Here are a few tips from the pros at Seventeen Pools who have been installing shipping container pools for 13 years.
The installation of your shipping container pool can be an exciting one. Here are a few things for you to remember so that the process is a bit streamlined for you.
Working with Seventeen Pools to help and guide you in contacting a local crane company in your area will be the first step, Contacting a crane company first before you place your order with Seventeen Pools is crucial, the last thing that you do not want is to place an order and your pool to show up at your home with the crane company waiting outside of your home and having them to tell you that the pool will not go into your backyard or that the crane is either to small to do the job.
Let us contact the crane company for you we will provide them with all the details that they need to know to successfully install and lift the pool over your home. Once we have confirmed that the pool will go over your home the crane company will provide you with a quote on how much it will cost you. Once you have that quote and our quote on the pool this will give you a full picture of what your costs will be to help you move forward with your shipping container pool purchase.
Once you have past that hurdle you will then be on your way to starting the site prep, If you are in an HOA it’s best to check with them first on what they will allow or what they will not allow, another very important step in this process.
The installation of your shipping container pool is quite simple once you have chosen the general contractor to help you install the shipping container pool pool. If you are using concrete you will want to be using 6-8inches of concrete with 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch rebar, you will want to make sure that the slab is one foot longer than the pool and one foot wider than the container pool, If the pool sits directly on the ledge of the concrete you most likely will experience cracking of your foundation. Check with Seventeen Pools on this and we will guide you on what’s best for the foundation.
If you are using a gravel base, you will want to dig into the ground 6-8 inches deep, being one foot wider than the pool and one foot longer than the pool, once you have completed that you will want to put down some landscape material so weeks and such don’t come through the surface over time. Once you have completed these steps your foundation is pretty much ready to go. If you are using caissons or screw posts it’s best to contact a local engineer who can assist you on this.
If you have any further questions please feel free to contact the pros at Seventeen Pools about your inground, above-ground shipping container pool installation
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