How do you refurbish an inground concrete pool?

Answer 1

Firstly, you would need a very good knowledge of the codes in your state, county, city, and village. You need to have experience in swimming pool electricity ( different codes than house building) - things such as proper wiring gauges and the codes involved in your project. You need a good grasp on swimming pool Plumbing and hydraulics. The hydraulics are involved when you work with pool pumps, heaters, filters and various sizes of PVC pipe and tolerances and hydraulics required in plumbing a pool and or spa. The hydraulics of a pool need to be well balanced. Then there is the area of rebar, bonding of all metal parts, gunite, plaster, tile, grout, caulking, decking and drainage, coping, clearances between the bondbeam, decking and the sub grade compaction. Once that is done you have to look at the compatibility of the equipment. You have to have a system that is well balanced or matched with its related component part. Proper licensing and permits are required. You also need to dispose of all the waste - the old plaster, equipment, plumbing, and anything that comes out of the pool area. There may be many more things that are left out but this touches on a few items involved in refurbishing a pool.

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Answer 2

If your inground pool has a liner it has probably been in it for years. If you drain it completely you will shift the liner. Don't do that. If you have cement sides your coping can probably be fixed after replacing the metal rail. If the pool has metal sides and wood framework and 40 years old, fill it in and swim at the local pond, you won't like the $$$$$$ it will take to repair it. Most work like this is left to the professionals.

You will first have to drain the pool to a sufficient level to affect the repairs. Maybe a complete draining would be better.