If a new gunite pool is seeping water in two spots and the pool company can't plaster it until it is dry are there any other measures that they could take to get it plastered?

Answer 1

Not really, you've gone this far in your construction phase, why not sit tight and wait for the pool to be ready for plaster. The wet weeping will make the plaster not adhere and you could get plaster pockets away from the gunite wall. Remember the plaster does two jobs, it keeps ground water out and pool water in. You need to make sure that the plaster is applied under optimum conditions. This is not a tactic to not plaster your pool, it is a preventative measure to reduce problematic conditions in the future. You have to wait until the ground water is not coming in. This might mean waiting for weeks for dry weather. If it is next to a lake or something maybe they could put drainage in to drain the area prior to the water getting into the gunite wall, but this is extreme, it means more excavation around a pool that already has a finished deck. Waiting for the weeper to give up is more effective.