Plants might love the rain, but a pool can be less than thrilled about it. It is often critical to understand how water drainage can affect pool structure design. Your clients don’t have to suffer from water damage caused by a faulty drainage system anymore!

By hiring us out as a subcontractor, we take the fight right to their pool. We will always deliver quality work so that no one has to worry about the integrity of their pool!

Evaluating Your Yard’s Water Drainage

As subcontractors, we will make sure that your needs and your client’s needs are met every time.

When a construction company builds a home, they often slope the yard to make sure water moves into the sewer system. Excess water will run from the backyard to the front yard and into the street gutters.

It’s a very efficient system, but once landscaping goes in, it can be hit or miss. Planting trees or adding patios can alter the slope, and water may not runoff the way it should.

Soil type also contributes to how well your yard will drain. In Houston, Texas, we have an abundance of clay soil. In most cases, clay is excellent for retaining water, but it can wreak havoc on structures.

Clay expands and cracks when it’s dry. If this happens, expanding and contracting, over long periods of time can cause structural damage. Moreover, structural damage to a swimming pool base. 

What This Means For Pool Structure Design

Creating a properly functioning drainage system is the first step to making sure any pool stays healthy. Runoff water flow will affect the surrounding deck structure, while the soil type will affect the pool materials.

Creating Deck Drainage

When it comes to ensuring the area around your pool drains water effectively, there are many options. Minor remodeling changes or additions to a pool deck design can work wonders.

• Sloped Decks: We’re not talking about making you climb a mountain to get in your pool. An unnoticeable slope in your pool deck can often encourage the majority of rainwater to flow away from your pool.
• Deck Drains: Plastic and traditional heavy grates can be placed into the deck and allow water to exit the patio and flow out to the front.
• Permeable Materials: Permeable deck materials suck in water and let it drip down to a sand and gravel layer, where it’s taken down for drainage.

Pool Materials

Even the best deck drainage systems won’t prevent clay soil from expanding and cracking during drought. That’s why a contractor should use materials that can handle soil shifts.

Fortunately, materials have come a long way. A gunite pool is the best solution for clay soil because it can withstand clay soil shifting. Furthermore, it’s highly versatile, so you can design your pool any way you want.

Contact us at JR Pool Plastering today!

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Our experts at JR Pool Plastering and Texas Gunite know the best materials, methods, and designs for dealing with poor yard drainage and clay soil. If you’re a pool company looking for a quality subcontractor then give us a call today!