Looking for advice. I noticed a single tile off in my skimmer. It quickly turned into several with fairly large chunks of gunite (I assume that’s what it is) coming off. I am pretty handy but this looks complex. Looking for advice and / or a name of someone in the greater Sacramento area that could fix this. My pool is 23 years old and is pebble tec.
A few tile fell off taking large chunks of gunite
- Thread starter emdoller
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,865
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Will thinset be capable of filling the missing 3” or so deep concrete?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,865
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
If you want to do a cleaner job then use an oscillating tool with a grout and mortar removal blade and chip off all the old thinset down to the gunite in the area. Also use it to clean off the back of the tile.
You will then see how much thinset was used to build up the wall the tile was on.
You will then see how much thinset was used to build up the wall the tile was on.
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I think my issue is worse. The gunite on the top row has broken off. The whole corner is gone.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,865
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I don’t see any grout between the tiles on the skimmer mouth.
Clean up the area and use thinset and grout to build up the corner even if you need to round it off a bit.
Clean up the area and use thinset and grout to build up the corner even if you need to round it off a bit.
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Ahultin
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- Aug 19, 2021
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- Pool Size
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- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Looking at the picture it looks like the area was built up with thinset which isn't typically made to be installed that thick. If you have a grinder, you can clean up the area with that then back cut it some to create a "key" . fill that missing area with hydraulic cement and let that cure then use thin set no deeper than .25" to reset the tiles.