I also found this odd weeping on the bottom of my step. The rest of the pool is dry except for this one spot. I may need to chip that out more.
bperry’s pool renovation
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Powderboy
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This project just keeps getting farther away from the original, “I’ll just fix and patch this one crack in a weekend”….
sigh.............It is all that darn mouse's fault! (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie-a children's book read by this Kindergarten teacher many times LOL)
SO will you let ME pick out your new tiles?????
Ha, my wife gets that honor on the final choice but I’m sure we could use some suggestions.
Has she seen any of the ideas? Is she a BLING lady or more of a subtle kind of lady? OR it could be subtle with a BLING accent every once in a while. With you starting new the sky is the limit!
Turbo1Ton
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- Dec 26, 2019
- 1,995
- Pool Size
- 14500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I am subscribed to this thread now. Impressive work so far. I understand the DIY hesitation to letting someone else replaster, but IMO that is likely the best option. There was a post on the internet about a guy who replastered his pool, I think it is probably about 20 years old now, but it did not sound fun. I cannot find it now, but the guy was an engineer and I actually found it because he posted how to change a garage door torsion spring, back in 2003/4 timeframe, before youtube was a big thing (might not have been a thing at all then, I don't remember).
I am also a big proponent of DIY, but when my pool is due for a replaster, I will hire the actual plaster portion out. I will likely do all the chipout to save the money.
--Jeff
I am also a big proponent of DIY, but when my pool is due for a replaster, I will hire the actual plaster portion out. I will likely do all the chipout to save the money.
--Jeff
I’ve already broken a few more tiles after discovering a new crack. Does the pool purposely crack in just enough places that I’m short one staple? 
Decided to have jr. help me out with the chipping. I also found the tip on the website describing “cutting wide” around the crack rather than cutting through each individual staple area. Because the angle grinder is only 4.5” in diameter, cutting through the plaster first and then recessing the staple another 1.5” is much easier.
here’s the pre cut shot before chipping out the recessed rectangles for the staples.
And there’s my overall progress. So far I’ve got 19 staples installed, and 16 more to go. I didn’t initially order enough and so I’m waiting on those for a few more days. The nine spots I cut for staples are covered with hydraulic cement.
Decided to have jr. help me out with the chipping. I also found the tip on the website describing “cutting wide” around the crack rather than cutting through each individual staple area. Because the angle grinder is only 4.5” in diameter, cutting through the plaster first and then recessing the staple another 1.5” is much easier.
here’s the pre cut shot before chipping out the recessed rectangles for the staples.
And there’s my overall progress. So far I’ve got 19 staples installed, and 16 more to go. I didn’t initially order enough and so I’m waiting on those for a few more days. The nine spots I cut for staples are covered with hydraulic cement.
- Feb 6, 2015
- 7,813
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
As long as you are going to replade the waterline tile, you may as well replace the step marker tiles. 
Maybe turn them at a 45* angle for a slightly different look.
Maybe turn them at a 45* angle for a slightly different look.
Well I guess you are going to get new tiles then!
NICE to see a young person being able to do some sweat work! Good parenting there!
NICE to see a young person being able to do some sweat work! Good parenting there!
Spent several hours power washing the shell trying to find any delaminated areas. I’d say I found a few. This just confirms my hunch that patching this up wasn’t going to be something I want to waste time doing.anyone in the area need 50lbs of EZ patch?
And here’s a few untouched spots in the deep end. Plaster worn all the way down to the gunite.
And here’s a few untouched spots in the deep end. Plaster worn all the way down to the gunite.
What in the world could be behind there? I don't see a return or anything on the steps in that area. That is weird!
- Feb 6, 2015
- 7,813
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
No telling where it's from.
Water will take the path of least resistance.
Any cracking in that area? Even small ones count.
Water will take the path of least resistance.
Any cracking in that area? Even small ones count.
My steps seem to be weeping much less, just a hint of moisture now. I did find that as I removed tile that water would trickle down out of several of them along with some bugs that were hiding behind the tile. Seems the tile installers just added a dab of thin set for each tile instead of buttering the entire tile. So any grout that wore away at a tile edge would allow water behind there. Removing the thin set has been much harder than the tile itself.
Getting my third plaster quote on Thursday. I thought having the tile gone beforehand might help lower the quote to add tile. Either that or they don’t bid at all because they are scared of what they see.
I plan on patching all the coping where it meets the tile now that the tile is gone. It’s pretty worn and still has remnants of the fiber optic line clips that were embedded in the decking. Can’t see any of that except when you’re in the water.
Getting my third plaster quote on Thursday. I thought having the tile gone beforehand might help lower the quote to add tile. Either that or they don’t bid at all because they are scared of what they see.
I plan on patching all the coping where it meets the tile now that the tile is gone. It’s pretty worn and still has remnants of the fiber optic line clips that were embedded in the decking. Can’t see any of that except when you’re in the water.
Betting your are right in the dab of gop instead of proper buttering of the tiles. What a lot of work but it is really going to be a new pool! Better than it was before!
You have to get the buttering correct or you will be in a jam.
Weekend update is that I’ve got a total of 29 staples installed. The area in the middle needs some different style staples since they are so close to the floor to wall transition so I have 5 of the 45degree angle staples to install there.
The humidity is gaining around here so I’m good for about 5 staples per day which comes to about two t-shirts worth of fresh clothing changes. Normally I’d jump in the pool every hour or so to cool off but that doesn’t work right now.
Still waiting on the last contractor for their plaster quote since they came out last Thursday. I’ve got a feeling they will be a no-bid response. One of the concerns I had was plasterer’s not wanting to touch a pool that was drained and had homeowner crack repair going on. If all that fails, I may have to patch it up and then get more bids for replaster since they won’t know about the crack repair.
The humidity is gaining around here so I’m good for about 5 staples per day which comes to about two t-shirts worth of fresh clothing changes. Normally I’d jump in the pool every hour or so to cool off but that doesn’t work right now.
Still waiting on the last contractor for their plaster quote since they came out last Thursday. I’ve got a feeling they will be a no-bid response. One of the concerns I had was plasterer’s not wanting to touch a pool that was drained and had homeowner crack repair going on. If all that fails, I may have to patch it up and then get more bids for replaster since they won’t know about the crack repair.
Now that is a new way to measure a job----------2 shirts! I like it! Most of the time we measure it by how much adult drink it will take to not feel the work afterwards LOL