bnickeson
Structural
- Apr 7, 2009
- 81
Has anyone ever done the structure for a saltwater pool before? We were tasked with designing the containment walls for a rooftop pool, where the EOR already designed a big tank for it and we designed the supplemental walls for the pool that sit inside the main tank. The owner just changed this to a saltwater pool, where salt is converted into chlorine and it results in a salt content in the water about 10% of what you'd find in the ocean. So it's not terrible but it's still present.
I am wondering if there's anything additional I have to do for this pool design now that saltwater has been added. I already used ACI 350 as a guide for the wall design, so I'm using a fairly tight rebar spacing, 4500 psi concrete, and 0.42 w/c ratio. Are there additional additives I should use in the concrete? Sacrificial anodes? The pool will have a plaster coating if that makes a difference.
Thanks.
I am wondering if there's anything additional I have to do for this pool design now that saltwater has been added. I already used ACI 350 as a guide for the wall design, so I'm using a fairly tight rebar spacing, 4500 psi concrete, and 0.42 w/c ratio. Are there additional additives I should use in the concrete? Sacrificial anodes? The pool will have a plaster coating if that makes a difference.
Thanks.