Pre-gunite: How much clearance between rebar and face of dirt?

[ehorn]

From what I've read that could be a problem. Here is an image from the website howibuiltmyownpool.com. It suggests spacers of 3" deep to keep the rebar away from the dirt. I would assume the pictures of your dirt that has fallen will need to be taken care of on the day they shoot the gunite.

On another note I'm very jelous you are that far along after a week. I just passed the 3 month mark from the day they dug the hole for the pool and all I have is plumbing.

Eric

[rbonin]

Our builder was very concerned about wall collapse because our soil is so poor. In fact, a moulded bench did collapse after rebar was in place and we had to pay an additional $800 for workers to manually clear all the dirt. There was only about 3 days between the rebar completion and the shoot.

You need to be sure all that loose dirt is removed which will mean more concrete usage (more $) and thicker walls. Our walls ended up being about 12-14" thick so I would say there was 3-4" of spacing between the rebar and the dirt.

~Rick~