waterline

Just pasted a nasty storm (cyclone) and rebalanced my pool and noticed the waterline is looking pretty average. It’s a pebblecrete pool with no coping tiles. It seems like the issue is worst at each grout line of the tile surround, so presume a leading contributor has been water run off into...

I have been a completely hands-off pool owner for 2 years now. We switched our pool to a SWG when we moved in. This is my first pool and I thought that all you had to do for a pool was hire a company and enjoy your swims… that self pool maintenance was for people with time or interest… well, our...

When the pool was built I was told by pool company I’d need my coping tile sealed so it wouldn’t stain. They recommended a guy. 11 months after the pool was complete I had the coping sealed. Contacted the guy a few days later bc it was a thick sticky mess. Like Vaseline all over the coping. He...

So my partner and I are retiling the waterline of our pool. As we chipped out the tile and grounded the thinset. It seems the “mortar bed/concrete” is in really good shape. Would we be able to acid wash it and then tile over it with thinset ? I have read online that a mortar bed is needed but it...

After several failed attempts to clean my waterline with a pumice stone as well as acid, I found a succesful method using Bar Keepers Friend. This requires lowering your waterline a few inches. I used Bar Keepers Friend and water to make small batches of paste. I slathered the paste on about...

Hi guys, I need some serious guidance here.. my pool installer did a terrible job installing our waterline tile on our saltwater fiberglass pool which we installed last fall. What seemed like just a sloppy install is not turning into a algae borne mess... it seems water is now behind lots of...

We are highly considering a 6x6 waterline glass tile for our pool (under construction now). I have searched and searched for the cons to doing this and can’t really find anything. The reason for me asking is, I find it hard to understand why there are only a few options for that size available...

I will add photos to this post as soon as the sun comes up tomorrow, but I wanted to post my question sooner rather than later. The installation of our waterline and spa tile started today and I'm hoping for a reality check on my expectations for how perfectly 1" x 1" glass tile can/should be...