Pebble Tech Cutting Kids Feet

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Raylyon

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Hi there I had my pool built about 4 years ago. My kids are learning to swim and are cutting their legs and feet. I feel bad and they don’t even want to go in it. We don’t have people over to swim for this reason. I have a pebble tech surface but it is very rough.

Is there anyway to resurface to pool surface. Sand it down etc. I am desperate and ok it it voids the warranty.

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Your first step might be to seek the warranty. Though you may have waited too long, as they might blame water chemistry as the culprit (to get out of doing anything). PebbleTech is supposed to be installed only by qualified installers, who are supposed to maintain a certain quality level. First step: get the installer out there. If that's not possible, go directly to PebbleTech and have them send someone to your pool. The installation should have been "registered" with PebbleTech, so they should know about your pool already. Before you negate the warranty, see if there's anything it might cover.

That said, a pebble finish can be smoothed. I think the process uses some sort of diamond polisher, or something like that. It's labor intensive, and so won't be cheap, but you can have it honed to whatever level of comfort you want.

Do you have any records of the ongoing water maintenance since installation (like regular test results and chemical dosing records)? A PebbleTech rep might call for those.
 
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Here's someone else discussing it. There are probably dozens of similar threads here. You might do a TFP search.

Dang, my Pebble Sheen is rough!

We're just finishing up a new-build and the water has been in for about four days now. Really happy with the end result, but does anyone have any suggestions for trying to smooth out our pebble sheen a bit more? I've been scrubbing and scrubbing (wall whale and other nylon brushes), but it...
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I’m kinda curious if pebble finish is not supposed to be rough. I remember swimming in a neighbors pool as a teenager who had a finish like that and we did come up with scrapes on our feet. I just assumed they were all like that and never wanted one for that reason.
 
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Polishing is an option, as well as redoing the surface. But either way I think young kids tender feet getting waterlogged and rubbing on a pool surface is more times than not going to result in strawberries. Might try some water shoes until they are swimming and not walking on the surface.

We get calls regularly about kids getting strawberries on their feet - after sitting inside all winter, and spending all day playing tag in the pool...its like a fine grit sandpaper.
 
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MAPR-Austin said:
Polishing is an option, as well as redoing the surface. But either way I think young kids tender feet getting waterlogged and rubbing on a pool surface is more times than not going to result in strawberries. Might try some water shoes until they are swimming and not walking on the surface.

We get calls regularly about kids getting strawberries on their feet - after sitting inside all winter, and spending all day playing tag in the pool...its like a fine grit sandpaper.
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Good, practical solution. Love it. And water shoes are going to be slightly less expensive than polishing the pool! Of course, they'll fight over whose shoes are whose, but they're going to do that with the swim googles anyway!

In my day, we were happy to just get into the neighbor's pool! Goggles? We don need no steekeen goggles!! Sunburns, sore feet, pruned fingers, red bellies from belly flops! We were savages! Back when I was a kid, we had bigger things to worry about!!

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MAPR-Austin said:
Polishing is an option, as well as redoing the surface. But either way I think young kids tender feet getting waterlogged and rubbing on a pool surface is more times than not going to result in strawberries. Might try some water shoes until they are swimming and not walking on the surface.

We get calls regularly about kids getting strawberries on their feet - after sitting inside all winter, and spending all day playing tag in the pool...its like a fine grit sandpaper.
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I was gonna also mention water shoes. $20 beats possible $1000s to have the surface sanded down.
 
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MAPR-Austin said:
We get calls regularly about kids getting strawberries on their feet - after sitting inside all winter, and spending all day playing tag in the pool...its like a fine grit sandpaper.
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This is issue with pebble finish, mainly. As a kid, we wore shoes all school season, but come summer we shucked them for good. In those day, the below is what the county topped the roads with, oyster dredge. Biking, playing and walking these road barefoot all day our feet were bloody for a bit, but then formed their own soles of callous. As the saying goes, feet so tough we could kick the shell and throw a spark. I think if folks give it a little more time, the issue would mostly solve itself.
 

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