Redo marbelite on a pool

I actually can't remember... I sold the house shortly after. I'll look if I have any record
 
Yeah I'm wondering how much to redo as well. My pool is really abbrasive... 1 vigorous swimming/jumping session by the kids and their toes are bleeding.
 
Seems like I need to get this done as well. Pool is almost 40 years old and badly worn out. Got a quote of R30k from my pool guy, will post before and after pics when it's done...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Nope. Pool guy says that despite the claims, his experience is that epoxy wears faster and needs to be redone more frequently...
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agreed, everything I have heard from people who do it is that it doesnt last, 1, 2, 5 years down the line they are doing it over
 
Final stretch now.

Started with emptying out the pool and chipping away at the surface.

You could see the stains through the water before, but you only realise how bad it was after removing the water.

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Yesterday and today they cleaned up the mosaic and applied the filler and marbelite.


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All that's left is to start filling up once it dries, add chlorine and then brace for the water bill. Pool guy says no other chemicals for now...
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
Final stretch now.

Started with emptying out the pool and chipping away at the surface.

You could see the stains through the water before, but you only realise how bad it was after removing the water.

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Yesterday and today they cleaned up the mosaic and applied the filler and marbelite.


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All that's left is to start filling up once it dries, add chlorine and then brace for the water bill. Pool guy says no other chemicals for now...
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Yowch, no possibility to store the water in one of those huge bladders?
 
flarkit said:
Yowch, no possibility to store the water in one of those huge bladders?
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We ran the numbers and it's going to cost about R4k in water to fill.

Storing the water for a week would have cost about the same (possibly more) to hire the equipment. It's the equivalent of 9 x 5,000L Jojo tanks...
 
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All done, pool is full again. Not completely blue because we can only use chlorine for the first week. No acid and other stuff until the marbelite is set.

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Also got a new light, but wired into a smart breaker that works through Tuya. So I can set a custom schedule and do some Home Assistant integration.

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There's a tree that's constantly shedding flowers into the pool so it's the next thing that needs to go. Getting more solar panels installed, so next year we'll get a heat pump installed...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
All done, pool is full again. Not completely blue because we can only use chlorine for the first week. No acid and other stuff until the marbelite is set.

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Also got a new light, but wired into a smart breaker that works through Tuya. So I can set a custom schedule and do some Home Assistant integration.

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There's a tree that's constantly shedding flowers into the pool so it's the next thing that needs to go. Getting more solar panels installed, so next year we'll get a heat pump installed...
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Check the chemicals first before just chucking in acid. In 7 years of working on a pool in jhb it's hardly ever required acid but more alkalinity up
 
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