Building Steps into and existing Swimming Pool
We assisted the swimming pool liner specialists here by building some steps into the pool before they installed the pool liner.
The process is the same if the pool is tiled.
Pool Steps
Building Pool Steps
Pool Steps with stone treads
Covered outdoor terrace and other general building, Marbella
Building works to a country villa near Marbella progressing well. The sandwich board roof is in place, with the beams painted. Next project is to level and tile the floor and render the walls. This will be easier for our workers now, as they can work in the shade. The new roof over the patio has been put much higher than the original, this will make it cooler in summer and allow more light into the house.
In the interior more rooms have been stripped out ready for more new wiring.
We work in the Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Estepona areas on the coast and inland to Alhaurin, Coin and Monda. We work with all types of building and renovations, including swimming pools and pool leak detection.
We can add terraces around your swimming pool, build extensions, whatever your villa on the Costa del Sol needs.
Contact us today to discuss your Costa del Sol building requirements.
Covering and enclosing terrace
Terrace roof in place
New plasterboard ceilings
Rewiring as part of villa renovation
We are a construction based business, so it’s not often that we find a product that is worth recommending.
Staining around the waterline of a swimming pool is a common problem. It is not always the fault of the maintenance of the pool, although this does play a big role in staining at the water line. Things like heavy metals, sun cream, high pH will all cause a problem with staining of the pool border.
On traditionally built swimming pools, such as those with mosaic tiles, this area can be cleaned with hydrochloric acid, which will remove stains (but it also removes the cement grout and can start to damage the glaze of the mosaic tiles), but on fibreglass pools, liner pools and even painted pools this kind of treatment is not possible. Usually the only solution is to resurface the pool.
Our friends at piscinaliner.com have come up with the solution, a self adhesive swimming pool border that is DIY fitment, is safe with the chemicals and looks great.
An unsightly border is a thing of the past. They ship throughout Spain.
These borders can be used on any type of swimming pool, painted, fibreglass, polyester or liner. Here are a couple of before and after examples.
Damaged water line on cheap liner
Swimming pool border
Damaged waterline, tiled pool
DIY solution to stained pool border
Border Choice Spain, Pool Borders
Fibre glass swimming pool lining and waterproofing, Malaga, Costa del Sol
We line swimming pools with gelcoat and fibreglass in most areas of the Costa del Sol, Nerja, Velez-Malaga, Torremolinos, Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, Estepona etc and inland areas such as Coin and Alhaurin.
The fibre glass lining of a swimming pool is a fairly quick process, resulting in a fully waterproof pool structure that will give a modern clean look, whilst being easy to maintain.
Fibreglass or polyester lining is more economical than other finishes.
The polyester is a long lasting, hard wearing surface, reducing the build up of cal and algae due to its water repellent properties. The polyester is 100% waterproof and has a certain amount of flex, making it a good product for waterproofing structurally flawed pools. It can either be left as the finished surface, or be treated to allow tiling.
It can be applied directly over painted, tiled or other finishes, as long as the substrate is reasonably smooth.
It is not necessary to change any of the fittings in the pool, thus reducing cost.
Tiled Pools – If the grout is reasonably good, the polyester can be applied directly over the existing tiles. If the grout is in very poor condition, or missing, it will need skimming with 52.2 cement.
Painted Pools – Any loose or flaking paint needs to be removed. In areas where the paint is very thick and uneven, this will need to be ground smooth.
If the pool has very square corners, these should be rounded with a sand cement mix, as it is very hard to fold the matting into the corners. This can be seen in the link below.
We apply 450gms/m2 of chopped fibre matting. Approximately 1kg/m2 tixotropic resin and finish with high paraffin content gelcoat, in white. Fittings are masked.
After this, the pool needs about 3 or 4 days to dry before filling up.
We recommend that the finish is in white, as it is the most hard wearing.
Swimming pool, fibreglass lined Fuengirola, Malaga
Waterproofing using fibreglass. Polyester resin and glass fibre matt
Fibre Glass finished swimming pool. Pool structure leaking
Lining and waterproofing using fibreglass and polyester resin in Malaga
Refinishing a pool in an atico penthouse, Marbella
Penthouse swimming pool renovation, Marbella
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