When my pool was built, I was required to keep an expansion joint between the coping and my deck pavers. The joint was 1/4 inch and was filled with foam 4 inch by 1/4 inch (this foam was also required). I have a contractor fixing some stuff and he pulled up the foam and is replacing it with a backer rod and will use Sika Flex on top of the rod. The rod is about 1 inch of depth. Even though the Rod is only 1 inch of depth, my expansion gap is still 4 inches by 1/4 inch. My question is this: To keep my warranty on the shell, I was required to have 1/4 inch by 4 inch foam between the coping and the pavers, but I will no longer have that. Am I correct that the foam was mandated to ensure that my expansion gap was 1/4 inch by 4 inches (i.e., the measurement of the foam) and that the actual presence of the foam was not important. In other words, now that the foam has been removed, I still have the same size expansion gap, but simply no foam (just a 1 inch backer rod).
I am assuming that the expansion gap is what helps prevent the pavers from destroying the pool shell, and that the foam itself was used to establish the proper size of that gap, but that the foam didn't actually help prevent the pavers from destroying the pool shell.
Am I making sense?
I am assuming that the expansion gap is what helps prevent the pavers from destroying the pool shell, and that the foam itself was used to establish the proper size of that gap, but that the foam didn't actually help prevent the pavers from destroying the pool shell.
Am I making sense?
