The specification, as Four Seasons Pool Builders publishes it
A pool is mostly what you never see again once the water is in: the dig, the steel, the shell, the beam under the coping. Colin Cox and his crew build custom pools from Corolla to Cape Hatteras, and this page sets out the numbers they build to, one section at a time, beside the warranty they publish and the sequence they follow.
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Each drawing is cut through the wall and floor at one stage of the build. Scroll and the diagram stays put while the standard it shows changes.
Dig
Before a shovel moves, the plans are reviewed against the 2012 ISPSC codes and the family sits down with the crew at a pre-construction meeting.
Outer Banks ground is sandy soil. The excavation goes 6 to 12 inches past the shell line and the over-dig is compacted back, so the pool sits on firm ground instead of loose fill.
Steel
The cage is built from #4 rebar, which is 1/2 inch bar.
Steel runs through both the walls and the floor, tied before any concrete is placed. This is the skeleton the shotcrete shell is sprayed around.
Shell
Walls and floor are shotcrete at a minimum of 8 inches. Four Seasons states that this is 33% stronger than the industry standard.
The wall is tied off with a 12 inch locking beam carrying a 4-bar bond beam. That 33% figure is the company's own claim, and the lifetime shell warranty below is what stands behind it.
Waterline
Tile and coping set the waterline. The deck is poured or laid over wire mesh that is bonded to the pool equipment.
Bonding the mesh to the equipment gives stray ground current a safe path. On spas, plumbing uses a minimum 1.5 inch suction line with separate returns.
This is the table Four Seasons publishes. The shell, the part nobody can reach later, carries the longest term.
Decks are covered for 2 years and the wire mesh under them is bonded to the equipment. See how pool decks are built.
This is the sequence they follow on every custom pool, from the first planning call to Pool School. Read it left to right; the phases sit lower as the pool does.
Plans reviewed for 2012 ISPSC codes, then a pre-construction meeting.
Over-dig, compaction, #4 steel and the 8 inch shotcrete shell.
Tile and coping, the spa plumbing rules, and the bonded wire-mesh deck.
The pool is finished, cleaned and explained to its owner.
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Point Harbor, NC. Corolla to Cape Hatteras.
New builds get a site visit before any price, and every client sees a 3-D rendering before construction starts. Call the construction line or ask for an estimate.
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