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Gunite Pool Construction: Design and Dig

The design, placement, construction techniques, long-term satisfaction and maintenance are all important considerations for your pool.

The design is intended to be the pool you select for your family fun, entertainment and well-being. Each water feature is taken into consideration during design including waterfalls, jets and landscape features.

All our designs are built to your yard specifications, because we do all our design freehand after surveying the topography, your pool will be completely unique.

Before construction begins, we paint the outline on your yard. Any changes can be made before precision excavation begins. We also mark any underground utilities.

Minimum ground disturbance assures good pool and deck uniformity. Steel is used throughout the pool and decking to give the best support available.



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Gunite pools are the most popular design in much of the United States. To build one of these pools, the construction crew digs a hole, puts the plumbing in place and assembles a framework grid with 3/8-inch steel reinforcing rods (rebar). The rebar rods are spaced about 10 inches apart, and secured together with wire. When the grid is in place, the crew sprays a heavy coating of gunite, a mixture of cement and sand, around the rebar. The sprayer unit combines dry gunite mix with water just before spraying -- this produces the wet concrete material. The crew trowels the gunite smooth and lets it sit for a week or so before applying a smooth finish to the rough surface. The most popular finish is called plaster (actually a mixture of cement and marble sand), but a lot of people finish their pools with special concrete paint. Gunite pools can also have tile, exposed aggregate or even fiberglass finishes. Gunite pools (and their cousins, shotcrete pools) are highly durable, and they can be built in any shape or size.

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by Tom Harris
Doug Pillsbury 800.696.5016978.375.6213978.266.9199
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