Comments on: A Simple Way to a Stronger Pool

By: Ryan R.

Ryan R. — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:39:24 +0000

*applauds*

By: nerd

nerd — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:03:05 +0000

The main reason to use soaker hoses is because a lot of people are busy and tend to forget mundane tasks, like spraying water on their pool. A fair number of clients end up getting battery operated timers that control their soakers, letting them run for like 15 minutes every two hours. Heck, a few clients will just fill their pool (but you should wait at least 36 hours after the gunite was applied).

If you’ve been watering the gunite for and hour, three times per day, your pool is probably OK. Sometimes the surface can look dry, but the gunite an inch behind the surface will be damp. Starting the soakers now certainly won’t hurt anything, but running them for a few more weeks probably won’t gain you any additional strength, either.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:57:14 +0000

Hello,

I have just read about this information 1 week AFTER the gunite was poured. Prior to this, I have been watering it for about an hour, 3 times a day. When I would see that the surface had dried, I’d start watering again (I live in Arizona, so that’s why it took an hour before it looked really wet). I have bought the soaker hose and am setting it out over the beam tonight. Do you think doing the soaker methods for the next few weeks will increase the strength more or is it too late for the soaker method to help more than what I’m doing now.

THanks.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:49:21 +0000

Thanks for this info! We are getting our pool gunited the day after tomorrow, but our contractor didn’t tell us about this. Talk about a serendipitous find!