TL;DR
A pool bond beam is the thickened, heavily reinforced top edge of a gunite or shotcrete pool shell, typically about 12 inches deep, that ties the wall steel together and carries the coping and any raised features. It stiffens the rim against soil and water pressure and gives tile and coping a stable substrate.
What it means
A pool bond beam is the thickened, heavily reinforced top edge of a gunite or shotcrete pool shell, typically about 12 inches deep, that ties the wall steel together and carries the coping and any raised features. It stiffens the rim against soil and water pressure and gives tile and coping a stable substrate. Cracks through this band—often from expansive soil or deck movement—show up as loose coping or a leaking tile line and are expensive to rebuild.
Where it sits in the glossary
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