Thread: Constructing Pool, Bad Pour - Need Advice

I had the same problem pooring my pool mut not that bad.
i hammered out about 5 cm of the concrete at some places with a powerdrill. the hole with the rebar jou just fill up with a strong mixture of cement and corcodile or weber waterproof tile glue 950/50..
then they rendered the poolwalls (some places 5 cm thick to get them strait.
and strait means strait in horizintal and vertical direction or you get a lot off problems with your tiling especial at/in the corners.
for tiling they used the same mixture 60/60 cement/ weber or crocodile waterproof.

my pool is 1.7 m deep 10 x 5 m and immagen NO LEAKS or cracks. so dont worry the good thing is you dont need so many tiles and water to fill it up.

when your walls are 40 cm I am sure there will be no leaks at all after fixing..

Originally Posted by sjeng

I had the same problem pooring my pool mut not that bad.
i hammered out about 5 cm of the concrete at some places with a powerdrill. the hole with the rebar jou just fill up with a strong mixture of cement and corcodile or weber waterproof tile glue 950/50..
then they rendered the poolwalls (some places 5 cm thick to get them strait.
and strait means strait in horizintal and vertical direction or you get a lot off problems with your tiling especial at/in the corners.
for tiling they used the same mixture 60/60 cement/ weber or crocodile waterproof.

my pool is 1.7 m deep 10 x 5 m and immagen NO LEAKS or cracks. so dont worry the good thing is you dont need so many tiles and water to fill it up.

when your walls are 40 cm I am sure there will be no leaks at all after fixing..

Thanks for your input Sjeng, good to hear from someone who's been in the same boat!

I'm shocked that such a professional looking team of builders done this......

I would be afraid that the wall would eventually collapse causing serious injury. Start again in the interests of safety.

Originally Posted by ChrisInCambo

or the fibre glass option from DrAndy. DrAndy how much did the fibre glass coat cost per meter roughly?

sorry too long ago, but it wasn't ridiculous

the special two-part grout seemed to be costly though

get your pool expert to give you a quote

Originally Posted by can123

I would be afraid that the wall would eventually collapse causing serious injury. Start again in the interests of safety.

Collapse isn't even a remote possibility. You could go to work on that wall all day long with a sledge hammer and it wouldn't collapse. In fact by far the biggest problem in doing the thing again would be getting the bloody thing back down. Laying out the rebar and the form work would be child play in comparison.

usually, people don't think about walls being safe or not, unless they start leaning over

Originally Posted by ChrisInCambo

I'm not sweating over the rebar pool stains are a common problem with well documented solutions. The leak is the problem, I'm not worried about wate

Actually, corrosion is a huge concern as it deteriorates the concrete over time. Best rethink that one Cambo.

Suggest that the next pool design incorporate a "gunnite," approach.

Make them tear the wall out and repour. Any "repair patch" will give you problems later. You're paying them to do it correctly, so demand it.

Those appear to be staggeringly thick concrete walls for 1.2m deep water? Most professional pools done in Issan that I have seen, were sprayed in place like the Aussie Guy mentioned above. Mind you, they were all done by a Professional American Pool Builder living East of Ban Dung.

Pretty basic pour, how could so many problems arise? Pool company yes?


Amazing Thailand.

Originally Posted by Lorenzo

Pretty basic pour, how could so many problems arise? Pool company yes?


Amazing Thailand.

The Kingdom of Wonder actually. But that's why I like this forum, we get exactly the same problems here that you get there.

Really it's just one problem, the form work moved, when you're using wood rather than steel, what can I say, it happens.

Originally Posted by cdnski12

Those appear to be staggeringly thick concrete walls for 1.2m deep water? Most professional pools done in Issan that I have seen, were sprayed in place like the Aussie Guy mentioned above. Mind you, they were all done by a Professional American Pool Builder living East of Ban Dung.

It's an illusion, there is a lip at the top of the wall of about 20cm.

Originally Posted by ralphlsasser

Make them tear the wall out and repour. Any "repair patch" will give you problems later. You're paying them to do it correctly, so demand it.

You can't take one wall out and replace it as there will be no water stop in the cold joints, you'll simply move the problem from one place to another.

Anyway I've been down to see the Sika wholesaler, they are also contractors and have seen it all. He said fill the hole with Sika Latex then two coats of Sika Topseal, then 5cm of Sika Latex render all over and we should be good to go.

He said no need to worry about the rebar as it will be under a water proof coating and 5cm of water tight render.

He also advised against using Waterplug as that's temporary fix for small holes under much higher pressure.

He seemed to think that as long as the surface that Topseal was applied to was smooth, nothing would get through it. The 5cm of Latex render is just an insurance policy and said he wouldn't even bother doing a test fill before tiling. He said it's the same thing they do to repair areas where faulty lights, drains or jets have to be smashed out.

^ 5 cm of render is basically a new wall.

With the curve, get them to mark the exact apex, then draw a line perpendicular away from the pool and mark an x at 12.5 cm along this line. Then carefully put a big pot plant there and say you meant to do it that way.

go with what the poolmen say, sounds good

I dont have a pool but if i did and i have lots of room i would go with a plastic one sunk in the ground ready made , what does the team think?.

Originally Posted by nevets

I dont have a pool but if i did and i have lots of room i would go with a plastic one sunk in the ground ready made , what does the team think?.

Sounds good if you're happy with the standard size and can source them locally.

Do they not come in the large size then , what would be the biggest pool and how how much are we talking all in.

Fibreglass pools.

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Just repair it and move on, there's less than 3 psi pressure at the bottom of the pool, run with your original idea - good luck............

Originally Posted by adzt1

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by can123

Originally Posted by can123

I would be afraid that the wall would eventualy collapse causing serious injury. Start again in the interests of safety.

I am somewhat prejudiced when it comes to walls. My best mate, Philip, was crushed to death by a falling wall when I was ten years old. Strange as it may seem, everybody thought that wall was safe too.

It is a pool FFS, how will it collapse once filled with water ?

yeah ,but it was a warming story

Heartwarming indeed, almost made my asshole pucker.