Local Conditions
What actually shortens joint life in Pasadena.
The pools here are older, and age is the variable that matters most. An original coping on a pool that predates modern sealants has usually been through at least one repair already, and more often than not that repair was an overlay: new material squeezed on top of old, hardened material rather than a full removal. An overlay bonds to the failed layer underneath, not to the concrete, so it inherits the failure. Most of the joints we open up in these neighbourhoods have a previous patch buried in them. If your pool is in Pasadena, including Oak Knoll, Madison Heights, Linda Vista and Bungalow Heaven, the question is rarely whether the joint is failing. It is whether it has been open long enough for water to have reached the base under the deck, which is the part that decides how expensive the next few years are.


