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    Reno old concrete pool- pricing

    I have a ton of PB around, but not many plaster subs. Only 2 PebbleTech in the region....
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    Reno old concrete pool- pricing

    15,000 gallon concrete pool. Current painted plaster has to go. Looks like 1075'sq of plaster, and 105 linear feet. I've searched threads, but find no pricing recently. Plaster Co. quoting $17.90 for Std PebbleSheen in Tenn. Reasonable? $40 a linear foot to R&R waterline tile seemed a bit...
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    Possible Pebbletech failure

    Also in TN. New pool 2 years ago. Pebbletech as well .PB “as seen on TV”. Shot plaster in Feb or so and filled. Had not yet read anything, so didn’t know about brushing. Weeks later when I asked about it was told “nope, we add a chemical to it, so not needed”. We never brushed, all’s fine now...
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    Owner Reno of old concrete pool. New drain plumbing?

    Thanks! Had to think something like this was available.
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    Owner Reno of old concrete pool. New drain plumbing?

    Just 1 skimmer. :(. Doing some shopping just now seems to indicate a safety vacuum release may meet the code as well,
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    Owner Reno of old concrete pool. New drain plumbing?

    OK-Mid Tenn here. Bought a house in the neighborhood with a 50 year old kidney shaped concrete pool. Repeatedly painted, and looks awful. Just had local Pebble guys out to chat about sandblast/replaster when he pointed out the single bottom drain. I’m aware of the current codes (2 year old pool...
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    Rookie

    Signed contract in ‘21. Dig started Aug ‘22. Water in Mar ‘23. 34K Shotcrete (Yup, PB always called it Gunite.But I was here all shoot day. It was Shotcrete :)). Pentair eqpt. Hybrid heater. Pebbletec. Freeform from a 9” ledge to 8.5’ deep end w/Turbo Twister slide. Really wanted a waterfall...