Recent content by pooler73

I am actually kind of relying on the stone cutting easier. I am thinking that will help me create that separation. I am going to try a couple of tool options to see which gives easier and best results. Oscillating tool with diamond grit grout removal tool.....and if that doesn't do it, then...

Will say I did some more work this afternoon digging out the old caulking and it appears the contractor used a crack chaser bit to create a "v" groove just deep enough for some of the caulking to sit in. Bunch of clowns. 🤡

Sounds like I'm in for some fun work. Thanks for all your advice!

Do you think it would still be worth while to cut in an expansion joint? If so should it be deeper than the stine coping or should it just be a "control joint" and not as deep?

I believe you are probably correct. See i think the main problem is the concrete contractor did not know what he was doing around a pool. He was part of the larger, overall construction project and this got lumped in his task. The pool builder stone mason was on a tight schedule so he went...

I will get you some photos of that a bit later today. In then radius corners do you think a Rotozip tool with a diamond cutter would be able to work? I figure the sandstone will cut easier than the concrete. Its just frustrating that the contractors did a Crud job and back then i didn't know...

Maybe these will help. I found some construction pictures. So obviously there is concrete under the stone to lock in the top of the walls. But then you will see the stone coping was laid......and the concrete crew poured concrete right up to the stones, with no gap.

Hmm.....maybe. I will take a picture from inside the pool tomorrow so you can see the inside edge. I know I see a whole lot of grout under the stone from jnside the pool. So if that's the case, then what is the joint where all the caulking is cracking and coming out of?

Yes......there is no gap between the concrete deck surface and my stone coping.....like I believe there should be. Therefore due to expansion and contractions it is cracking the grout between the stones. So in the diagram you referred to.....I have no expansion joint.