Hey everyone! I am a newbie to pool ownership. So far the water seems to be easy to balance etc but we have some major maintenance things we need to do including a new liner (easy) and repairing crumbling concrete around the coping (not so easy). I can't be the first pool owner to deal with this so I thought I'd reach out and see if anyone has a good solution. I've had a few contractors come out but many won't touch it. Here are the two options:
1. Grind out the crumbling stuff, fill it in, and then coat it with a pool decking substance.
2. Grind out the crumbling stuff and repour with concrete coping.
3. Remove all of the concrete and start over.
Honestly I don't know if I'll get my money back from options 2 or 3 so I'm looking at 1 but curious if anyone has any experience with longevity in the first one. I'm being quoted about $6500-8000 for it so while it will be cheaper than the other two it won't be cheap so it needs to least. Thanks for any input!
1. Grind out the crumbling stuff, fill it in, and then coat it with a pool decking substance.
2. Grind out the crumbling stuff and repour with concrete coping.
3. Remove all of the concrete and start over.
Honestly I don't know if I'll get my money back from options 2 or 3 so I'm looking at 1 but curious if anyone has any experience with longevity in the first one. I'm being quoted about $6500-8000 for it so while it will be cheaper than the other two it won't be cheap so it needs to least. Thanks for any input!
