Is it mandatory to use rebar in pool floor?

[quikcolin]

Hi everyone. I had a 12x24 kidney pool installed this summer. The pool was an inground "kit" that included all the required parts to install it, excluding the concrete of course. It was ordered from Pool Supplies Canada.

It is a steel wall in ground pool. I just realized that when my installer put the pool together, he didn't use any rebar on the pool floor during the concrete pouring. He used a very hard type of concrete called Portland? I'm pretty sure it's a 3" thick slab? I'm beginning to wonder if rebar was required as part of the process?

i re-read the instructions provided by the pool manufacturer and they make no mention of using rebar when pouring and finishing the pool floor. These instructions are quite detailed and again make no mention of rebar, or is it part of their photo instructions showing the concrete being poured? Which is the same guide my installer used.

Is rebar mandatory in the build of a steel walled, inground pool?

 

[Jimrahbe]

qc,

I don't believe so, but I am not a vinyl guy...

Here is a good article... Inground Vinyl Pool Floor Options

Let's see if one of our members with a vinyl pool knows for sure...

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[PoolguyinCT]

Hi everyone. I had a 12x24 kidney pool installed this summer. The pool was an inground "kit" that included all the required parts to install it, excluding the concrete of course. It was ordered from Pool Supplies Canada.

It is a steel wall in ground pool. I just realized that when my installer put the pool together, he didn't use any rebar on the pool floor during the concrete pouring. He used a very hard type of concrete called Portland? I'm pretty sure it's a 3" thick slab? I'm beginning to wonder if rebar was required as part of the process?

i re-read the instructions provided by the pool manufacturer and they make no mention of using rebar when pouring and finishing the pool floor. These instructions are quite detailed and again make no mention of rebar, or is it part of their photo instructions showing the concrete being poured? Which is the same guide my installer used.

Is rebar mandatory in the build of a steel walled, inground pool?

No - it will only cause problems with the pool you described.

 

[Geebot]

He used a very hard type of concrete called Portland?

Portland cement is an ingredient in all concrete, it's what causes the chemical reaction that binds together the sand and gravel to create concrete.

 

[zea3]

I don't believe I have seen it used in any of the vinyl liner pool builds I have followed on TFP, and that covers a pretty good cross-section of North America. I would say rebar is not used in your type of pool construction.

 

[jimmythegreek]

no rebar is not used in steel wall pools you are fine