Bonding pool steel

[Cavie]

Here is the sinerio. New house construction. Pool is installed with in 5' of house footer. The pool also has a fountian/wading area between the pool and the house. Add to this, a waterfall up against the wall of the house. Picture a waterfall, fountian, pool. Is the house footer steel and vertical downrods, required to be bonded to the pool steel? Also, in the 2005 3' bonding grid, would an existing concrete slab have to be replaced with one that has a bonding grid in it? Let's say this slab is holding up a roof so the removal becomes VERY costly.

 

[Jim W in Tampa]

Here is the sinerio. New house construction. Pool is installed with in 5' of house footer. The pool also has a fountian/wading area between the pool and the house. Add to this, a waterfall up against the wall of the house. Picture a waterfall, fountian, pool. Is the house footer steel and vertical downrods, required to be bonded to the pool steel? Also, in the 2005 3' bonding grid, would an existing concrete slab have to be replaced with one that has a bonding grid in it? Let's say this slab is holding up a roof so the removal becomes VERY costly.

Only 1 rod would need to be exsposed to weld the new ones to it.No major problem that chipping hammer cant fix

 

[bphgravity]

Hello Butch,

Most pools cannot be installed this close to a home (slab footer) due to angle of repose encroachments. Here in North Port, Charlotte County, and City of Punta Gorda, an existing deck or perimeter surface around a new pool will not have to comply with 680.26(C). Only newly constructed decks or walking surfaces that are located within 3' of the pool will have to comply.

This of course is up to the discretion of your building official.

On side note, why don't any of you Lee County or City of Fort Myers guys make it up to the IAEI meetings?