| Swimming pools are some of the most beautiful | | | | team of pool contractors on site that will bend the |
| additions to any backyard. It is necessary to hire a | | | | rebar and weld the rebar into place. |
| swimming pool contractor because building an in | | | | Once the rebar is in place, it is time to run the plumbing |
| ground swimming pool is a very complicated process. | | | | and electricity to your swimming pool to power any |
| Steps need to be followed and proper procedure | | | | swimming pool lights you have decided to install. The |
| needs to be followed to ensure your swimming pool | | | | pool is fitted for skimmers, filters, jets, fluorescent lights, |
| will last for years. This short overview of swimming | | | | fiber optic lights, halogen lights, etc. This is a raw pipe |
| pool building will outline the steps and should make you | | | | fitting process. The finished plumbing end electric |
| understand why you need to hire a reliable swimming | | | | process take place after the gunite is sprayed and in |
| pool contractor to complete the building process. We | | | | place. This brings the swimming pool installation |
| will take you through excavation, steel, plumbing, | | | | process to the next phase, the gunite. |
| electrical, gunite, tile, and finishing your swimming pool. | | | | When your pool is framed with the plumbing and the |
| The first step to any swimming pool building project is | | | | electricity, it is time to shoot gunite into your swimming |
| the excavation of the swimming pool area. The area | | | | pool. If you are not familiar with the term gunite, also |
| of your pool is sketched out first using construction | | | | known as shotcrete is a spray able 4000 pound high |
| spray paint and cones are places around the area. A | | | | yield concrete that is sprayed into the rebar of the |
| large backhoe will make its way into your backyard to | | | | swimming pool. This process is very messy and |
| begin the excavation process. There is usually one | | | | usually takes about a day to finish. There will be a |
| backhoe operator and workers manually digging out | | | | team of anywhere from 4 - 7 pool contractors during |
| the excavation site as well. During this phase, dump | | | | this phase. There is usually a person spraying the |
| trucks will be coming and going from your property to | | | | concrete and the rest of the crew is responsible for |
| dump the soil and excavated material. The issues that | | | | smoothing and forming the concrete. The gunite is |
| can happen during this stage are as follows: the | | | | sprayed from the top of the swimming pool down to |
| excavators could run into thick rock, heavy equipment | | | | the center of the pool. |
| could ruin your driveway, your yard may be | | | | When the gunite is dry and ready, usually after a few |
| inaccessible (in which case trees or debris need to be | | | | days until it has initially cured, it is time to tile the inside |
| removed). This last point is the most important point | | | | of the swimming pool, install coping around the top of |
| with excavation as the more open the area is, the | | | | the swimming pool, and plaster around the swimming |
| easier the excavation will be which will keep your | | | | pool. There are many different types of tiling, styles of |
| costs down. | | | | coping, and styles of plaster coating - some have |
| When the swimming pool is excavated, it's time for the | | | | warranties longer than others. Also, during this phase, |
| steel or rebar to be bent and put in place in the | | | | the plumbing that was set in place before the gunite |
| excavated hole. This is a very important step as the | | | | will be connected to the pumps and chemical |
| rebar holds the form of the swimming pool, braces the | | | | equipment, any electrical wiring will be completed and |
| walls, and holds back the water. The steel needs to be | | | | finished, and any decking will be installed around the |
| thick enough to withstand this weight and needs to be | | | | swimming pool. |
| arranged in an appropriate interlocking form for the | | | | The last step of swimming pool building is the best |
| highest efficiency and reliability. The thickest parts of | | | | step, filling the swimming pool and swimming in your |
| the rebar are around the base of pool where the walls | | | | swimming pool. The entire pool building process as |
| meet the floor, around the center of the swimming | | | | described above takes 2 - 3 weeks to complete. As |
| pool, and around the top border of the swimming pool. | | | | you can see through the steps, the process is very |
| Also, if you have ledges, steps, love seats, etc, they | | | | complicated and you need to hire a swimming pool |
| are also formed by rebar at this time. There will be a | | | | contractor you can trust. |