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    Dye test found a leak in the tile grout. Is the bond beam cracked for sure?

    The pool contractor says they'd need to remove the coping. It sounds like you're suggesting to take a cement saw to the deck and carve out 1/2" without removing the coping?
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    Dye test found a leak in the tile grout. Is the bond beam cracked for sure?

    Thanks again! I'll get the bond beam fixed and an expansion joint on the cracked side, and hope for the best for the other areas. I asked my pool contractor about adding expansion joints around the other sides and I'm waiting for an estimate, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it'll...
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    Dye test found a leak in the tile grout. Is the bond beam cracked for sure?

    Thanks for the quick response, super helpful. All four sides of the pool lack an expansion joint between the deck and coping. But the leak is only on the deep end, and the quote to rebuild the bond beam is just for that 15ft section of the pool ($6,800). Am I eventually going to experience...
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    Dye test found a leak in the tile grout. Is the bond beam cracked for sure?

    After my pool cleaner informed me that I had a leak, I had two different leak detection companies test our pool. Dye tests were performed, and both of them found a leak in the tile line at the deep end of the pool. The first guy said that he'd grind out the grout line "an inch deep" and reseal...