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    Question Replacing concrete deck

    We've decided to take the plunge (no pun intended) and replace the concrete deck on our eight-year-old pool. It heaved last year and cracked around the shallow end. We're planning to replace it with stamped concrete.

    Here's my dilemma: the first company that quoted said that the coping may get damaged and need to be replaced (it's currently in good condition) at a cost of $1,200 to $1,300. They said it happens in about 1/3 of the jobs they do.

    The second company, which hasn't even come out to see the pool yet, said that the coping will definitely have to be replaced -- and probably the liner, too! The existing liner is a premium liner. It was reset last year because it had wrinkled and was judged at that time to be in excellent condition.

    I think it may not be a coincidence that the second company also installs and rehabs pools, while the first one just does concrete work, but is a sub-contractor to some pool companies so has experience in this area.

    My question is -- what is your experience with deck replacements? Do they often require coping and/or liner replacement? Is this second company just trying to increase the cost of the job?

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    Does anyone have any input? I need to make a decision soon and I know there are experts on here! Please?

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    Default Re: Replacing concrete deck

    There are experts here, in pool chemistry, in pump & filter operation, and so on.

    Pool deck repairs in YOUR area? Not so much.

    Your problem is that such repairs tend to be somewhat local in nature. Those who've done such repairs aren't sure what they don't know about your pool, but they're sure it's a lot, and they know enough to know that such things matter. As a result, the more knowledgeable they are, the more reluctant they'll be to say much. You'd have to provide specific location information AND photos (post them on Picasa, Photobucket, or some such, and link to them), before someone knowledgeable might be willing to speak up.

    You could post a poolspaforum.com, which is much more 'pool industry friendly' than PoolForum (even though I'm a 20+ year pool industry professional). The problem you have to watch out for is that many in the pool industry are much more interested in selling their product than in solving your problem, and thus won't hesitate to tell you that THEIR product will fix you right up, regardless of whether their product is a good fit or not.

    Good luck!

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    Okay, thanks, PoolDoc. Here's a bit information: I'm just north of Toronto, Canada, so a cold zone. The deck heaved over the winter a couple of years ago -- we think it was because of an undetected hole in the liner that led to water getting into the ground. The steps cracked, too, and were repaired last year. The deck has cracked in several places and pieces of the concrete have popped out. I'm attaching a photo of one of the cracks that I took last spring.
    Last edited by PoolDoc; 04-25-2011 at 06:29 PM. Reason: extract photo link

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    I can't tell anything from your photos, but I grabbed them so others can look:








    Otherwise, I don't have any experience at all in areas subject to that sort of frost heave, so I'm going to stay out of this one.

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    Last edited by PoolDoc; 03-19-2012 at 08:54 PM. Reason: add Picasa-linked photos

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    The circles in the other photos are where the steps cracked.

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