Local Conditions
What actually shortens joint life in Newport Beach.
Beachside decks fail from the edges in. Salt and sand collect at the joint because it is the lowest point on the surface, and the bead ends up sitting in a damp, abrasive trough for most of the year. Add year round use and the wet and dry cycling that comes with it, and the joints we open up near the sand are usually further gone than their age suggests. Newport Beach is not unusual in that respect, it is simply typical of Orange County. The pools near Balboa Island, Corona del Mar, Big Canyon, Dover Shores and Harbor Island were mostly built within the same decade, so their joints are hitting the end of their service life at roughly the same time.


