Hello wonderful TFP family!
Firstly, let me say - I wouldn't be the proud owner of a 24,000 gallon pristine pool without y'all.... If I hadn't found this site last year when we bought this house, I would probably be cowering in a dark corner, bottle of cheap vodka in hand, crying over the expensive swamp in our yard.
So.... my current obsession (or actually my husband's). The coping on our pool seems to be deteriorating (see pic).
I've read on here that in some parts of Texas the sandstone is poor (we're in Houston and I think it's sandstone coping) and also in my research I've discovered that sandstone isn't a good match for SWCG (all choices made many moons ago).
Replacing it isn't in my budget right now, so... what can I do about it?
I've approached a couple of pool companies to "seal" the stone, but they don't seem to understand what I'm talking about. am I asking the wrong people the wrong questions? Is sealing the stones a real thing?
There's also a lot of historic mineral deposits.... would we need to have that "blasted" off first?
Thank you in anticipation!!
Firstly, let me say - I wouldn't be the proud owner of a 24,000 gallon pristine pool without y'all.... If I hadn't found this site last year when we bought this house, I would probably be cowering in a dark corner, bottle of cheap vodka in hand, crying over the expensive swamp in our yard.
So.... my current obsession (or actually my husband's). The coping on our pool seems to be deteriorating (see pic).
I've read on here that in some parts of Texas the sandstone is poor (we're in Houston and I think it's sandstone coping) and also in my research I've discovered that sandstone isn't a good match for SWCG (all choices made many moons ago).
Replacing it isn't in my budget right now, so... what can I do about it?
I've approached a couple of pool companies to "seal" the stone, but they don't seem to understand what I'm talking about. am I asking the wrong people the wrong questions? Is sealing the stones a real thing?
There's also a lot of historic mineral deposits.... would we need to have that "blasted" off first?
Thank you in anticipation!!