Hello Guys,
I want to start by first saying thank you for this forum, it has made maintaining my new pool extremely easy! Here is my question, I had a pool built last year and had several issues with both the poured in place coping and decking. When the coping was poured, forms were set up in the morning and concrete pour continued into the afternoon (windy and 100 plus by the time the sub contractor started to finish the concrete). We ended up with 14 sections that were cracked outside of the control joints (shrinkage cracks), this was mixed on site. Our decking which was a separate pour also had numerous issues and the pool builder sent out the sub back in August to address the issues with the decking. Long story short, the sub has finally agreed to replace the decking along with the sections of poured in place concrete that are cracked. My question is mainly for the coping, is it possible to replace the sections of coping without creating more damage and is it possible to form up the replaced sections to match the surrounding sections, not worried about the color being a spot on match, going to eventually stain and seal all the coping. The sub contractor says he can do it but I would like to get some feedback from anyone who has experience this or done this on a completed pool. The bond beam was floated with mortar and plastic was put on top of the beam prior to pouring the concrete. Thanks in advance and Im going to try and get some pictures uploaded.
I want to start by first saying thank you for this forum, it has made maintaining my new pool extremely easy! Here is my question, I had a pool built last year and had several issues with both the poured in place coping and decking. When the coping was poured, forms were set up in the morning and concrete pour continued into the afternoon (windy and 100 plus by the time the sub contractor started to finish the concrete). We ended up with 14 sections that were cracked outside of the control joints (shrinkage cracks), this was mixed on site. Our decking which was a separate pour also had numerous issues and the pool builder sent out the sub back in August to address the issues with the decking. Long story short, the sub has finally agreed to replace the decking along with the sections of poured in place concrete that are cracked. My question is mainly for the coping, is it possible to replace the sections of coping without creating more damage and is it possible to form up the replaced sections to match the surrounding sections, not worried about the color being a spot on match, going to eventually stain and seal all the coping. The sub contractor says he can do it but I would like to get some feedback from anyone who has experience this or done this on a completed pool. The bond beam was floated with mortar and plastic was put on top of the beam prior to pouring the concrete. Thanks in advance and Im going to try and get some pictures uploaded.
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