Hello Everyone 
New to TFP and hoping to get some feedback. Background: We purchased home 2 years ago with a 16x32 inground, standard hopper design. The pool itself is approx 30 years old. We are doing a full renovation short of replacing the steel walls and floor.
When we removed the liner, the grout floor was soft in spots of previous repairs and in the process of cleaning those areas to make our own repairs we discovered that the entire grout bottom was laid on top of the original poured concrete floor which was also epoxied blue. The grout had nothing to bond to. I can see why they grouted at some point because the original floor has lowspots especially on the slope from shallow end to deep.
Having said all that, we have removed all the grout as it was peeling right up anyways and what we have now is a full concrete bottom and slopes, smooth surfaced concrete. And it's already epoxied. Mind you It's not perfect. It's slightly bumpy and has divots but nothing that will hurt the liner per say. We got lucky and don't have to regrout. And with the concrete floor we can actually adhere the padding.
The question I have is, can we use wall foam, on the bottom and slopes? We know the liner will shift, but our thinking is With foam padding on the walls, slopes and floor we will extend the life of the new liner.
Southwestern Ontario, low water table
Thanks in advance
New to TFP and hoping to get some feedback. Background: We purchased home 2 years ago with a 16x32 inground, standard hopper design. The pool itself is approx 30 years old. We are doing a full renovation short of replacing the steel walls and floor.
When we removed the liner, the grout floor was soft in spots of previous repairs and in the process of cleaning those areas to make our own repairs we discovered that the entire grout bottom was laid on top of the original poured concrete floor which was also epoxied blue. The grout had nothing to bond to. I can see why they grouted at some point because the original floor has lowspots especially on the slope from shallow end to deep.
Having said all that, we have removed all the grout as it was peeling right up anyways and what we have now is a full concrete bottom and slopes, smooth surfaced concrete. And it's already epoxied. Mind you It's not perfect. It's slightly bumpy and has divots but nothing that will hurt the liner per say. We got lucky and don't have to regrout. And with the concrete floor we can actually adhere the padding.
The question I have is, can we use wall foam, on the bottom and slopes? We know the liner will shift, but our thinking is With foam padding on the walls, slopes and floor we will extend the life of the new liner.
Southwestern Ontario, low water table
Thanks in advance
