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    Elevated Swimming Pool Construction

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    An elevated swimming pool, also known as a rooftop or high-rise swimming pool, is constructed on top of a building or suspended between buildings. There are several factors to consider when designing an elevated pool, including structural concerns about weight and designing pool supports, waterproofing the pool, and ensuring proper security exits and mechanical systems. Proper construction techniques like using geofoam separation layers and reinforcing the pool shell with rebar can help reduce deflection issues. Drainage systems must also be included to safely divert any leakage away from the pool structure.

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    Elevated Swimming Pool Construction

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    An elevated swimming pool, also known as a rooftop or high-rise swimming pool, is constructed on top of a building or suspended between buildings. There are several factors to consider when designing an elevated pool, including structural concerns about weight and designing pool supports, waterproofing the pool, and ensuring proper security exits and mechanical systems. Proper construction techniques like using geofoam separation layers and reinforcing the pool shell with rebar can help reduce deflection issues. Drainage systems must also be included to safely divert any leakage away from the pool structure.

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    An elevated swimming pool, also known as a rooftop or high-rise swimming pool, is constructed on top of a building or suspended between buildings. There are several factors to consider when designing an elevated pool, including structural concerns about weight and designing pool supports, waterproofing the pool, and ensuring proper security exits and mechanical systems. Proper construction techniques like using geofoam separation layers and reinforcing the pool shell with rebar can help reduce deflection issues. Drainage systems must also be included to safely divert any leakage away from the pool structure.

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    Elevated Swimming Pool Construction

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    An elevated swimming pool, also known as a rooftop or high-rise swimming pool, is constructed on top of a building or suspended between buildings. There are several factors to consider when designing an elevated pool, including structural concerns about weight and designing pool supports, waterproofing the pool, and ensuring proper security exits and mechanical systems. Proper construction techniques like using geofoam separation layers and reinforcing the pool shell with rebar can help reduce deflection issues. Drainage systems must also be included to safely divert any leakage away from the pool structure.

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    The key takeaways are that elevated or rooftop swimming pools need to account for deflection in their design and construction to prevent cracking. Factors like support spacing, reinforcement, and waterproofing methods are important.

    The two main types of deflection are vertical deflection caused by uniformly spaced supports, and differential deflection caused by unevenly spaced supports which can result in racking and twisting of the pool shell.

    Geofoam is a lightweight foam material used as a separation barrier between the pool shell and support structure. It helps reduce both differential and total deflection of the pool shell to prevent cracking.

    What is Elevated Swimming Pool?

    Swimming pool that is constructed at the top of


    the building or suspended in between buildings.

    Also called as Roof-deck/ Rooftop Swimming Pool


    and High-rise Swimming Pool.

    Types of Swimming Pool

    Factors need to consider;

    Structural (calculating the weight, designing the


    structure)

    Water proofing

    Security exits

    Machines and active systems

    There are two types of


    concrete in this world: the first
    is the concrete that is cracked,
    and the second is the concrete
    that is going to crack.

    TYPES OF DEFLECTION
    VERTICAL

    DEFLECTION

    DIFFERENTIAL

    DEFLECTION

    Deflection

    Support beneath the pool is uniformly spaced. This can result in


    VERTICAL DEFLECTION.

    Deflection

    Support beneath the pool is not uniformly spaced. This eccentric


    spacing can result in DIFFERENTIAL DEFLECTION, racking and twisting
    of the pool shell.

    HOW MUCH WILL A SLAB OR VAULT BASE


    DEFLECTS?

    A roof top pool can be expected to suffer a deflection of


    L/360, where L is the length of span between supports in
    inches.

    EXAMPLE: With a 20 ft wide rooftop swimming pool with


    wall supports located directly beneath the swimming
    pools wall, the slab or vault base is expected with 0.7
    inch of vertical deflection located at its midspan.
    (Doesnt seem like much, but it is actually more than enough
    to crack the pool)

    STRENGTHENING THE SHELL

    Support Structure and Pool Shell are separated by using a


    separation barrier consisting a four-inch layer of
    GEOFOAM (a structural grade product that has proved
    effective in reducing both differential and total deflection
    of the pool shell) serving as a bond break that prevents
    any cracks underlying the support slab or vault.

    NOTE: Geofoams reduces but not eliminate deflection


    as factors.

    Geofoam is

    or
    manufactured into large lightweight
    blocks.

    REINFORCING BARS

    A rebar schedule consisting of #5 (16mm diam.)


    bars at 5 inches (120 mm) on center each way is
    the maximum reinforcement schedule the
    building code allow the shotcrete/gunite
    construction without requiring preparation of
    preconstruction test panels.

    SHOTCRETE/GUNITE

    Shotcrete is concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed


    through a hose and pneumatically projected at
    high velocity onto a surface, as a construction technique.
    It is reinforced by conventional steel rods, steel mesh,
    and/or fibers. Fiber reinforcement (steel or synthetic) is
    also used for stabilization in applications such
    as slopes or tunnelling.

    Shotcrete is usually an all-inclusive term for both the wetmix and dry-mix versions. In pool construction, however,
    the term "shotcrete" refers to wet-mix and "gunite" to drymix.

    DRAINAGE PATHS

    The concrete slab or vault must be thoroughly


    waterproofed and must also include drainage system
    capable of collecting any leakage from the swimming pool
    above and diverting it quickly and safely to a drain inlet.

    At least 2% slope to a properly flashed drain inlet placed


    in the deepest point of the slab or vault.

    FLOOR
    SECTION

    WATERPROOFING
    DETAIL
    WALL
    SECTION

    WATERPROOFING DETAIL

    Waterproofing detail of Elevated


    Swimming Pool

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tPSOzKSqe4

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