but id rather not waste the money if it’s not neeeded. It’s for sure too much for the sun to evaporate quickly.
Heavy rain left a foot of muddy water sitting in my bare gunite deepend
- Thread starter Pagusas
- Start date
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2,400
- Pool Size
- 22000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I would ask your PB but Im fairly certain he will say not an issue. My pool build was seriously nasty looking and a lot more than a foot...
txt ur PB, if its an issue he should come pump it.
I'd be surprised if it is an issue. FWIW, Our unfinished gunite deep-end currently has 3 feet of swamp looking water with boards, plastic bottles, debris, plastic bags and Jimmy Hoffa in it at the moment.
I'd be surprised if it is an issue. FWIW, Our unfinished gunite deep-end currently has 3 feet of swamp looking water with boards, plastic bottles, debris, plastic bags and Jimmy Hoffa in it at the moment.
blakeusa
In The Industry
I recently completed a remodel that included chiping out the plaster back to bare gunite. Not the same as curing new gunite, I know, but my pool spent a lot of time looking like ctrav's, and it cleaned up real nice. Don't think its a problem.
This won’t be an issue whatsoever, they will clean it all out and prep it before plastering.
Our had about 2 foot of water in at one point. It’s fine. Great that you’re having rain it will help it cure. We siphoned ours out with a hose from time to time mainly for the mozzies that were breeding in there.
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,146
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
You're fine. They shot the gunite on my pool in the fall, didn't plaster until spring. I had a whole winter's worth of water, leaves, trash, efflorescence blooms, and other unmentionables in my pool for several months before they plastered. Shouldn't be an issue..
I came in to say the same thing as everybody else. I had at least 3-4 feet of green pollen infested water in mine two or three times for a couple of weeks at a time. It still cleaned up really nicely after they pumped it out (three times).