In Vilamoura the pool is part of the letting product — a pool with dark grout and missing tiles shows up in the photographs and in the guest reviews. Here you work out of season, because the pool has to be full and immaculate from June to September.
We get there in about 20 minutes · Free site visit and quote
Vilamoura is an intensive holiday-letting area, and that changes everything about how you work: here the jobs live around the booking calendar.
A resort planned around its marina, with gated developments, holiday apartments and golf villas, all a few minutes from the sea. Mostly apartments in managed developments and resort villas, many built between the nineties and 2010, with generous balconies, metal railings and direct exposure to salt-laden wind.
In Vilamoura we work mainly for holiday-let owners and management companies: deep changeover cleans, painting between seasons and quick repairs before the high season.
Between one set of guests checking out and the next checking in there is sometimes a single day. Working here means getting in, doing the job and getting out within that window, or a booking is lost — and the owner pays for it.
Being close to the sea corrodes balcony railings, ironmongery, gates and window frames far faster than inland. What lasts ten years in the barrocal needs attention here after three or four.
Permitted working hours, use of the service lift, façade colours agreed at the owners' meeting. Ignoring this means a fine for the owner and work stopped halfway through.
With the pool empty you can see the real condition of the substrate and how far the loose areas extend.
Removal of anything not holding, correction of irregularities and waterproofing where needed.
Adhesive rated for permanent immersion, with alignment checked panel by panel.
Epoxy applied and cleaned within the product's open time, with the cure respected before filling.
We work in Vilamoura regularly. We set out from Loulé and get there in about 20 minutes, which means we can come and look at the job without charging for the trip.
Between one set of guests checking out and the next checking in there is sometimes a single day. Working here means getting in, doing the job and getting out within that window, or a booking is lost — and the owner pays for it. It is the situation we come across most often in Vilamoura, and it is why we look at the job before quoting.
Often yes, if it is a reference still in production. Where it is not, we propose close alternatives or a deliberate contrast — a different band at the waterline works better than a patch that shows.
It depends on the size and, above all, on the condition of the old grout: the more degraded it is, the longer the removal takes, and that is the longest stage of the job. Epoxy costs more than cement grout, and it is worth the difference.
No. The substrate has to be completely dry for the epoxy to bond. Grouting over moisture guarantees the joint will fail before long.
Tell us what you need and we will come and look. We get there in about 20 minutes and the visit is free.
