Before I start let me say that my pool knowledge is limited and this is my first pool. I've owned the house now for 8 years and I've had a company do much of the services.
So a border tile replacement job has turned into a replaster. Here's the story; We've had a cold (for us) winter here* and a bunch of tiles popped off around the top inside pool edge. Called in a contractor and he noticed that there was a crack along the edge about 2 inches down from the top of the pool and that this crack along with water getting in behind and freezing caused the tiles to pop off. I only found out last year that the coping needed to be sealed where it meets the patio/pool deck. (Be kind, I'm still finding my way in the pool world).
Quick aside. I bought this house 8 years ago and my signature shows what I thought I knew about the pool from the previous owners. I was wrong. More on that as we go. Needless to say I'm going to have to revise my sig.
Back to the story; I decided the best thing to do was to have all the tile replaced around the pool since there were a bunch more tiles that sounded hollow when knocked and I'm a "let's do this only once" kind of guy. So we drain the pool. This morning after draining ,the contractor does an inspection of the entire interior of the pool and notices some cracks in the plaster and some "hollow" spots. Bad news. Now it's a tile and replaster job. The budget goes through the roof! I'm looking at $25,000 CND or about $19,500 US. Yikes! But I trust my pool guy and he says the plaster/tile contractor is one of the best so... here we go.
I will try to post some pictures of the pool as the project progresses and will be looking for advice. So far the only decisions I've made are - 1" glass tile to replace the 3" ceramic around the edge and plain white plaster for the interior.
* I know, I live in Canada. Aren't all winters cold there? Nope, not here on the Wet Coast of British Columbia. I live in a pocket near Vancouver that seldom gets snow and the coldest it gets here in winter is aboot the mid 20's F (-5C) for around a week or two a year. But oh no, not this year...a solid month of freezing temps and snow!
PS Here's the pool before.
So a border tile replacement job has turned into a replaster. Here's the story; We've had a cold (for us) winter here* and a bunch of tiles popped off around the top inside pool edge. Called in a contractor and he noticed that there was a crack along the edge about 2 inches down from the top of the pool and that this crack along with water getting in behind and freezing caused the tiles to pop off. I only found out last year that the coping needed to be sealed where it meets the patio/pool deck. (Be kind, I'm still finding my way in the pool world).
Quick aside. I bought this house 8 years ago and my signature shows what I thought I knew about the pool from the previous owners. I was wrong. More on that as we go. Needless to say I'm going to have to revise my sig.
Back to the story; I decided the best thing to do was to have all the tile replaced around the pool since there were a bunch more tiles that sounded hollow when knocked and I'm a "let's do this only once" kind of guy. So we drain the pool. This morning after draining ,the contractor does an inspection of the entire interior of the pool and notices some cracks in the plaster and some "hollow" spots. Bad news. Now it's a tile and replaster job. The budget goes through the roof! I'm looking at $25,000 CND or about $19,500 US. Yikes! But I trust my pool guy and he says the plaster/tile contractor is one of the best so... here we go.
I will try to post some pictures of the pool as the project progresses and will be looking for advice. So far the only decisions I've made are - 1" glass tile to replace the 3" ceramic around the edge and plain white plaster for the interior.
* I know, I live in Canada. Aren't all winters cold there? Nope, not here on the Wet Coast of British Columbia. I live in a pocket near Vancouver that seldom gets snow and the coldest it gets here in winter is aboot the mid 20's F (-5C) for around a week or two a year. But oh no, not this year...a solid month of freezing temps and snow!
PS Here's the pool before.
