Pool refurbishment in Swindon, with the M4 on the doorstep.

A growing town and its rural edge

Swindon grew up around the railway works and has kept growing, with large newer housing areas on its edges. In the town you will find leisure, school and health club pools. Out in the Wiltshire villages and towards the Cotswolds there are private indoor and outdoor pools in homes, and hotel pools in the countryside.

A community pool and a private garden pool have little in common beyond the tiles, so the advice we give depends on which one you have.

Repair, regrout or retile?

Not every tired pool needs a full retile. If the tiles are sound but the grout has washed out, a regrout may be the right answer. If tiles are hollow in patches, targeted repairs may hold. If the bond has gone over wide areas, or the tiles are no longer made and cannot be matched, a retile can work out better in the long run.

We decide this on site, after tapping across the surfaces and looking closely at the joints, edges and steps. It cannot be judged from photos alone.

• Regrouting, including epoxy grout, where tiles are still well bonded
• Targeted tile replacement in hollow or damaged areas
• Partial retiles of steps, floors or waterline bands
• Full retiles where repairs would only patch a wider failure

Keep any spare tiles

If there are boxes of the original tiles in a store or plant room, keep them. Matching older pool tiles exactly can be hard, and spares make a repair far less noticeable. If there are none, we can talk through close matches or a deliberate contrast band.

Labels, invoices or the name of the original installer can also help us track down the tile range, or at least its size and finish. Pass on whatever you have when you first get in touch.