New Pool in Houston, TX - Completed August 2021

[ajw22]

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[travelfeedsthesoul]

I hesitate to use a PB name or any vendor name for that matter. Just really no reason to publicly state it here. If it helps another person, a DM is fine.

 

[TheoneAB]

They came out today and removed the rebar, dug out the clay, and reinstalled the rebar. They are spraying gunite tomorrow morning. I know its supposed to rain, so well see. Im sorry its taking your PB so long to spray.

 

[travelfeedsthesoul]

Just had rebar put in today. The form was messed up near the house after it rained hard a few days ago and broke off a part of the wood stake. I was a little concerned, but the rebar guys fixed that area as per the pool layout. I provided Gatorade during the heat, and then pizza and Coke for lunch, and I think it helped when I was out there micro-managing their work, haha.

Question, looking at the rebar bends/curves (around the same area near the house; bottom left of the first image with one of the guys there), do they not curve/bend them as much as the gunite would be curved for a freeform pool? The rebar does seem to be curved, but when I look at the layout, it doesn't curve as much as the wood form does. I hope my question makes sense. Attaching a picture to see if it helps understand what I'm asking.

Also, does the rebar spacing look right? I read a couple of threads here where people say it should be only 2-3 inches apart. This is a large PB in the Houston area so I assume they do every one of their pools rebar work like this.

Rain in the forecast for the next day or so...we covered it with a black plastic sheet.

 

[rcerf]

I can’t speak for the spacing of your rebar , that should be called out in the engineering plans for your pool. The 2 to 3 inches your questioning , I believe they are talking about how far the rebar is embedded in the Gunite.

 

[stack24]

These delays with rain suck. On top of that past 3-4 days we are supposed to have rain so no workers come out. And guess what we have sunshine.

Hopefully we can get past it and your build can start up and move on.

I’m thinking of going blue Surf myself.

I just saw your post pop up with the rebar. The 2-3 inches is the clearance you want from the ground and as well as any pipes so that gunite can go around it properly.

I went around and checked and took pictures and documented with my PB so they knew I wanted it addressed.

 

[stack24]

They came out today and removed the rebar, dug out the clay, and reinstalled the rebar. They are spraying gunite tomorrow morning. I know its supposed to rain, so well see. Im sorry its taking your PB so long to spray.

From everything I have read you definitely don’t want to have it shot in rain to mess with the mixture. If you feel worried about rain definitely tell them not to. Some better advice I’m sure can be given by others.

 

[travelfeedsthesoul]

From everything I have read you definitely don’t want to have it shot in rain to mess with the mixture. If you feel worried about rain definitely tell them not to. Some better advice I’m sure can be given by others.

Yes, we definitely won't allow them to gunite during rain. I don't think my PB would want to do it then either.

 

[TexasTomKat]

Just had rebar put in today. The form was messed up near the house after it rained hard a few days ago and broke off a part of the wood stake. I was a little concerned, but the rebar guys fixed that area as per the pool layout. I provided Gatorade during the heat, and then pizza and Coke for lunch, and I think it helped when I was out there micro-managing their work, haha.

Question, looking at the rebar bends/curves (around the same area near the house; bottom left of the first image with one of the guys there), do they not curve/bend them as much as the gunite would be curved for a freeform pool? The rebar does seem to be curved, but when I look at the layout, it doesn't curve as much as the wood form does. I hope my question makes sense. Attaching a picture to see if it helps understand what I'm asking.

Also, does the rebar spacing look right? I read a couple of threads here where people say it should be only 2-3 inches apart. This is a large PB in the Houston area so I assume they do every one of their pools rebar work like this.

Rain in the forecast for the next day or so...we covered it with a black plastic sheet.

We did the black plastic and it helped. Fingers crossed for good weather. It’s going to be beautiful!

 

[TheoneAB]

From everything I have read you definitely don’t want to have it shot in rain to mess with the mixture. If you feel worried about rain definitely tell them not to. Some better advice I’m sure can be given by others.

They didnt shoot the gunite in the rain. They did the gunite on Wednesday when it as sunny. The rain didnt come until 10 hours later. Currently the pool is half way filled with rain water though. lol

 

[stack24]

They didnt shoot the gunite in the rain. They did the gunite on Wednesday when it as sunny. The rain didnt come until 10 hours later. Currently the pool is half way filled with rain water though. lol

Well at least you don’t have to sit there watering it with all the rain.

 

[travelfeedsthesoul]

Hey guys, we've gunite scheduled for tomorrow at 7am.

The sunshelf area lost most of the dirt from the rain and re-digs. They've currently placed rebars to shape out the shelf but I'm wondering how they'll fill the large area. Can they gunite the entire sunshelf? Is there anything wrong with gunite for large areas/voids?

Thanks,
Neil

 

[travelfeedsthesoul]

Gunite complete. They sprayed gunite to create almost all of the sunshelf, steps and bench. Now just watering it like crazy...3 times already today.

 

[stack24]

Gunite complete. They sprayed gunite to create almost all of the sunshelf, steps and bench. Now just watering it like crazy...3 times already today.

Looks great! Yeah I went a little obsessive as well. But it turned I to some quiet time to listen to music or ball game and get away haha

 

[JMSMommy]

Gunite complete. They sprayed gunite to create almost all of the sunshelf, steps and bench. Now just watering it like crazy...3 times already today.

looks really good!! Enjoy the alone time while watering the pool. It's like a bonding ritual. lol

 

[travelfeedsthesoul]

Dumb question: How does the spa fill water when it loses some to evaporation? I understand that our pool autofill would work to replace evaporated water, but not sure how the spa replaces water. Does it only replace whenever the spa jets are on and the spillway is on?

 

[travelfeedsthesoul]

Looks like it's moving a little faster now. Of course this could be a temporary pace. LoL. Pool equipment installed today with remaining plumbing. See pictures attached.

Even after telling the subs multiple times where I wanted the equipment and that it should be at least 5 feet away from the beginning of the house, they managed to begin it only 4 feet away. I figured they'd play it safe and place it even further away . We had paid for the additional 5 foot extension of the plumbing.

 

[travelfeedsthesoul]

One concern I do have and wanted to know what you guys have experienced in your pool builds:

Some of the torn and cut sprinkler electrical wires seem to be exposed over ground. Are these live and will they be live if they're buried later when they do clean up and decking? See picture attached.

 

[BigPapaSmurf]

As far as sprinkler control wire being "Live", not to worry, they operate on 24 volts, so it isn't dangerous. There is a step down transformer in the controller that reduces voltage from 120 down to 24, so you can't get shocked.... IF it is a sprinkler wire

 

[Newdude]

Do you have a clear shot of the end of that wire?