Pool Renovation
So bought my home last Spring and decided this year to get the 40x20 pool ready to swim. It is 3.5 ft on the shallow end and 9 ft on the deep end. Very dirty. We drained most of it. Pressured washed some of it to see what we need to do. Very rough in some places. two places with a crack. Multiple places at the upper edges where wood is showing. Guess they used wood somewhere in its wall construction. They had it covered before but it has mostly chipped away. We decided we would re-plaster the whole thing. After doing some research, we decided to use Sider-Crete Repair and Sider Crete Roll on Plaster. We would NOT repaint the surface. In talking to the sales man, he said all the existing paint would need to be removed.
Went out and bought an angle grinder. Bought two type of wheels. One is a diamond grinding wheel and the other is stripping wheel. In the thumbnail directly below this paragraph, you can see where I used both types of wheels. The patch on the left is the stripping wheel and the patch on the right is the diamond grinding wheel. No pressure was needed with the diamond wheel, and some pressure was needed for the stripping wheel to work. The diamond wheel takes the paint off and starts to grind into the concrete leaving a rough finish. The stripping wheel takes the paint off and leaves a glossy finish. I can't really tell if the wheel is causing the concrete to be glossy smooth or if it isn't taking all the paint residue off. The diamond wheel cuts into the concrete a bit leaving uneven surface as well. The diamond wheel is a whole lot quicker to remove the paint than the stripping wheel.
I showed the same pic to the Sider Crete salesman (we been texting each other-lol) of the angle grinder and the finished product after each wheel was used, and he said it didn't matter which wheel I used, just use which ever one was easier as their product would bond to either one. I am still uncertain if the stripping wheel removed all the residue as it is smooth as all get out. I wouldn't think concrete would be that smooth without some sort of material added to it. But that's why I am here asking for advice.
The existing pump and filter will need to be replaced. A pool and spa guy from about an hour away (we have nothing like that local), said they would. After doing some research, I think that a cartridge filter would work best for us. Very little maintenance and filters better than a sand filter does. (the existing was a sand filter). Its also middle of the road in use and price it seems. If I go back with sand filter, the way the original owners had it backwashing was crazy and I really dont want it draining down toward a pond like they did. lol.
This pool was also a heated pool at one time apparently. We are removing that feature completely. Just have to repipe a few things where the filter and pump sit. I added a pic of what that looks like as well.
Questions:
1. Which grinding wheel should I use to remove the paint from the pool? I want to make sure that I do this right. I want to make sure that the Sider Crete plaster sticks the best it can and I also don't want bumpy surfaces.
2. You think my choice for filter is alright? I can't determine what size I would need to go with though for this size pool. Also what size pump to go with it?
3. Seems like there may be a few extra pipe fittings, etc where my filter and pump are located. Can someone verify that for me? Remember, we are removing the heater shown in the back of the attached picture.
4. Is there a way to test all this plumbing to make sure that its all still functional under all this concrete?
5. Is there a time limit on having the concrete open after the paint is removed before I need to put the plaster on? Should I have that on hand already? I don't want to cause any unforeseen issues by doing this in steps.
Any help/advice is greatly appreciated. We are looking to be in this pool this summer.
So bought my home last Spring and decided this year to get the 40x20 pool ready to swim. It is 3.5 ft on the shallow end and 9 ft on the deep end. Very dirty. We drained most of it. Pressured washed some of it to see what we need to do. Very rough in some places. two places with a crack. Multiple places at the upper edges where wood is showing. Guess they used wood somewhere in its wall construction. They had it covered before but it has mostly chipped away. We decided we would re-plaster the whole thing. After doing some research, we decided to use Sider-Crete Repair and Sider Crete Roll on Plaster. We would NOT repaint the surface. In talking to the sales man, he said all the existing paint would need to be removed.
Went out and bought an angle grinder. Bought two type of wheels. One is a diamond grinding wheel and the other is stripping wheel. In the thumbnail directly below this paragraph, you can see where I used both types of wheels. The patch on the left is the stripping wheel and the patch on the right is the diamond grinding wheel. No pressure was needed with the diamond wheel, and some pressure was needed for the stripping wheel to work. The diamond wheel takes the paint off and starts to grind into the concrete leaving a rough finish. The stripping wheel takes the paint off and leaves a glossy finish. I can't really tell if the wheel is causing the concrete to be glossy smooth or if it isn't taking all the paint residue off. The diamond wheel cuts into the concrete a bit leaving uneven surface as well. The diamond wheel is a whole lot quicker to remove the paint than the stripping wheel.
I showed the same pic to the Sider Crete salesman (we been texting each other-lol) of the angle grinder and the finished product after each wheel was used, and he said it didn't matter which wheel I used, just use which ever one was easier as their product would bond to either one. I am still uncertain if the stripping wheel removed all the residue as it is smooth as all get out. I wouldn't think concrete would be that smooth without some sort of material added to it. But that's why I am here asking for advice.
The existing pump and filter will need to be replaced. A pool and spa guy from about an hour away (we have nothing like that local), said they would. After doing some research, I think that a cartridge filter would work best for us. Very little maintenance and filters better than a sand filter does. (the existing was a sand filter). Its also middle of the road in use and price it seems. If I go back with sand filter, the way the original owners had it backwashing was crazy and I really dont want it draining down toward a pond like they did. lol.
This pool was also a heated pool at one time apparently. We are removing that feature completely. Just have to repipe a few things where the filter and pump sit. I added a pic of what that looks like as well.
Questions:
1. Which grinding wheel should I use to remove the paint from the pool? I want to make sure that I do this right. I want to make sure that the Sider Crete plaster sticks the best it can and I also don't want bumpy surfaces.
2. You think my choice for filter is alright? I can't determine what size I would need to go with though for this size pool. Also what size pump to go with it?
3. Seems like there may be a few extra pipe fittings, etc where my filter and pump are located. Can someone verify that for me? Remember, we are removing the heater shown in the back of the attached picture.
4. Is there a way to test all this plumbing to make sure that its all still functional under all this concrete?
5. Is there a time limit on having the concrete open after the paint is removed before I need to put the plaster on? Should I have that on hand already? I don't want to cause any unforeseen issues by doing this in steps.
Any help/advice is greatly appreciated. We are looking to be in this pool this summer.
