Hi all,
I just finished up with my first (and hopefully last) SLAM, and the water is looking amazing. However, with all of the cleaning, I noticed a small rust spot in the shallow end of the pool. I thought it was just a little stain from some metal that may have been in there at one point, but then the next day, I saw another small spot that was in line with the first, heading down toward the deep end. Now I have 3 spots, all in line, all about 4-5 feet apart, so I'm thinking it's the rebar that is rusting through.
I've seen on the web that you want to get this taken care of ASAP before it spreads. My questions are: If the spots can be fixed without draining, what kind of ballpark pricing would that be? (I know it's hard to say, but I'm wondering if it would be a hundreds to 1k kind of job or easily a multi thousand dollar repair... Just looking for ANY kind of ballpark. Also, does anyone have a recommendation in the Los Angeles area for someone to come take a look.
Alternatively, I was considering taking a sock and getting dry acid and trying that out... but since the acid eats away at a layer of plaster, I'm worried about trying that when I think the rebar is the issue and not a dropped piece of metal.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
--
20,000 gallon Gervasi pool. American Titan D.E. Vertical Grid Filter
I just finished up with my first (and hopefully last) SLAM, and the water is looking amazing. However, with all of the cleaning, I noticed a small rust spot in the shallow end of the pool. I thought it was just a little stain from some metal that may have been in there at one point, but then the next day, I saw another small spot that was in line with the first, heading down toward the deep end. Now I have 3 spots, all in line, all about 4-5 feet apart, so I'm thinking it's the rebar that is rusting through.
I've seen on the web that you want to get this taken care of ASAP before it spreads. My questions are: If the spots can be fixed without draining, what kind of ballpark pricing would that be? (I know it's hard to say, but I'm wondering if it would be a hundreds to 1k kind of job or easily a multi thousand dollar repair... Just looking for ANY kind of ballpark. Also, does anyone have a recommendation in the Los Angeles area for someone to come take a look.
Alternatively, I was considering taking a sock and getting dry acid and trying that out... but since the acid eats away at a layer of plaster, I'm worried about trying that when I think the rebar is the issue and not a dropped piece of metal.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
--
20,000 gallon Gervasi pool. American Titan D.E. Vertical Grid Filter