Swimming pool tiling across the South East, from the Kent coast to the Thames Valley.

Pool repairs and refurbishment in the South East

The region covers a lot of different places. There are seaside towns along the Sussex and Kent coast with hotel and holiday pools, university cities such as Oxford, Canterbury and Brighton, commuter towns in Surrey and Berkshire with health clubs and gyms, and villages full of private pools in homes.

We have area pages for Brighton, Reading, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Guildford, Southampton, Oxford and London, and we work in the towns between them too.

• Pool tile repairs and replacement
• Epoxy regrouting
• Chemical cleaning and descaling
• Partial and full retiles
• Mosaic repairs and new mosaic work
• Surrounds, changing rooms, spas and steam rooms

Scale on tiled pools

Much of the South East sits on chalk and the water is hard. On a tiled pool that shows as scale at the waterline, rough grout and white deposits around fittings. A controlled clean on a drained pool usually removes it and shows what condition the tiles and joints are really in.

Scale can also hide cracked tiles and open joints. Scrubbing hard at heavy deposits with the pool full tends to damage grout, so it is usually better to deal with them properly during a planned drain down and check the finish while the surface is clear.

Making a long trip count

Because we come from the North West, we ask for photos of the pool before we visit. They help us understand the problem and bring the right materials. We still inspect before pricing, because photos cannot show a hollow tile or a failed bed.

For longer jobs we stay locally, so the work runs on a normal day rather than around a long drive. Where two pools in the same area need attention, we can often plan the visits together.

Fitting the work into your calendar

Schools usually want work done in the summer holidays, holiday and hotel pools in the quiet months, and clubs when members will notice least. Most repairs need the pool drained, and the grout and adhesive need curing time before refill, so tell us your window early.

Where a pool has several problems, we can split the work into stages across more than one closure, dealing with safety issues such as sharp edges or lifting step tiles first. We agree the order with you so each stage leaves the pool safe to reopen. Surrounds, changing rooms and spa areas can often be done in the same closure as the pool itself, which saves shutting twice.