First you must prepare the crack in your swimming pool s concrete deck for repair.
My pool deck has cracks.
Although kool deck systems provide improved expansion and contraction of surface elements over regular cement they can still crack over time and require repairs.
About a month ago we resealed the deck and now it has white spots see photo.
Concrete pool decks can sometimes crack and warp under certain weather conditions especially if the concrete is above the frost line.
Preferably with an elastomeric type of sealer.
This video demonstrates how to use ultimate pool seal to patch cracks in your pool deck.
Concrete decks against a pool should have proper expansion joints so they don t expand and damage the pool shell or coping and cracks in the deck areas near the pool should be properly sealed.
This crack is about 20 feet.
The last time the pool deck was sealed was about three years ago.
To enlarge the crack in your swimming pool you can use a crack chaser blade.
My pool deck has cracks on side question.
There are several problems that can lead to cracks in the perimeter of the pool and the surrounding deck.
Spots on stamped pool deck may be sealer diffusion.
Ultimate pool seal is the quick easy and environmental friendly.
Including poor compaction settlement or an under slab leak.
Using the slab jacking process contractors may be able to raise all or some of the sections of the deck back to their original.
Slab jacking may be used at times if a pool deck has dropped down and doesn t have a lot of cracks in it.
Large cracks will not need preparation.
I have a pool deck that is about 2 years old that has a hairline crack extending from the outside edge and across and through three saw cut expansion joints.
We used a 30 solids solvent based acrylic sealer.
Though homes in the fort worth area will very rarely experience sub zero temperatures the average lows in january are generally 31 degrees fahrenheit at night while the record is 7 degrees fahrenheit.
However small cracks must be opened larger in order to allow the filler material to penetrate and bind to the damaged area.
The deck may have dropped down for many reasons.