There may be many things around your home that you love to Do-It-Yourself, but repairing or replacing your pool tiles probably isn’t one of them. While the process itself is straightforward, completing pool tile repair correctly and checking for underlying damage is usually best left in the hands of the professionals. If you’re like many other homeowners, you probably choose to have experts take care of the pool cleaning and repair, trusting the look and feel of your pool to last a long time.
High-quality pool tile repair and installation can prevent damage to the structure of the pool and reduce leaks or cracks. It’s important to hire professionals who have experience in pool tile repair and restoration.
Pool Tile Repalcement
The best pool tile repair companies can handle every aspect of the replacement a resurfacing process, either helping you repair small chipped areas or completely replacing the tiles. Comprehensive repairs fix or replace step tiles and skimmers, complete lovely, intricate complicated mosaics, and complete expert waterline refurbishment. Our teams have the experience and skill to quickly remove and replace waterline tiles while reducing the amount of “downtime” for your pool.
Coping Tiles Replacement
Tile replacement services also include replacing any coping tiles that you have around the outside of the pool. The coping is an area about 12 inches from the edge fo the pool, a barrier of sorts between the pool deck and the actual pool. Materials for coping can include different sorts of tiles, either small tiles that match the waterline tiles or larger decorative tiles.
Sometimes, cracks in the coping tile indicate a structural issue underneath, often caused by shifting soil (common for many San Diego residents) or tree root issues. Our experts can examine the areas underneath the cracked coping tiles and make recommendations for fixing any underlying issues.
Restoring and Repairing Tile Grout
Missing grout between tiles can lead to missing or damaged tiles and create further damage to the pool, plus it means reducing protection for the structure beneath. Do you have problems with worn or missing grout? Perhaps your pool looks dated, with a public swimming pool look of white grout combined with dark, stained, and older grout. Your professional pool service company can not only conduct pool tile repair but can also replace grout between the tiles, as well.
Grout replacement largely depends on the condition of the pool tiles themselves. When your pool service technician inspects your pool area, ask for a recommendation of whether you’re a good candidate for grout replacement services, or if you’ll need to replace both tiles and grout.
Waterfall Pool Tile Repairs
Does your pool include water features, like a tile-covered fountain or waterfall? These are beautiful additions to anyone’s back yard, but the tiles on these, too, can crack or wear down just like those on the waterline. Tile replacement companies can complete the restoration of these tiles when they repair the waterline tiles, too.
The Repair Process
Repairing or replacing your pool tiles starts with a call toa reputable pool services company. An expert will assess your property, taking into account the age of the pool and tiles, whether you’ve had any structural damage, and if there are any other needs, such as grout replacement. Then, you’ll receive a custom quote, detailed with the cost of materials and labor, plus an estimated timeline for completion.
On the day that we start your project, our team will show up ready to work, on time, and in uniform and taking into account your schedule. First, we’ll remove any pool tiles that need to be replaced and discard the waste. The grout in between the tiles will also be removed. Next, we prepare the surface to apply new tiles. All loose and excess materials will be removed so that we can determine whether we need to fix any cracks or structural damage before replacing the tile.
The installation comes next. We’ll prepare the surface with a thin-set mortar and carefully align the replacement tiles. Larger surface area tiles will take longer to set than smaller ones, so we’ll include the setting time in the estimates for completion. Depending on the weather, the set-up time may take longer at certain times of the year.
Once the tiles have set in the mortar, the new grout is applied. This is a fairly simple process, and we like to use products like Deck O Seal for its water-friendly properties. The grout is spread and the excess removed and a nice polish of the tiles to complete the installation.
Bear in mind that a full tile replacement may necessitate draining and then refilling your pool.