Does this look right?- rebar sticking out

[Citadelcadet]

Hi guys

the crew just finished the tile and the coping. They left the forms in place and they bend the rebar back. I was thinking they would remove the forms and cut the rebar out.
any thoughts?

 

[Dirk]

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Are you talking about rebar that has yet to be covered with gunite or decking? Has your pool's finish surface been installed?

Generally speaking, rebar should never be left exposed, or just chopped off. It should be completely encased in concrete, and it needs to be a certain distance away from the surface of the concrete.

 

[Jimrahbe]

cc,

My first thought is that they know what they are doing and you don't...

Can't really tell without a pic, but in most cases the rebar from the pool gets bent down and is connected with the rebar in the decking. It is all part of the pool bonding connections.

I was quite impressed with the crews that worked on my pool.. They all did things that did not make sense to me then, but when the next crew came in and did their jobs, I could see how it all tied together.. One crew left it in just the right condition for the next crew.

Thanks for posting,

Jim R.

 

[Citadelcadet]

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[Dirk]

Pic doesn't work for me...

 

[kimkats]

What kind of decking will you have? I bet those bars are left like that to tie everything together aka bond like said above.

 

[blakeusa]

Yes as others have said rebar from the pool shell is often and best if tied into the decking for electrical bonding safety.

As far as the forms I can't see your pic but most often plywood forms are sprayed over by the gunite and left in place and backfilled.

 

[Citadelcadet]

Here is a pic

 

[shrid]

Here is a pic

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That is for bonding. My current build has the same thing. At some point they will tire copper wire to them all and then drive in a grounding rod.

 

[Dirk]

Can someone in the know help me (and the OP?) understand? I thought a gunite pool and its coping were completely independent of the surrounding deck. (Mechanically, that is, not electrically.) Separated by a flexible expansion joint, so as the two contract and expand differently due to surrounding temperature, they wouldn't tear each other apart. Wouldn't connecting them with rebar interfere?

I assumed the gunite's rebar and deck rebar were tied together in many points with #8 wire, for bonding, but otherwise free to move about independently. No?

 

[Jimrahbe]

Dirk,

The rebar won't keep the concrete from expanding and contracting a little... As you said, I have about a half inch gap between my coping and the decking filled with deck-o-seal.. All my gunite rebar comes up and is bent over and attached to the deck rebar... Seems to be pretty normal around here anyway..

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[Dirk]

Thanks, Jim.

Does the gunite rebar exit the gunite, through the dirt, then go back into the deck concrete? Or is the deck concrete poured right up to the gunite, to encase all the rebar? That's what I was wondering about. Is it normal for the gunite and deck to be touching? Because I thought they weren't supposed to. I'm pretty sure mine are separate, because when I was redoing my expansion joint, I could look through the joint and see dirt. I didn't notice if rebar was spanning the gap or not.

 

[Jimrahbe]

Dirk,

On mine, there is a foam strip between the coping/gunite and the concrete decking.. but the rebar coming out of the gunite, is bent under the foam strip, and up into the decking rebar.

Jim R.

 

[Dirk]

I guess there would need to be some connection, but one that allows some movement. I suppose if they were completely independent, one could move and then the pool would be out of position relative to the deck, left, right, high, low, etc. So maybe the coping and 3 or 4 inches of the deck are not touching, so they can expand and contract without cracking, but underneath they are stabilized together with the rebar? Maybe something like that?

More importantly, regarding the OP's original question. Sounds like your crew is on top of things.

But even more importantly, I think it's smart to ask such questions, either of your PB, or here, or both. We get stories here all the time of PBs that do things wrong, or forget things, or don't build to spec, or to code, and if the pool owner doesn't catch it in time, they are forced to live with it, or tear some portion of completed work apart, to start over.

Better to ask now, and make sure everything is correct. You really can't be too careful. You might drive your PB nuts, but so what. He'll peel off in his truck the day he is done, and never look back. You'll be stuck with whatever he's done, or didn't do...

 

[Citadelcadet]

Thanks for the comments guys. My decking will be concrete pavers.
Does that make any difference?