Pool tiling in Aberdeen, planned around a long trip north.

Pools between the Dee and the Don

Aberdeen sits on the North Sea coast between the mouths of the Dee and the Don. Its pools range from public leisure and school pools to university facilities, hotel and health club pools serving business visitors, and private pools in homes out in Aberdeenshire.

Plenty of them are run hard, with long opening hours and constant cleaning, and that shows first in the grout lines, the steps and the pool edge.

Getting the details settled at a distance

A long journey is worth it only if we arrive with the right materials and the pool is ready for us. We will ask you a few practical questions well ahead of the visit.

• When can the pool be drained, and who will do it?
• Is there a spare stock of the original tiles?
• Where can we park, unload and store materials?
• Are there areas outside the tank, such as showers or a spa, to look at on the same visit?

Staying in the city until it is done

For anything more than a quick inspection, Dan and Jay stay locally rather than travel back and forth. That keeps the work moving and means the adhesive and grout get their full cure time before refill, with no pressure to rush so we can head home.

If a tile failure keeps coming back in the same place, we will look for the reason behind it, such as a failed bed or movement in the structure, rather than just replace the tile again.

Showers, changing rooms and surrounds

If we are coming all the way up, it makes sense to look at everything tiled around the pool while we are there. Poolside walkways, channels, showers and changing rooms share the same water, chemicals and foot traffic, so they often wear on the same timetable as the pool itself.

Tell us about those areas when you send photos. Where it suits your closure, some of that work can be done on the same trip, which can save shutting twice.