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Posted by Glenn on July 5, 2006, 6:52 pm
I don't know how to tell how many gal from the OP's description.
Is it 12' round and 36" deep or 12' x 3' by ? deep? Water weighs
8.45 lb approx so if it holds the 1800 gal the 15,000 lbs part is
about right.
Reinforced 7" slab 2 weeks old?. Weight as well distributed as
water shouldn't hurt it. I wouldn't hesitate to drive a van onto
it at 2 weeks and that load would be concentrated on 4 tires.
Years ago 30 days was full cure but the newer concrete cures
faster anymore. Even back then, 7 days were considered 50%
strength which would hold your pool. I would go for it. An
aside, around here they are pouring fast concrete in the
interstate roads and putting truck traffic on it 5 hrs later.
Now, that is fast!
> Whoops, thanks for the correction, I must've been out of
> school for too long.
>
>>
>>>I had a 24x22 foot garage pad poured about 2 weeks ago,
>>>and since we do not have a garage around it yet we
>>>wanted to put an above ground pool on it temporarily. The pad
>>>is reinforced with rebar, and it is about 7
>>>inches thick. It was professionally built by a local
>>>contractor.
>>> The pool is 12 feet by 36 inches, which holds about
>>> 1800 gallons of water. This means it will weigh about
>>> 15,000lbs or about 1250lbs per square foot. I was
>>> wanting a second opinion from the resident expers here,
>>> given the lengh of time that it has been since it was
>>> poured, if it would be ok to put this pool on it. I
>>> have contacted the builder but have not heard back from
>>> him yet.
>>> TIA!
>>
>> Your math is off. Water weighs 62lbs a cubic ft, a
>> column of water 1 foot square and 3 ft high weighs 62x3=
>> 186lbs/sqft.
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