In Progress Pool Build (San Diego) - Pictures Added 8/14
Shotcrete update:
1) We have been watering the pool during the day every few hours to keep it wet - I even setup our sprinklers to "mist" the pool and have run that a few times a day as well for 10 minutes at a time.
2) Some shrinkage cracks on one wall below a bench appeared within a few hours of the shotcrete finish. Those cracks started to grow and extend down the cove into the shallow end which started to concern me. (Longest crack was maybe 4-5 feet in length)
3) The PB looked at them and said they appeared to be normal shrinkage cracks but brought out the shotcrete company to do a close inspection of their own.
4) The shotcrete company verified in their opinion they were just surface shrinkage cracks and wrote us a letter confirming their warranty (10 years) of the shell. They also offered to send out a repair guy to chip out the surface portion and put a quickcrete mix in all the cracks. We agreed that would make us happy and they did the work the following morning.
5) The repair guy said it appeared that the weight of the bench in that location was causing a little extra stress and the cracks were appearing due to shrinkage in that location because of the extra weight compared to other areas in the pool.
6) We now have NO cracks visible in the shell as far as I can tell. We are going to continue watering till at least day 7.
7) We appreciate that our PB took our concerns seriously even though he may have felt we were being overcautious. We are happy with the outcome of this phase of the project.
Crack Image 1
Crack Image 2
Repair Image 1
Repair Image 2
Shotcrete update:
1) We have been watering the pool during the day every few hours to keep it wet - I even setup our sprinklers to "mist" the pool and have run that a few times a day as well for 10 minutes at a time.
2) Some shrinkage cracks on one wall below a bench appeared within a few hours of the shotcrete finish. Those cracks started to grow and extend down the cove into the shallow end which started to concern me. (Longest crack was maybe 4-5 feet in length)
3) The PB looked at them and said they appeared to be normal shrinkage cracks but brought out the shotcrete company to do a close inspection of their own.
4) The shotcrete company verified in their opinion they were just surface shrinkage cracks and wrote us a letter confirming their warranty (10 years) of the shell. They also offered to send out a repair guy to chip out the surface portion and put a quickcrete mix in all the cracks. We agreed that would make us happy and they did the work the following morning.
5) The repair guy said it appeared that the weight of the bench in that location was causing a little extra stress and the cracks were appearing due to shrinkage in that location because of the extra weight compared to other areas in the pool.
6) We now have NO cracks visible in the shell as far as I can tell. We are going to continue watering till at least day 7.
7) We appreciate that our PB took our concerns seriously even though he may have felt we were being overcautious. We are happy with the outcome of this phase of the project.



