cracks

We had a new inground gunite pool installed this year. Our property has a slope to it, so part of the pool at the deep end is above ground by about 2 feet with the rest of the deep end below ground--. It was completed in April. In August we noticed cracked travertine tiles, cracks in the coping...

Hello TFP, 3 year old pool and I'm experiencing cracking in both of my skimmers, in the decking above the skimmer block, and in the coping stone that bridges the skimmer throat. And I can't for the life of me figure out why this is happening. Have had a few companies come out and take a look...

Hello fellow TFP'ers! Please share your expertise or experience. I have a crack in my pebble tec, on the entry ledge by the steps, that has slowly widened over the past 5 years. Current pictures are attached, with a quarter for scale. I searched this forum a few years ago and it seemed like...

Hello, I see from other posts that this isn't uncommon. I'm hoping this community can help us decide what to do. All 37 segments of new pour in place coping had a stress crack near the middle of the segment, starting at the bullnose and ranging from 6" to the full width, within three months. We...

My husband noticed these cracks along the housing for the skimmer basket. Two questions, he noticed the water level a little low and is wondering if it could be from these cracks? And 2nd, short of draining some water, he has some under water epoxy and was contemplating trying that to at least...

Hello, all over 18 months into my build I decided to general contract the pool. COVID kinda messed things up but after 37 years in the army I thought it would be rather easy. So here’s my issue the concrete contractor poured my cantilever patio and all seemed great until a week after I noticed...

Hello! We bought a house with an in ground pool last year in January in Texas. The Sellers stated there were no problems with the pool. We had to do some renovations to the house before moving in and we were out of town. The freeze hit in February and when we came back finally to inspect, the...

Hi everyone! I found a leak in my spa and it appears to be from a crack in the bond beam. Removed our tiles (quite a few fell so was planning to DIY and replace them all) and the crack is rather large... nearly across the entire half of the tub. Besides the crack in the bond beam, also...

I’m new here, this is my first post. After almost 3 1/2 long months, our pool build finally made it to the concrete patio and deck pour last week (7/7/21). We did a straight concrete coping and decking pour with medium broom brushing. Overall, it turned out looking great. Unfortunately, there...

Hello Everyone, We have an inground pool and certain sections of the white edging (not sure if that the correct term) needs to have cracks repaired and fainted areas painted. I don't know what the best way to repair/fill in the cracks (or) what kind of paint I should be using. I found the site...

We are having our pool refinished, and three days ago we had a Cabo shelf poured. I was told to water it twice a day for three days to help it cure. On the first day, tile guys ended up being down in the pool all day, and it didn’t get thoroughly watered (although they did use water in there, as...

A year ago we had our pool built in Southern California. Everything seemed to go fine on the day the poured concrete coping was put in place, weather was ideal and work seemingly was done patiently but efficiently (although I have no real experience with concrete so take those comments for what...

My new fiberglass pool was installed about 2 weeks ago and I'm waiting for the contractor to come back next week to install the concrete. Yesterday I was looking at the pool and noticed a quarter size chip in the bottom of the pool with spider cracks radiating out from it. I met with the pool...

Hi all, I have a gunite pool, 2.5 years old, that is showing evidence of stress cracks in the bond beam/waterline tile, and extending down into the pebbletec and gunite below. Currently two cracks, the newer one being larger and more concerning. First two pix are the smaller original crack...

People I need your help! I got my pool built in 2018 so this will be our 3rd year in operation. My pool is open about three weeks ago and I am noticing now the following issues with my plaster. I’m not sure if they Are actual issues or if this is what naturally happens with gray plaster please...

Hello All - hope you are safe with all the Covid-19 ongoings... if you have time, please read and share your thoughts... please help! I first joined the group last year as we were deciding on the type of pool, etc. Excavation and pool shell were completed last December. Contract: 20% down...

I've inherited a pool with a concrete base and fiberglass sides that. There are some relatively thin cracks in the shallow end. Are these just plaster cracks that can be filled in, or do I need to do any more intensive structural repairs? If they can just be filled in, how much would I expect to...

Help with proper fix/product. Started with a suspected pool leak. Did't intend to pull tile off, but hollow sounds made me suspicious and the loose tile coincide with the sidewall cracks in pebbletec. Above each of those areas is an expansion gap in the decking. I'm no pro, but it seems to...

Perhaps I'm wasting my time and should just have my pool resurfaced, but I'm not there yet. We had to drain the pool to fix a crack in a bench area. That has been done and patched. Not a perfect match but I can live with it for now. Wife says we'll die in this house so I'm fine with it. :)...

This goes back over a year ago, so here's a condensed story. Pool was remodeled from plaster to pebble about 11 years ago. Steps, raised bench areas and spa were added at that time. Noticed a crack near spa area bench that slowly got worse. We also began to think we had a leak in the pool...