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Swimming Pools

  • Why Is It Called an Infinity Pool?
  • What Pool Type Is Best?
  • What Pool Depth Is Best For My Pool?
  • What Is The Pool Drain At The Bottom Of A Swimming Pool For?
  • What is the Most Popular Pool Size?
  • What is the Most Popular Pool Shape?
  • What is the Most Low Maintenance Pool?
  • What is the Most Expensive Part of Building a Pool?
  • What is the Difference between Pool Tile and Regular Tile?
  • What is the Cost to Install a Deck?
  • What Is The Cheapest Pool Decking?
  • What is the Best Way to Finance a Swimming Pool?
  • What Is The Best Decking To Put Around A Pool?
  • What is a Natural Pool (NSP)?
  • What Is A Good Size Pool?
  • What Are The Pros And Cons Of A Fiberglass Pool?
  • Should I Paint Or Replaster My Pool?
  • Should I Get A Deep End In My Pool?
  • Is Pool Painting A Good Idea?
  • Is Pool Investment Bad?
  • Is It Harder to Sell a House With a Pool?
  • Is Homeowners Insurance More Expensive With a Pool?
  • Is a Pool Worth the Money?
  • How Much Pool Evaporation Is Normal?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Have Someone Install a Pool?
  • How Much Does A Swimming Pool Affect Your Electric Bill?
  • How Long Does It Take To Build a Pool?
  • How Does a Swimming Pool Chlorinator Work?
  • How Does a Negative Edge Pool Work?
  • How Do Pool Skimmers Work?
  • How Can I Lower My Electricity Bill With My Swimming Pool?
  • How Can I Afford a Pool?
  • How Are Fiberglass Pools Made?
  • How Are Concrete Pools Made?
  • Does a Swimming Pool Add Value To Your Home?
  • Do Vinyl Liner Pools Look Cheap?
  • Do I Need A Pool Fence Around My Swimming Pool?
  • Do I Need A Permit To Build A Swimming Pool?
  • Do Fiberglass Pools Look Cheap?
  • Can You Change Your Existing Pool Shape?
  • Can Pool Lights Electrocute You?
  • Can I Build a Pool at Any Time of the Year?
  • Are Vinyl Pools Cheaper than Fiberglass Pools?
  • Are Vinyl Liner Pools Good?
  • Are Infinity Edge Pools More Expensive?
  • Are Gunite Pools the Best?
  • Are Fiberglass Pools Worth The Money?

Pool Maintenance

  • Will Baking Soda Clear Up A Cloudy Pool?
  • Why is the Bottom of My Pool Always Dirty?
  • Why is My Pool Cloudy
  • Why Do I Have A Green Pool After I Shocked It?
  • What steps do I take to open my pool?
  • What Should My Pool Chlorinator Be Set On?
  • What Pool Chemicals Do I Need to Open My Pool?
  • What Order Do I Add Pool Chemicals?
  • What Is Underneath A Vinyl Pool Liner?
  • What is the Easiest Type of Pool to Maintain?
  • What Is The Best Pool Resurfacing Material?
  • What is the best Phosphate Remover for Pool Contractors?
  • What is a Pool Inspection?
  • What If My Pool Has Too Much Chlorine?
  • What Do You Do After You Shock Your Pool?
  • What Chemicals Do You Need For A Saltwater Pool?
  • What are These Brown Stains on the Bottom of My Pool?
  • What Are Some Good Chlorine Alternatives?
  • Tips For Protecting Your Pool From Freezing
  • Should Pool Skimmers Be On All The Time?
  • Should I Winterize My Pool?
  • Should I Do A Pool Shock If My Chlorine Level Is High?
  • Should I Do A Pool Backwash After Shocking My Pool?
  • Pool Filter Multiport Valve Settings Explained
  • Pool Chemical First Aid Tips
  • Is There A Chlorine Shortage?
  • Is It Safe To Swim In A Cloudy Pool?
  • Is It Ok To Turn Your Pool Pump Off While On Vacation?
  • Is It Ok To Swim In A Dead Algae Pool?
  • Is It OK To Run Your Pool Pump 24 Hours A Day?
  • Is It Easier To Maintain Salt Water Pool?
  • How To Shock A Pool?
  • How to Raise Pool pH?
  • How to Lower Pool pH?
  • How to Lower Pool Alkalinity?
  • How to Drain a Pool?
  • How Often Should You Replaster a Pool?
  • How Often Should You Do A Pool backwash?
  • How Often Do You Need To Resurface A Gunite Pool?
  • How Much Does Pool Leak Detection Cost?
  • How Much Does Pool Acid Washing Cost?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Replace a Vinyl Pool Liner?
  • How Much Do Pool Repairs Cost?
  • How Many Hours a Day Should a Pool Pump Run?
  • How Long Do Pool Vinyl Liners Last?
  • How Long Do Pool Skimmers Last?
  • How is Commercial Pool Service Different Than Residential Service?
  • How do you winterize your pool?
  • How Do You Maintain An Indoor Pool?
  • How Do You Maintain a Gunite Pool?
  • How do you install a pool cover?
  • How Do I Make My Pool Water Crystal Clear?
  • How Do I Get Rid Of Pool Algae Fast?
  • How do I find a leak in my swimming pool?
  • How Do I Empty My Skimmer Basket?
  • How Do I Backwash My Pool Filter?
  • How Difficult Is It To Maintain a Pool?
  • Do You Vacuum A Pool On Backwash Or Waste?
  • Do I Need To Acid Wash A Pool?
  • Can You Vacuum Algae from a Pool?
  • Can You Resurface a Pool Yourself?
  • Can You Pressure Wash a Vinyl Pool?
  • Can You Acid Wash a Pool Without Draining?
  • Can I Power Wash My Gunite Pool?
  • Are Pools High Maintenance?

Pool Features

  • What Is The Longest Lasting Pool Finish?
  • What Is the Brightest LED Pool Light?
  • What Is the Best Pool Interior Finish?
  • What Is Better Pebble Tec Or Pebble Sheen?
  • What is a Vanishing Edge Pool?
  • What is a Tanning Ledge?
  • What Is A Sun Deck?
  • What is a Splash Pad?
  • What Is A Sheer Descent?
  • What is a Pebble Tec pool?
  • What Is A Grotto?
  • What Is A Cabo Shelf Or Cabo Ledge?
  • What Is A Beach Entry Pool?
  • What Does Pool Finish Mean?
  • What Does Pebble Tec Look Like?
  • What does an in floor cleaning system do?
  • What Are The Different Types Of Pool Finishes?
  • What Are The Best LED Pool Lights?
  • What Are The Benefits Of A Salt Water Pool?
  • What Are Some Diving Board Alternatives?
  • How Much Is A Pool Slide?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Replace a Pool Light?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Install An In Floor Cleaning System?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Install An Automatic Pool Cover?
  • How Much Does a Swim Up Bar Cost?
  • How Much Does A Lazy River Cost?
  • How Long Does A Pebble Tec Finish Last?
  • How Long Do LED Pool Lights Last?
  • How Does a Salt Water Pool Work?
  • How Does a Pool Waterfall Work?
  • How Do UV Pool Systems Work?
  • How Do Fire Bowls Work In A Pool?
  • How Deep Does A Pool Have To Be To Have A Diving Board?
  • Can You Walk On An Automatic Pool Cover?
  • Can You Install a Pool Light in an Existing Pool?
  • Can You Add Water Features to an Existing Pool?
  • Are Splash Pads and Spray Parks Safe?
  • Are LED Pool Lights Worth It?
  • Are beach entry pools more expensive?

Pool Equipment

  • Will A Sand Filter Remove Dead Algae?
  • Who Makes The Best Pool Equipment?
  • Which Is Better Pentair Or Hayward?
  • Where Should I Put My Pool Equipment?
  • What Size Pool Pump Do I Need For A 15,000 Gallon Pool?
  • What Pool Equipment Do You Need For a Pool?
  • What Is The Quietest Pool Pump?
  • What is the Most Efficient Way to Heat a Swimming Pool?
  • What Is The Best Pool Timer?
  • What Is The Best Pool Sweep?
  • What Is The Best Brand Pool Skimmer?
  • What Is The Best Automatic Pool Cover?
  • What is the Best Automatic Pool Cleaner?
  • What is the Best Automatic Chlorinator?
  • What is An Automatic Pool Chlorinator?
  • Tips For Protecting Your Pool From Freezing
  • Is Pentair Pool Equipment Good?
  • Is Jandy Pool Equipment Good?
  • Is It Better To Run A Pool Pump At Night Or Day?
  • Is Hayward Pool Equipment Good?
  • Is A Salt Water Pool Better?
  • How Much Space Do You Need For Pool Equipment?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Install a Pool Pump?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Install A Pool Pump Timer?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Install a Pool Heater?
  • How Much Does An Automatic Pool Cover Cost?
  • How Much Does A Pool Sweep Cost?
  • How Long Do Robotic Pool Cleaners Last?
  • How long do pool pumps normally last?
  • How Do You Set A Timer On A Pool Filter?
  • How do you properly Bond and Ground pool equipment?
  • How do you know if your pool filter is bad?
  • How Do I Install A Pool Pump?
  • How Do I Install A Pool Liner?
  • How Do I Install A Pool Heater?
  • How Do I Install A Pool Cover?
  • How Do I Install A Chlorinator?
  • How do I clean my pool without a pool pump?
  • How Do Automatic Pool Cleaners Work?
  • Does A Pool Pump Need To Be On A Dedicated Circuit?
  • Do Pool Pumps Use A Lot Of Electricity?
  • Can You Enclose Pool Equipment?
  • Can I Put My Pool Pump A Timer?
  • Are Automatic Pool Cleaners Worth It?

Pool Construction

  • What Type Of PVC Is Used For Pool Plumbing?
  • What Size Is Pool Plumbing?
  • What Is The Best Deck Material To Use Around A Pool?
  • What Is A Raised Bond Beam?
  • What Is A Mechanics Lien And Why Did I Receive One From My Pool Contractor?
  • What Happens If You Build a Pool Without a Permit?
  • What Equipment Do You Use to Dig a Pool?
  • What Does a Pool Electrician Do?
  • What Does a Pool Contractor Do?
  • What Do You Need to Build an Inground Pool?
  • What Do I Need to Know About Pool Construction?
  • Pavers vs Concrete, Which Is Best for Pools?
  • Is It Hard To Build A Swimming Pool?
  • Is Gunite Stronger Than Concrete?
  • Is A Pool Main Drain Necessary?
  • How to Level Ground For a Pool?
  • How Thick Should Swimming Pool Walls Be?
  • How Thick Should A Gunite Pool Be?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Rebar A Pool?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Pour Concrete Around A Pool?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Have A Pool Hole Dug?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Excavate a Pool?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Build Your Own Pool?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Build a Gunite Pool?
  • How Much Do Pool Contractors Charge?
  • How Many Gallons Is My Pool?
  • How Long Does Pool Excavation Take?
  • How Long Does It Take To Shoot Gunite?
  • How Long Does It Take To Rebar A Pool?
  • How Long Does It Take For A Gunite Pool To Cure?
  • How Long Does A Pool Remodel Take?
  • How is Pool Occupancy Calculated?
  • How Is A Pool Plumbed?
  • How Do You Replaster a Pool?
  • How Do You Replace A Fiber Optic Pool Light with an LED?
  • How Do You Repair A Gunite Pool Crack?
  • How Do You Put Pool Rebar?
  • How Do You Make A Pool Step By Step?
  • How Do You Install A Pool Ladder?
  • How Do You Fix Exposed Rebar In A Pool?
  • How Do You Excavate An Inground Pool?
  • How Do You Build Pool Steps?
  • How Do You Build An Indoor Pool?
  • How Do You Build A Pool?
  • How Do You Build A Gunite Pool?
  • How Do I Replace My Pool Plumbing?
  • How Do I Install a Fiberglass Pool?
  • How Close To The Property Line Can You Build A Pool?
  • Do You Need A Permit To Remodel A Pool?
  • Converting a Gunite Pool to Vinyl Liner
  • Can You Shoot Gunite In The Rain?
  • Can a General Contractor build a Swimming Pool?

Inground Pool

  • Will Fiberglass Pools Crack?
  • Why are Gunite Pools So Expensive?
  • What Type Of Tile Is Best For Inground Swimming Pools?
  • What Type of Inground Pool Lasts the Longest?
  • What Size Breaker Do I Need For An Inground Pool?
  • What Is The Healthiest Pool System?
  • What Is The Difference Between A Gunite Pool And A Shotcrete Pool?
  • What Is The Cost To Resurface A Pool?
  • What is the Cheapest Way to Install an Inground Pool?
  • What is the Cheapest Inground Pool?
  • What is the Cheapest Inground Pool Shape?
  • What Is The Best Pool Tile?
  • What Is The Best Brand Fiberglass Pool?
  • What is the Average Cost of a Fiberglass Pool?
  • What Is Coping?
  • What Does It Cost To Fill A Pool?
  • What Are The Disadvantages Of A Fiberglass Pool?
  • Is Pool Coping Necessary?
  • Is Having An Inground Pool Worth It?
  • Is A Gunite Pool Better Than Vinyl?
  • How Much Is an Indoor Pool?
  • How Much Is a Negative Edge Pool?
  • How Much Is a Concrete Inground Pool?
  • How Much Does Pool Tile Installation Cost?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Run Pool Electrical?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Repair A Gunite Pool?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Build an Inground Pool?
  • How Much Does a Vinyl Liner Pool Cost?
  • How Much Does A Pool Remodel Cost?
  • How Much Does A Fiberglass Inground Pool Cost?
  • How Much Does A 18×36 Inground Pool Cost?
  • How Much Does A 12×24 Inground Pool Cost?
  • How Long Does Pool Plumbing Last?
  • How do I stop my pool from getting groundwater?
  • How Do I Fix An Inground Pool Crack?
  • How Do I Choose A Pool Tile?
  • How Do I Build My Own Inground Pool?
  • How Deep Are Most Inground Pools?
  • Fill A Pool: How Much Does It Cost To Fill A 20,000 Gallon Pool?
  • Do Concrete Pools Crack?
  • Can You Tile Over Existing Pool Tiles?
  • Can You Put Lights in a Fiberglass Pool?
  • Can You Paint Pool Bottom?
  • Can You Include A Pool In Your Construction Loan?
  • Can You Expand an Existing Pool?
  • Can I Make My Swimming Pool Bigger?
  • Can I Build My Own Inground Swimming Pool?
  • Can Gunite Pools Leak?
  • Can Gunite Pools Be Salt Water?
  • Are Gunite Pools Rough?
  • Are Cracks In Pool Plaster Normal?

Hot Tubs / Spas / Saunas

  • Which Type of Hot Tub Should I Buy?
  • Which is Better a Sauna or a Hot Tub?
  • How Does a Hot Tub work?
  • How Do You Get Rid Of Hot Tub Scale Build?
  • Hot Tub Buyers Guide
  • Cleaning a Hot Tub Filter
  • Adding a Sauna To Your Backyard

Above Ground Pool

  • What Is The Best Above Ground Pool?
  • How Much Does It Cost To Install An Above Ground Pool?
  • How Long Do Above Ground Pools Last?
  • How Deep Can You Get An Above Ground Pool?
  • Can You Partially Bury An Above Ground Pool?
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What Is The Difference Between A Gunite Pool And A Shotcrete Pool?

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  • Gunite pool construction
    • Advantages of gunite pools
    • Disadvantages of gunite
  • Shotcrete pool construction
    • Advantages of Shotcrete
    • Disadvantages of Shotcrete
  • Summary
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The most popular pools today are concrete pools. Typically, concrete pools come in two forms; gunite and shotcrete. The majority of homeowners love concrete pools due to their high adaptability and durability. With concrete, you can customize your pool to match any design. But what is the difference between a gunite pool and a shotcrete pool?

What Is The Difference Between A Gunite Pool And A Shotcrete Pool?

Gunite pool construction #

Gunite is a mixture of sand, cement, and water. But water is usually mixed with gunite at the site of construction. What happens is that pool contractors use a hose with two distinct lines. They insert a dry combination of sand and cement into one line in the hose. Then, they insert water into the other line of the hose. During pool construction, the dry concrete mix integrates with the water at the nozzle to form gunite. Gunite has to get sprayed over the rebar framework at high pressure.

Advantages of gunite pools #

  • During the gunite application, you can always take a break and resume from where you left. Doing this would not create uneven surfaces.
  • Pool owners spend less on constructing gunite pools. Shotcrete pools are more costly.

Disadvantages of gunite #

  • Applying gunite is not a walk in the park. You have to hire an expert gunite pool builder. One mistake during gunite application can cost you thousands of dollars on pool repairs.
  • Since gunite a dry concrete mix, it can cause blockage of the hose pipe.

Shotcrete pool construction #

On the other hand, shotcrete is a combination of sand, water, and cement inserted in a high-pressure nozzle. So, typically, for shotcrete, water is pre-mixed with sand ad cement before application. Now, you can see the significant difference between gunite and shotcrete. Generally, shotcrete is a wet mix of concrete, while gunite is a dry mix of concrete combine with water at the hose’s nozzle during pool construction.

Advantages of Shotcrete #

  • Unlike gunite pools, constructing a shotcrete pool does not need a lot of expertise. Remember, sand water and cement are already mixed. You can actually conduct a DIY project if you have the knowledge and expertise.
  • The material shotcrete is robust and creates a uniform surface layer.
  • It takes less time to apply shotcrete during pool construction.

Disadvantages of Shotcrete #

  • Unlike gunite, you cannot pause during application. Since the mixture is wet, it has to get applied fast to facilitate proper bonding.
  • In case you add the wrong proportion of water into the mix, there could be the development of cracks.
  • It is more costly to create a shotcrete pool than a gunite pool.
  • At times, pool contractors have to keep adding water to the mixture during transportation to keep the shotcrete in good condition. However, doing this tampers with the robustness of the shotcrete.

Summary #

Ultimately, shotcrete and gunite pools are both products of concrete. Before settling for one option, always consult your pool builder.

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Table of Contents
  • Gunite pool construction
    • Advantages of gunite pools
    • Disadvantages of gunite
  • Shotcrete pool construction
    • Advantages of Shotcrete
    • Disadvantages of Shotcrete
  • Summary

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