Cost for retiling a pool

[steve]

My pool needs some work as numerous mosaic tiles have come off. It looks as if the cement coating under the tiles has cracked in places. I face the choice of a patching up job or a total strip of the old tiles, rescreeding the surface and retiling. Pool is 10 by 5. Has anyone experience of the costs of this sort of job?

[Lesley Jean]

I think you need to talk to Bruce Wallis as he has had something similar just done to his pool.

[Please Sir]

Try the dive school people. Some of them do it in the winter.

[Matryx]

My pool needs some work as numerous mosaic tiles have come off. It looks as if the cement coating under the tiles has cracked in places. I face the choice of a patching up job or a total strip of the old tiles, rescreeding the surface and retiling. Pool is 10 by 5. Has anyone experience of the costs of this sort of job?

I had a quote for a complete re-tiling job, which was 5,200 euros for the same size pool, plus the tiles and cement. The tiles can vary in price, so for something mddle of the road, the total price, including the 5,200 euros, came out at over 9,000 euros.

[steve]

Thanks Matryx. That is the sort of information I was looking for.

[Rampage]

If your pool is getting on in years it's probably a good time to completely re-tile it. Underwater tile replacements won't last more then a couple of suction cleaning cycles. Our pool is 20 years old so we took the plunge (sorry) and went for a complete re-tile. Good thing too - the builder discovered numerous areas of erosion and voids under the tiles in the pool foundation. Partly caused by poor original build quality and partly through water seepage. Full rejuvenation of substrata and tile replacement on an 8m x 4m pool (depth 1.2m - 2.2m) cost about 6800 euros. Results look fantastic!

[LICY]

We had pebble pool style coating, but it was not done properly. there is a large section of the plaster pebbles that is bowing. a builder thinks it would be a good idea to have the rendering done again. he quoted us €20 per sq mtr for the purchase of mosaics. we checked these out at Sulcave at Fatacil. you could choose something fancy at about €80. Our pool is a very irregular pool so difficult to say how many meters but certainly not as much as 10m x 5m. the depth is about 1.45m. we have 5 irregular straight edges. Some of you know what I mean. The quote is way less than those quoted on this post - certainly the €9200. if you know how many sq mtrs at least you can work that part out should you go for a budget mosaic. The expensive ones were like a mother of pearl sheen.

[Bruce Wallis]

Talk to Kates builder, Alipio. He did an excellent job on our pool refurbish and was reasonably priced.

[EMM]

E20 m2 for a 10 x 5 x 1.45 pool is under E2000 , does that include labour costs and IVA as well ?
It does seem very good value compared to other costings.
We had ours costed last year and for a basic retiling with no remedial work we were quoted in the region of 5000euros.

[LICY]

E20 m2 for a 10 x 5 x 1.45 pool is under E2000 , does that include labour costs and IVA as well ?
It does seem very good value compared to other costings.
We had ours costed last year and for a basic retiling with no remedial work we were quoted in the region of 5000euros.

No I was quoting tile price from Sulcave. Our pool is smaller so ours is probably less. I would say double that for rendering and tile application. We were quoted €6000+ for removing the pebble plaster and replastering which was over €2000 less than another company. on that basis we chose the mosaic tiles, new render, removal of the cement/product and installing tiles €3500 (+IVA).

[traveler]

Just a few comments on mosaic tile. In addition to numerous types of design that impact price there are also three types of backing used to hold the tiles together for adhesion to the glue. The first is a web netting on the back of the tile which is typically the cheapest and least reliable in the long run, as the tiles often do not bind to the glue and pop off. The second is paper, actually on the front of the tile, this is good for adhesion but again in the long run the tiles can randomly pop off. The third is a PVC connector that holds all of the tiles together in a single sheet and has the best adhesion properties, as the pvc permanently holds all of the tiles together. If one tile is loose it will not come off as the PVC connectors secure the individual mosaics to a single sheet of tiles. This is obviously a bit more expensive. We were able to buy all of the tile for our pool plus glue for about E2400, including IVA. One of the factors driving cost for us is that we chose a more expensive tile for the border. The cost of the standard mosaic for the pool was approximately 1400 including IVA. We shopped around a lot and found that quality tiles will cost about 12 to 15 euros per sqm.

[Dial]

Hi, we are part of a condominium of only 21 apartments with a communal pool. having had numerous patched repairs to the pool tiles we have now received a quote for removing all old tiles, emptying pool, replastering, retiling entire pool with depth tiles to be inside pool together with emptying and refilling pool of around 1200 euros, which in turn worked out at 57 euros per apartment . if you would like the name of the contractor to get a quote just pm us and I can contact our administrator for the contractor details for you in order to get a quote.

[LICY]

you say quality tiles are 12-15 euros, which sounds way less than Sulcave, albeit the price quoted was rounded up and with no discount. The version of mosaics was linked by plastic according to the website. We are not having a fancy border. we thought the price was pretty good for the amount of work. also the position of our pool does not make for for easy access in regard to delivery of materials as our villa is built on a steep slope and thus the pool terrerace is built one storey higher with the main villa ie the front entrance is the only part of our villa at driveway level. The builder was recommended too by a very good friend. Was the price you quoted something very recent? To be honest our price was global but the builder did say what price he factored into the quote, (maybe it included IVA.) when we mentioned a particular fancy looking tile. It did mean there was no chance of having the anti slip tile.
Dial €1200 does not even sound enough for the cost of tiles, let alone any work, but best of luck as it sounds incredible. I am presuming as a communal pool it is fairly big, certainly much bigger than our pool.

[Bruce Wallis]

LICY, each pool is individual. You wont get a definitive answer on this one. We all have different stories based on our own circumstances.
I still feel you need to get a trustworthy and competent builder to quote you. I've suggested one, and I'm sure others here have also offered you recommendations.

I would suggest that if you rent, then time may start to run against you, before the letting season starts. The decent, and reliable tradesmen get booked up, even in times of recession.

[pedro_architect]

Dial: The quote does not include tiles, transportation, storage, etc etc

If you need some sort of quotation please PM me; I work in a contracting firm in Alvor, with previous experience in pool refurbishments.

Attached please to find a sample of our recent work in Portimao (13 brand new units w/ pools)