Pool Resurfacing Process By DG Pool Supply
Posted by DG Pool Supply on Oct 3rd 2020
Your inground swimming pool is a source of recreation for spending quality leisure time in the comfort of your own environment day or night. But over time, the condition of your pool’s surface material will become damaged. Your pool may need to be resurfaced when you notice that the plaster has discolored, shows stains of rust or if the paint starts to peel. You might also see fibers wearing off the fiberglass, cracks in the pool’s structure, or flaking. All of these are the wear-and-tear signs that signal it’s time to resurface your pool.
The Importance of Pool Resurfacing
Inground pools are made of concrete and have a coated surface of either tile, fiberglass, pebble, or plaster. Your pool is meant to last decades; however, resurfacing it will give your pool a greater chance of reaching or increasing its longevity potential.
How long a new surface lasts varies. For example, polished finishes and white plaster lasts between 5 and 15 years; white quartz surfaces last a minimum of 10 years, and exposed pebble lasts a minimum of 15 years. A resurfaced pool makes a huge difference in increasing your investment and property value.
Pool resurfacing involves preparing the existing pool for a new surface coat by hydro blasting, sandblasting then bond coating, or chipping away the old surface. Next, a polished finish is applied, or a finished coat made of glass beads, glass, exposed pebble, quartz, a polished finish, or plaster is added.
Typically, it takes between 5 and 14 days to finish a resurfacing project. Work may be postponed a day or two in rainy weather.
Here’s a detailed step-by-step look at how the resurfacing process works:
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Steps:
Step 1 – One of our expert technicians prepares the pool and then drains it.
We check that the pool’s lights are functional. Next, we tag them with a yellow sign stating to leave the lights off while your pool is without water.
Following that, we turn off your pool and any electrical attachments to it. We drain your pool using a submersible pump that we place into it.
Step 2 – Specialty trained crews remove old material on the pool’s surface.
Before we begin this step, we ask the homeowner to please move the following items to another location: patio furniture, plants, pots, and anything else in the pool area.
Our specially trained crews use professional equipment to sandblast and strip away the flawed surface material. They will work diligently to get it ready for receiving your chosen new surface material.
We do our best to shelter the area surrounding your pool with coverings because this stage of the pool resurfacing process creates the most dust and noise. Sandblasting is needed to complete the work correctly and thoroughly so that the results of resurfacing will last for years to come.
At the end of each workday, we take care to remove all debris and excess materials from the construction process. After the resurfacing project is finally completed, we go over the site again and perform an end-of-project cleanup. We take a special interest in restoring your backyard to the way it was prior to when we arrived.
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