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Video Installation of Liner, leaking pool, Zurgena, Almeria

Installation of Liner, leaking pool, Zurgena, Almeria

This is a typical example of a client having to do work 3 times. The client bought the house, which had a liner pool installed. As the house had been empty for several years, everything was in poor condition including the pool.

Local builders suggested tiling the pool, which is where the problems started. The structure of a liner swimming pool is NOT waterproof, or designed to hold the weight of water alone.

Liner pool structures are made from either steel panels bolted together, or low density concrete blocks with no reinforcing. Once the liner is installed over the top of these, it waterproofs the structure and allows for movement in the underlying structure.

Clearly tiling over a structure like this would never be waterproof, once the pool was filled, it leaked. A lot.

Another company was called in, they advised that all the plumbing needed to be changed. They dug all the terraces up and replaced all the pipes, but the pool still leaked as it was structural.

A third company looked at the pool and found cracks where the steps met the structure. They removed this and made the pool wall straight, but the pool still leaked.

All of this work and expense was unnecessary. All the pool needed was a replacement liner. If your pool has a liner fitted, it is because it needs it to be waterproof. You can not tile a liner pool. Conversely, you can install a liner in any type of pool and be assured that the pool structure will be waterproof and looking fantastic.

No that we have installed the Renolit AlkorPlan liner, the client can be assured that the pool is now waterproof and no further work is needed.

Installation of Liner, leaking pool, Zurgena, Almeria

Local builders suggested tiling the pool, which is where the problems started. The structure of a liner swimming pool is NOT waterproof, or designed to hold the weight of water alone.

Clearly tiling over a structure like this would never be waterproof, once the pool was filled, it leaked. A lot.

Another company was called in, they advised that all the plumbing needed to be changed. They dug all the terraces up and replaced all the pipes, but the pool still leaked as it was structural.

A third company looked at the pool and found cracks where the steps met the structure. They removed this and made the pool wall straight, but the pool still leaked.

No that we have installed the Renolit AlkorPlan liner, the client can be assured that the pool is now waterproof and no further work is needed.

Cracked pool repair, with pool liner, Zurgena, nr Albox, Almeria.

Pool refurbishment and leak repair using pool liner, Almeria

Pool liner installation, Zurgena, nr Arboleas, Almeria

Swimming pool liners, Zurgena, Almeria

The client also chose to install a BorderChoice self adhesive pool border as the finishing touch.

Leaking Pool Structure Repair and Refurbishment, Fuengirola

Leaking Pool Structure Repair and Refurbishment, Fuengirola, Mijas, Málaga, Spain. Urbanisation La Sierrazuela

As specialists in the repair and renovation of swimming pools, we see many pools with leaks in the structures. We are often the 2nd or 3rd company to work on the pool, as the clients were either not correctly advised in the beginning, or simply chose the cheapest route to repairing the pool (even though the repair would not work).

In this particular case, the pool structure was cracked. A general builder was called in to look at the pool, although a good builder, he was not a pool specialist. He repaired the pool structure using a semi-flexible waterproof cement based render and then retiled.

Not surprisingly, the swimming pool leaked as soon as the pool was filled. This is because flexible waterproof renders are only designed to flex by fractions of a millimetre. A pool structure has to deal with huge forces acting on it, from the water pressure and it’s own weight. If the pool is built on bad ground, this further complicates the problem. 2mm thickness of cement render can not cope with the forces of 50 tons of water.

This leaves the client in a poor position, not only have they had to pay for the pool refurbishment work, they have also had to pay for the water to refill the pool, only to find that the work has to be done again.

If your pool structure is leaking, the repair and renovation using Renolit AlkorPlan 3000 series of liners is GUARANTEED to be waterproof and is the most economical solution in the long term. Do the job properly, once. This membrane is nearly 2mm thick and is reinforced with polyester fibres.

For this pool, we installed the Renolit AlkorPlan 3000 ETNA colour from the new Ceramics range. It is textured to be like tiles, but with none of the disadvantages. No leaks, no loose tiles, no grouting and generally easier to care for than traditional tiles.