Hi - new to pools and this forum. I bought a house last year that came with a older pool (concrete, 36k gallons). I opened the pool this year on my own with the help of reading this forum and had no problems with the water (aside from having to replace my multiport) , but I noticed a crack under the coping in the mortar all around the pool. It looks like the mortar joint is quite old. I don't hear a hollow sound (I searched the forum on this topic already) when I tap the coping, but the coping is natural fieldstone and quite thick (3"+). The pool wasn't opened for over a year before I bought the house and I noticed no water leak. The crack is generally all around the pool in certain spots, and there are a few spots with chunks of mortar that I can pull off. I also had about 5 tiles fall off the wall as well. Can I just repair the crack with pool mortar? Should I be concerned about anything else?
I attached a picture of a spot of the crack as an example (I can take a better one tomorrow when it is light) as well as the coping. The crack in the photo is directly under the coping at the top of the mortar. In a few spots, chunks of that mortar can come off.
I attached a picture of a spot of the crack as an example (I can take a better one tomorrow when it is light) as well as the coping. The crack in the photo is directly under the coping at the top of the mortar. In a few spots, chunks of that mortar can come off.
