Oh Jesus, I watched a few videos and tiled my entire pool at my remodel with my teenage son and it looks 100% professional and probably better because this is my home and I care. My son started working for a large pool company a week later and after 2 months on the job, he was training a new person. Is it a lot of work? Yes. Can anyone do it? Absolutely. All the information is out there. Research, take your time and you can do it.

@danc6882

9 ай бұрын

Right... I love how he doesn't give any information, then ends his videos saying I hope you found this information helpful...

@ddf-pi2td

2 ай бұрын

​@@danc6882 Respectfully I don't think that company is any good. Tile takes years to learn and even after years of experience mistakes still get made all the time. Can you tile your pool yourself? OfCourse, but there is a reason professional contractors exist. lol

Finding a good tile installer is difficult, every time I've asked pool contractors to change my tiles, they all say to just wait until the entire pool needs to be replastered. They won't even give me a quote because they don't want to do it, and I live in Florida, it's crazy.

I thought I'd disprove you by pitching a roughly rectilinear 40x16 sport pool done with ICF so the walls and floor are flat, etc. Without tile, the plaster guidance seems to be a waterproof basecoat + plaster topcoat using something like the Sidercrete products. However, just pricing 22 big sheets of 5/16" Dekton Trillium like was used in the Rafa Nadal Wellness Spa is $20,000 + $7,000 for shipping. Installing those whole or cut into half sheets without the lippage being bad enough to cut your feet seems daunting. Thanks for the videos.

Pool tiler here, just fixing another tilers pool. Worked for my self for 5 years and came to a new company in a foreman role, exactly what you said people don’t realise how much work goes into them. I’d argue pool tilers by far the best as we render , set out and problem solve. Good video .

i converted from old plaster to tiled pool myself. took 3 months to prepare the walls and 3 months to waterproof, install and grout.

@Swimmingpoolsteve

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds about right. Congrats on the awesome new pool likely made all the better by the fact you did it yourself. Great work!

@9snake

2 жыл бұрын

@@Swimmingpoolsteve thanks! extremely tough project.. especially working under the sun. spent two springs, impossible to work in the summer!

@ducksalot1

2 жыл бұрын

Love your knowledge and honesty. A true tradie has nothing to hide!

@bigdaddyyc

2 жыл бұрын

That's incredible. Was that full-time or part time?

@9snake

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigdaddyyc part-time.. but it is a lot of work.

I’m doing mine and I’m a carpenter ✊🏻

What’s your take on DIY fiberglass swimming pools

What I fail to understand is why when I go to Mexico all the pools are tiled. No plaster pools that I have found and yet when I look to get this done here in the states your narrative is what I hear. It makes no sense. If I replaster my pool it's warrantied for 4-5 years. So within ten years its a redo. Tile will last, what? 50 years or more? Something is not adding up.

@BigDogRoy

Жыл бұрын

I agree and call BS. I’ll slap someone if they give me a quote for 40k to retile a pool. These people are just price gouging.

@mattmatt222333

Ай бұрын

Nobody's giving you a 50yr warranty! Stop kidding yourself

Funny i did mine 10 years ago and never had done it before and still going strong no leaks.

Are tile for pool different that you put in your shower

I would like to see video of how to do it right. Step by step, you might consider videos on what membrane to use & how to install it correctly. Then you can provide photos of how to install the tile. You don't have to scare people, you just have to use photos & videos. Less talk, more illustration.

In the long run, is it cheaper to tile a pool or have a vinyl liner?

@Swimmingpoolsteve

Жыл бұрын

These are too far from being comparable. A liner pool is a liner pool. A concrete pool is a concrete pool. They are not interchangeable and anyone who suggests they are would be doing you a disservice. If you have a concrete pool then plaster, paint or tile are your options. Tile being the most expensive but the longest service life.

@kathrynebishop5233

Жыл бұрын

@@Swimmingpoolsteve we bought a house with a pool that is a concrete pool, but it has a liner in it. The liner needs to be replaced and I was wondering if it would be cheap for us in the long run to just tile it.

@Swimmingpoolsteve

Жыл бұрын

That is a concrete pool with a bandaid covering the real problem. Have a concrete pool installer / renovation Gove you a quote to restore it as a concrete pool. It will not be cheap, or probably will not. Right now you don't know why they covered the pool with a liner. Maybe they were cheap. Maybe the pool has major structural problems. Hard to say without knowing more. That is why you bring in a pro to evaluate and give their opinion in person. This is very valuable information no matter where you decide to go feom there.

@nobody_special012

Жыл бұрын

@@kathrynebishop5233Im in the industry in Central California and Steve is 100% correct. Call someone who is a qualified pool contractor that specializes in resurfacing and get an in person evaluation

Does the pool plaster go all the way up to the marry with the bottom of the waterline tile?

@Swimmingpoolsteve

2 жыл бұрын

It is supposed to be a seamless, flush transition.

Can I build pool with 6 inch concrete thickness with 10mm steel 8 inch centre to centre. My pool size is 15 feet by 30 feet.

@fantasticlife49

7 ай бұрын

very easy to do just find video from one old Englishman doing pool tiles so easy if you follow him, even I had all corners 12" radius so simple just use Sika 107 water proofing you paint it on follow instructions

So how would you recommend someone learn to do it the correct way?

@Swimmingpoolsteve

Жыл бұрын

The correct way is to apprentice with a tilesetter for a number of years and slowly expand your knowledge through day to day tiletting applications. Or extensive trial, error and research I suppose. There are tile settin standards ypu can follow but pools still is a unique animal.

Blah, blah, blahblahblah! So tiling a pool is an old ancient secret that you master after spending 7 years in Tibet, OR you can google for 5 minutes and find out that you need to waterproof your mortar bed, use an underwater rated thinset, use a quality made glass tile(US made is ideal) and use an appropriate grout made by the same companies that made the thinset. Wanna be Rogan, nerdy Steve could ve just mentioned that instead of his elitist nonsensical comments.

Scaring. That's all I'm hearing. I get it save your bread and butter for the dinner table. Do you have the same thought on painting a wall?

@Swimmingpoolsteve

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, painting a wall and tiling a $200,000 swimming pool...totally the same thing. Just grab your tiles and start blasting them up. What could go wrong. Just as easy as painting a wall, right?

Yes it's not easy but it's not rocket science either otherwise tilers wouldn't be doing it. Just takes a bit of thought and planning and research into the correct products to use. So, no need to over emphasize the difficulty of your profession.

GOT A POOL? YOUR LOADED AND GETTING RIPPED OFF IS EASY. I just bought 98sqm of grade A pool tiles for $1200. Pool professionals rip you off! 30-40k!? Get real! I tiled the border and stairs 10 years ago and only now need a regrout. DIY and save literally a fortune. INVEST IN A LASER LEVEL FORGET CHALK.

@Swimmingpoolsteve

3 ай бұрын

Your anecdotal evidence is less than convincing. Since you have this problem sorted why not start installing tile in pools for a living. You could make maybe $20 grand a week. Easy money for you!