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Yes it will without specific penetrating non-glossy sealers. I am a pool coping and tile contractor. When the salt systems first became popular certain pool copings began deteriorating. Sometimes within weeks of installation, including travertines, precast coping, and Arizona flagstones.

Even though a pool salt system is only 3000 parts per million, (the ocean is about 15,000 parts per million), the salt still absorbs into the coping and builds up with time. When there is a lot of daily activity in the pool like splashing and going in and out, the salt build up happens much quicker. The salt water absorbs into the coping and then dries. When the salt dries it expands 15 times and pops the surface of the coping.

Sealers will have to be put on before the pool is filled because once the coping has been exposed to the salt water it is usually too late.

Two coats of Deck-o-sheild sealer works well, is inexpensive, and goes on easy, but will need to be put on every couple of years. Dry treat 40SK will last much longer but is expensive, and is labor intensive.

Kenny Miller

Kenny Miller Tile and Masonry, Riverside, California

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No, salt water in a properly water-balanced pool will not damage grout, tile or concrete around the pool. Damage to such surfaces will come from improperly balanced water that will either scale (deposit onto) or will corrode (pit and dissolve) the calcium carbonate in grout and concrete. Water balance is determined by pH, Total Alkalinity (adjusted for Cyanuric Acid), Calcium Hardness, Temperature, and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). For more technical info, go to http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/NaturalWaters/Langelier.htm I have a spreadsheet that calculates this and couldn't find a website that did it all right including TDS which for salt pools would make the index about 0.1 higher than reported by a website such as the following: http://www.aquachek.com/calculators.asp?action=lcalculator&CID=4

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I have worked around salt water pools for years and have never seen any particular problem with it. however if you were to use the backwash for gardening purposes you may end up wit a build up of salt in the soil. this would also depend upon how well drained the soil is and how much rain fall in the area. the concentration of salt in a salt water pool is identical to the salt in a tear drop, so it is not very strong. If the salt that is used in the pool is magnesium and potassium chloride then it is actually good for the garden, this is however unusual as the vast majority of pool use sodium chloride which is like table salt.

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if the salt water pool has a extreme high mineral content it ,could make the grout white, if the grout is new.

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Yes, there is no problem with using salt in a concrete pool.

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No I have had bricks around my saltwater pool for years and they are still in good condition. there can however be some problems when it comes to the effect salt has on the mortar.

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