Pool renovation
Pool renovation: cracks, equipment, tile and coping
Restore your pool's former glory with our expert renovation services, repairing cracks, upgrading equipment, and replacing tiles.
Chapter 01
Cracks: what the visit looks for before any repair is proposed
Repairing cracks is the first item in Hilltop's renovation description, and it is where many renovations begin. A crack in the pool shell and a crack in the deck around it are different problems, and which one you have decides what a repair involves.
Every renovation starts the way a new build does: a consultation, then a detailed proposal. The proposal puts the scope in writing before any work begins, so you know what is being repaired and what is not.
The contact form lists Residential Repair and Commercial Repair as project types, so a backyard pool and an apartment or neighbourhood pool start in the same place. Tell us which one you have and what you have noticed.
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Equipment upgrades: pumps, heaters and salt systems
Upgrading equipment is the second line of the renovation description. Hilltop's reviews and blog keep returning to variable-speed pumps with a thermo mode, heaters and salt generators, and those are the usual places to start the conversation about an older pool.
An equipment upgrade changes how the pool is run day to day: how the water circulates, how it is heated and how it is sanitised. The visit covers what your current equipment does and what a replacement would change, in trade terms and without a brochure sheen.
Equipment is rarely the only thing on a worn pool. Tile, coping and cracks get looked at in the same visit, so the proposal can set out the whole scope in one document.
Chapter 03
Tile and coping replacement, and the work around them
Waterline tile and coping are the parts of a pool you see and touch every day, so replacing them changes how the whole pool reads.
Hilltop builds new concrete pools with coping, tile and a finish, which means the crew that replaces them knows how those layers fit together on the shell underneath.
A renovation scope can also reach the pool surface, the deck and patio around the pool, and damage left by storms. Those are discussed at the consultation in general terms first. What applies depends on what the visit finds, and the written proposal lists it.
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What helps at the first visit
None of this is a requirement for getting started. It is what makes the first visit and the written proposal faster and more exact.
Photos of the area
The crack, the tile line, the coping edge, the equipment pad. A few clear photos from where you stand save time at the visit.
The survey, if you have one
The stamped, certified survey is required for new pools. For a renovation it is simply useful to have on hand if it exists.
The age of the pool, if you know it
A rough year is enough. If you do not know, say so and the visit will sort it out.
What you have noticed
Where the problem shows up, how long you have seen it, and whether it is a home pool or a commercial one.
Send what you have through the contact page, or look at finished pools on Our work first to see finished Hilltop work.