Recent content by davidfre21

I appreciate the input. Still haven't pulled the trigger on this one yet.

Got my last quote from the local installer this morning. $15,000 for the chip out and white plaster $8,500 for the Aquabright $3,500 for the tile to be replaced This is one expensive adventure. Almost has me wishing we bought a house with a more sound pool.

I do but don't, I had it looked at once and "all was good" but then it started making some bad noises. Haven't had time to mess with it again. Also have well water. Never tested either.

I've read a bunch about people replastering 5-7years and had me worried it was the norm.

I feel like that's when plaster should start to break down?

Both companies I talked to was 15 years on the fiberglass and 5 for the gel coat

The people I talked to hand lay the glass, not sure if it makes a difference. Seems like an interesting process.

I was hoping to hear something like this.

It's higher on the list. The older man I talked to on this did say all the old will probably have to come out. He also said the quartz is able to be repolished to extend it's life down the road.

15 years on the fiberglass workmanship and 5 years on the gel coat. In my mind as long as you fiberglass everything shouldn't it work like a fiberglass in ground pool at that point? My search started being interested in the aquabright and I still am, but locating an installer is my problem...

I'm not sure what a job this size should cost is my other problem.

All of them have talked about needing to break out the old. I assumed that's why the quotes are all so high. The shallow end is far worse than the deep. My old fear with straight plaster is the longevity of it. The warranty they offered was 5 years I think. Fiberglass guys are offering 15 years.

So I've conquered my chemistry and it now time to address the next elephant in the room. My crumbling pool plaster. When buying the house you could tell it was old but now being in it, it's a lot worse than I'd hoped. Maybe it was always this bad, maybe the added foot traffic was the final straw...