Hi TFP Experts,
I love this forum... been a lurker for a couple of months since I bought a house with a pool for the first time in my life. A little background:
The pool is at least 30-40 years old and I don't know how many times it's been re-surfaced. All I do know is that when I purchased the home, the pool had pebble that had been painted over with epoxy paint. No main drain and other lines, like a Polaris line, that have been plugged up. I could clearly see cracks under the coping that had been painted over on the water line and there was no tile. Bottom line, I knew the pool had issues and would have to be repaired at some point, but the inspector said it was no reason to Not buy the house.
Okay, so I knew I'd be in for a hefty re-do, and bill, at some point but thought I'd get a couple/few years of use out of it before completely redoing the pool. Guess again...
The pool started losing and inch to 2 inches a day so I had a leak detection test done. Located the leak by a spa return jet and it was supposed to by a quick 2x2 saw cut to reveal the leaking pipe. Not so much. Turns out the leak was way down there in the spa wall structure, where the return jet enters the spa and then my simple leak repair turned into a major leak repair... so now I'm basically re-doing the entire pool.
However, due to all the costs involved, I'd like to keep the coping if possible. I'm adding a split main drain (main drain was currently canceled), a split spa drain, a vacuum line and resurfacing in white plaster.
I've attached a few pics, I've got a ton more as the pool is currently demoed, but I'm curious to hear any expert opinions with regards to how these cracks should be repaired... and wondering if I'm making a big mistake by not replacing the coping right now. I am adding tile, if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any responses.
I love this forum... been a lurker for a couple of months since I bought a house with a pool for the first time in my life. A little background:
The pool is at least 30-40 years old and I don't know how many times it's been re-surfaced. All I do know is that when I purchased the home, the pool had pebble that had been painted over with epoxy paint. No main drain and other lines, like a Polaris line, that have been plugged up. I could clearly see cracks under the coping that had been painted over on the water line and there was no tile. Bottom line, I knew the pool had issues and would have to be repaired at some point, but the inspector said it was no reason to Not buy the house.
Okay, so I knew I'd be in for a hefty re-do, and bill, at some point but thought I'd get a couple/few years of use out of it before completely redoing the pool. Guess again...
The pool started losing and inch to 2 inches a day so I had a leak detection test done. Located the leak by a spa return jet and it was supposed to by a quick 2x2 saw cut to reveal the leaking pipe. Not so much. Turns out the leak was way down there in the spa wall structure, where the return jet enters the spa and then my simple leak repair turned into a major leak repair... so now I'm basically re-doing the entire pool.
However, due to all the costs involved, I'd like to keep the coping if possible. I'm adding a split main drain (main drain was currently canceled), a split spa drain, a vacuum line and resurfacing in white plaster.
I've attached a few pics, I've got a ton more as the pool is currently demoed, but I'm curious to hear any expert opinions with regards to how these cracks should be repaired... and wondering if I'm making a big mistake by not replacing the coping right now. I am adding tile, if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any responses.