- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,405
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
If you have a spa attached to your pool how often have you looked carefully at the grout around the spillover and on the spa walls for cracks?
A few years ago I had some tiles come loose from my spa wall. I realized that the grout around the spillover had cracks allowing water to get behind the tiles and eventually pop them off. Since then, every season I look at the grout around the spillover for cracks. Today I did a repair of all the small cracks I could find.
Tools needed were:
- EZ Patch 4 White Pool Tile Grout or EZ Patch 4FS White Pool Tile Grout (The 4FS is fast set and can be used underwater)
- Grout Saw to remove loose grout
- Plastic sandwich bags to mix small batches of grout
- Plastic cup with clean water to mix with grout in bag
- Pail of clean water and sponge to wipe grout from tile
I lowered my spa about 9 inches so I could work around the spillover and it would be dry. I had used the EZ Patch 4 on previous repairs. This time I used the 4FS since there were some cracks where the tiles walls meet underwater. The 4FS sets very quickly. I mixed a very small batch of 4FS in a bag and pressed it into cracks with my fingers. I had only a minute or two of work time before a batch got too hard. There was a very short working period where the consistency was just right. I did about 8 batches to get all the cracked areas. I am letting it dry for about 4 hours before I turn the pool and spllover back on.
Pics below. You can see the clean white grout compared to the old yellowed grout.
If you have a tiled spa like mine I suggest you inspect it for cracks in the grout. A bit of preventative maintenance can prevent much more expensive tile problems.
A few years ago I had some tiles come loose from my spa wall. I realized that the grout around the spillover had cracks allowing water to get behind the tiles and eventually pop them off. Since then, every season I look at the grout around the spillover for cracks. Today I did a repair of all the small cracks I could find.
Tools needed were:
- EZ Patch 4 White Pool Tile Grout or EZ Patch 4FS White Pool Tile Grout (The 4FS is fast set and can be used underwater)
- Grout Saw to remove loose grout
- Plastic sandwich bags to mix small batches of grout
- Plastic cup with clean water to mix with grout in bag
- Pail of clean water and sponge to wipe grout from tile
I lowered my spa about 9 inches so I could work around the spillover and it would be dry. I had used the EZ Patch 4 on previous repairs. This time I used the 4FS since there were some cracks where the tiles walls meet underwater. The 4FS sets very quickly. I mixed a very small batch of 4FS in a bag and pressed it into cracks with my fingers. I had only a minute or two of work time before a batch got too hard. There was a very short working period where the consistency was just right. I did about 8 batches to get all the cracked areas. I am letting it dry for about 4 hours before I turn the pool and spllover back on.
Pics below. You can see the clean white grout compared to the old yellowed grout.
If you have a tiled spa like mine I suggest you inspect it for cracks in the grout. A bit of preventative maintenance can prevent much more expensive tile problems.
