Hello everyone, I often find myself here for pool advice and really appreciate everyone's knowledge!
So we are having our pool remodeled here in Houston Tx. It's a 20'x40' pool with a half circle spa built on the side. We hired a contractor to add a raised wall at the end, raise the spa, add a tanning ledge, along with tile, coping and plaster. Everything has been smooth so far except now I have questions about the method they are using to raise the spa. They are taking cmu block and standing them up to form the half circle. The blocks are empty with no rebar or concrete fill. I have asked our contractor about this and he said with as small as the spa is there's no reinforcement needed. What do you guy's think, am I concerned about nothing or should there be rebar installed?
So we are having our pool remodeled here in Houston Tx. It's a 20'x40' pool with a half circle spa built on the side. We hired a contractor to add a raised wall at the end, raise the spa, add a tanning ledge, along with tile, coping and plaster. Everything has been smooth so far except now I have questions about the method they are using to raise the spa. They are taking cmu block and standing them up to form the half circle. The blocks are empty with no rebar or concrete fill. I have asked our contractor about this and he said with as small as the spa is there's no reinforcement needed. What do you guy's think, am I concerned about nothing or should there be rebar installed?