Pool deck tile repair and remove broken area of the swimming pool by rubber deck

Posted by John on February 13th, 2017

Every once in awhile a pool terrace tile or two around your swimming pool may need repair. Deterioration over the years can play havoc on pool deck tiles. Often it is just a tile that has came loose on the grout line or you may have a broken or cracked tile that needs to be substituted.

The first thing to consider when concrete pool resurfacing tiles is how older they are. The thing is that the majority of colors and fashions of tile may now end up being outdated. The good news is that when you do make repairs, there are usually color tints or powders available. These additives at least, make your finished product appear as close in color for the old as you possibly can.

Identifying Type of Repair
When you do have pool tile fixes, you need to identify just what actually needs to be completed. Here are the most common types of fixes:
Loose tile due to grout line direct exposure Cracked tile Broken or missing pieces of tile
Exposed Grout Line Repair
This type of pool deck tile repair is probably the most common. Grout wears out after a while and may make the edge of two tiles loose.

Utilizing your grout scraper, remove all old grout. Clean with soap and water. Apply new grout, using color additive when needed. Use the grout applicator tool to do this. Apply grout sealer.

Cracked Tile
Using mild soap and water, clean tile area thoroughly. Take out the area kit and mix dry mix with a small amount of water. Mix until it is putty like in the palms. Mix in color additive for that patch kit if desired.

Using a slightly notched trowel, apply mixture to be able to cracked area. Run a smooth trowel over extra mix to make the surface smooth. Feather the edge of the repair by using a wet sponge and applying to the edge of the area. Let area dry.

Broken Tile
This sort of pool deck repair can be quite a bit more tricky. Hopefully, the broken area of tile is still in place. This will can result in a better looking repair, then if you are completely missing a chunk of tile.

Complete Tile
Remove broken area of tile carefully and place sideways. Clean area together with soap and water. You may need to use your putty knife to remove any small chunks of loose substance.

Mix repair area kit and resurface old concrete as mentioned above and place on edge of broken tile. Place the broken tile up against the mixture edge, just like gluing two pieces of substance together. Use rubber mallet when needed to tap gently in place. Using the smooth trowel to make surface smooth. Feather edges using wet sponge.

Missing Tile
Follow steps above, but instead of adhering the particular broken chunk of tile for the whole tile, you can use the patch mix to be able to fill in the missing piece.

Repairing pool tile and covering a pool with a deck can be easy to do, as long as you have the appropriate tools/materials and are able to recognize what kind of repair has to take place.

For more information about non slip tiles for swimming pools please visit the website here at http://www.rubber-deck.com/

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