I am a homeowner installing my own pool. I am doing everything myself, including the electrical work. My question is regarding the bonding of the pool. I am not mounting the ladder, rail, or diving board until the spring because I am giving everything time to settle before pouring the top concrete collar and laying the paver patio/apron. How do I bond these items? Do I just leave a part of the bonding wire available in each area and then attach it in the spring when I install the remaining parts? Also, will it pass inspection this way?
Also, after reading other posts on this site, I have another question. My local inspector said I needed to run a bonding wire around the pool (vinyl lined polymer) and pick up every metal part. He never mentioned a grid or any 3' area around the pool. As I mentioned, I will be pouring a shallow concrete collar around the pool and will be laying pavers on that. There will be no rebar in the concrete. Is a grid required? How do I construct it? Should the bonding wire be a loop around the pool? A diagram in another post shows a grid with individual bonding wires going from the grid to each metal part. Should I do a loop or individual bonding wires? Also, each polymer panel is stake with rebar. Would each of these need individual bonding wires or can they be looped as well?
Also, after reading other posts on this site, I have another question. My local inspector said I needed to run a bonding wire around the pool (vinyl lined polymer) and pick up every metal part. He never mentioned a grid or any 3' area around the pool. As I mentioned, I will be pouring a shallow concrete collar around the pool and will be laying pavers on that. There will be no rebar in the concrete. Is a grid required? How do I construct it? Should the bonding wire be a loop around the pool? A diagram in another post shows a grid with individual bonding wires going from the grid to each metal part. Should I do a loop or individual bonding wires? Also, each polymer panel is stake with rebar. Would each of these need individual bonding wires or can they be looped as well?
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