Two years ago a bought a house with a 25-year old pool knowing that it would need to be replastered and the tile/coping would need to be replaced. I got a ton of information from this site, especially Davileet's posting from March 2020, but I have just a few questions of my own that need clarification.
I have paver coping and two courses of 3x3 waterline tile that have been removed along with the existing mortar and thinset. My bond bean is is great shape with only minimal scaling/pitting. The pool deck is poured concrete. I think a lot of my issues stem from the concrete deck being poured right up against the paver coping. Expansion pushed the coping, coping pushed off the tile. Not to mention whatever expansion joint was there between the decking and coping was not maintained at all allowing for water intrusion. Lastly, there isn't one straight section of my pool; it is all convex or concave profile creating wide variations in the gap between the original pavers of up to 1.25 inches.
1. Can I use Quickcrete Profinish 5000 to smooth out the top of the bond beam with some liquid adhesive brushed on the the bond beam?
2. I have purchased 254 Platinum for both the tile and the coping pavers. Is this acceptable?
3. Do I need a waterproofing layer under the waterline tile as I have seen in some illustrations?
4. What grout do you recommend for the tile?
5. Should I leave an expansion joint of caulk on a vertical tile joint every 10' or 12' instead of grout?
6. What mortar do you recommend for the coping pavers? Type S?
7. What is the min and max distance between the coping pavers? I plan to cut/shape every other paver to minimize the large gaps...again, my pool doesn't have a straight edge to it anywhere.
8. Would you tile or cope first and why?
9. Between the top of the tile and the bottom of the coping pavers would you grout, caulk or both?
Lastly...
10. I have noticed some wet areas in my skimmers and on the walls of the pool. It's as if water is seeping through the pool wall from the back. Is this something to worry about or can I install the tile and coping knowing that I will create a waterproof expansion joint when the process is finally finished. Is this where something like Hydroban would be used?
I should add that I live in MI and have about a month, maybe, to get this done.
Thanks for any advice. I can post pics if necessary.
I have paver coping and two courses of 3x3 waterline tile that have been removed along with the existing mortar and thinset. My bond bean is is great shape with only minimal scaling/pitting. The pool deck is poured concrete. I think a lot of my issues stem from the concrete deck being poured right up against the paver coping. Expansion pushed the coping, coping pushed off the tile. Not to mention whatever expansion joint was there between the decking and coping was not maintained at all allowing for water intrusion. Lastly, there isn't one straight section of my pool; it is all convex or concave profile creating wide variations in the gap between the original pavers of up to 1.25 inches.
1. Can I use Quickcrete Profinish 5000 to smooth out the top of the bond beam with some liquid adhesive brushed on the the bond beam?
2. I have purchased 254 Platinum for both the tile and the coping pavers. Is this acceptable?
3. Do I need a waterproofing layer under the waterline tile as I have seen in some illustrations?
4. What grout do you recommend for the tile?
5. Should I leave an expansion joint of caulk on a vertical tile joint every 10' or 12' instead of grout?
6. What mortar do you recommend for the coping pavers? Type S?
7. What is the min and max distance between the coping pavers? I plan to cut/shape every other paver to minimize the large gaps...again, my pool doesn't have a straight edge to it anywhere.
8. Would you tile or cope first and why?
9. Between the top of the tile and the bottom of the coping pavers would you grout, caulk or both?
Lastly...
10. I have noticed some wet areas in my skimmers and on the walls of the pool. It's as if water is seeping through the pool wall from the back. Is this something to worry about or can I install the tile and coping knowing that I will create a waterproof expansion joint when the process is finally finished. Is this where something like Hydroban would be used?
I should add that I live in MI and have about a month, maybe, to get this done.
Thanks for any advice. I can post pics if necessary.