Concrete deck The concrete around the pool and spa on the south side appears to be settling downward toward the south and southwest of the property. This is most evident on the southwest side, where obvious cracking and settling cracks are seen, and there is a separation occurring between the concrete coping and the concrete decking. On top of that concrete, little cracking is seen. There is some lifting coping closest to the southeast of the pool at the coping to concrete transition, as well as at the southwest coping to concrete transition, but the middle seems to be relatively the same level. Walking east, the concrete has settled some compared to the pool coping edge. Continuing more north on the east side, the concrete has settled slightly lower than the coping.
Traveling further to the northeast of the pool, the concrete sounds hollow on the second step, firm on the first step, and slightly hollow on the third top step. Around the north side of the pool, the concrete has settled slightly less than half an inch below the coping edge, more seen on the north side than on the east side. On the north side there are more gaps, and a more pronounced gap at the northwest side of the pool coping to concrete transition, along with a crack that goes all the way down that northwest corner, indicating that some movement is likely.
Coping Several of these coping stones sound hollow and ready to pop off. On the north side where the spa meets the pool, those coping stones all sound hollow and at different pitches and tones, indicating they are in different stages of detaching. Around the spa, several of the coping stones are hollow and loose, seen more on the east side of the spa coping than on the west side and north side. It is mostly seen on the east and south side of the spa. The coping on top of the skimmer also sounds hollow and loose, as do most of the coping stones.
Skimmer Inside the skimmer collar, the collar has multiple separation cracks occurring around it, indicating that movement is present. Inside the skimmer itself, there is no evidence of movement, but on the throat there is evidence of movement, mostly between the skimmer itself and the throat connection between the tile.
Spa wall On the west side, evidence of movement and likely water loss is seen on the west side wall of the spa, the raised wall of the spa on the backside west side. It appears to likely be coming through between the concrete coping and the actual wall itself rather than through the wall, although there are multiple cracks present and multiple signs of calcium formation, which again appear to be coming from the top rather than straight through the wall. Still, in several locations it does appear to have calcium coming straight through the wall, so it is difficult to determine its exact origin, but the thought is that it would be coming from the top rather than through the wall.
Vanishing edge On the west side, which is a vanishing edge, the tile on the spillover edge sounds fairly firm with no major signs of issue, but the tiles are visibly loose, with missing mortar and gaps forming and calcium fissures forming all the way around this spillover. It is more noticeable on the southwest side than the northwest side, but this entire area will need attention. With the angle of this spillover, it is evident that it is not level, or that it is lower in the southwest middle than it is anywhere else. This entire spillover will need to be redone.
Waterline tile The waterline tile in the pool seems to be in relatively phenomenal condition, but gaps are forming between the tiles and the mortar throughout the pool, especially at junctures like these spillover edge corners, especially the southwest corner. Overall throughout the pool, the mortar has likely worn in between the tiles, where black algae is collecting and proliferating in this roughened area, seen mostly in the skimmer throat.
Between the tile and coping are signs of overall issue, especially in the spa, but also some areas seen in the pool, recommended attention to prevent water loss.
Note that due to the amount of issues present, it is difficult to determine the exact cost to update all of these issues = $9999
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