South Florida Pool & Outdoor Living - STARTUP PHASE
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A little night shot from tonight. Landscaping still in progress, but we are CLOSE! We can't find a dang matching bottle palm in the state of Florida tho to go opposite the one we have.
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WOW! That is so relaxing looking! Nice job! LOL on not finding just that ONE last item you need to finish up! It is always like that it seems. Of course when you stop looking and get something else you will find THAT ONE! LOL
Kim
Kim
South Florida Pool & Outdoor Living - STARTUP PHASE
All, looking for some opinions. We are marching towards replastering next week. The owner of the plaster company called and proposed an alternate solution. He is saying we could drain the pool, remove the marker tile grout, and fill the tile voids with matching plaster. This would keep the finish as is (we can probably live with it), keep an extra $600 in our pocket, and also avoid a full re-startup and 30 days of brushing and no swimming. My wife and kids would certainly appreciate the latter. Clearly it would also save the PB the cost of a full refinish. He said if we weren't happy with it when done, we could proceed with the full retile/replaster.
I have a couple of questions for the TFP family:
- is this approach acceptable?
- should I expect this approach to hold up long term?
- do you think the plaster will be noticeably different on the tile than everywhere else? Our original plaster is about 60 days old.
Lastly, we've noticed some blotchiness and white spots appearing on our finish. This is likely due to the chemistry being out of whack the last two weeks with an anticipated refinish that keeps getting pushed back. A pic is below. Is this addressable/reversible at this point or is this potentially long term damage that would suggest a refinish as the better approach? Could they potentially do an acid wash while empty to clear this up?
Any thoughts are welcomed and appreciated!
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All, looking for some opinions. We are marching towards replastering next week. The owner of the plaster company called and proposed an alternate solution. He is saying we could drain the pool, remove the marker tile grout, and fill the tile voids with matching plaster. This would keep the finish as is (we can probably live with it), keep an extra $600 in our pocket, and also avoid a full re-startup and 30 days of brushing and no swimming. My wife and kids would certainly appreciate the latter. Clearly it would also save the PB the cost of a full refinish. He said if we weren't happy with it when done, we could proceed with the full retile/replaster.
I have a couple of questions for the TFP family:
- is this approach acceptable?
- should I expect this approach to hold up long term?
- do you think the plaster will be noticeably different on the tile than everywhere else? Our original plaster is about 60 days old.
Lastly, we've noticed some blotchiness and white spots appearing on our finish. This is likely due to the chemistry being out of whack the last two weeks with an anticipated refinish that keeps getting pushed back. A pic is below. Is this addressable/reversible at this point or is this potentially long term damage that would suggest a refinish as the better approach? Could they potentially do an acid wash while empty to clear this up?
Any thoughts are welcomed and appreciated!
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I really doubt the discolorations are from water chemistry unless you've slacked enough for scale to form.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,474
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Grumpy,
See these threads -
Being Blamed for Plaster Discolorations? Don't Get Hoodwinked
The Zero Alkalinity Acid Treatment
Diagnosing Pool Plaster Problems
Gray Mottling Plaster Discoloration
The Great Pool Plaster Workmanship vs. Water Balance Debate
Ten Guidelines for Quality Pool Plaster
There are ton more posts by onBalance. Just use the Search Box and type in -
"plaster problem" "onBalance"
and you will have enough to read for a good two or three days....
See these threads -
Being Blamed for Plaster Discolorations? Don't Get Hoodwinked
The Zero Alkalinity Acid Treatment
Diagnosing Pool Plaster Problems
Gray Mottling Plaster Discoloration
The Great Pool Plaster Workmanship vs. Water Balance Debate
Ten Guidelines for Quality Pool Plaster
There are ton more posts by onBalance. Just use the Search Box and type in -
"plaster problem" "onBalance"
and you will have enough to read for a good two or three days....
Thanks, Matt. I'll read some. These just showed up recently. The finish was actually very consistent up to about a week or two ago. The only things that changed are 1) I stopped brushing every day after day 30, 2) our pool has been a lot dirtier with landscaping going on around the pool, and 3) our chemistry has been overlooked the last two weeks (low chlorine and > 8 ph) as the refinish job keeps getting rescheduled.
Curious your and Brian's thoughts on the proposed tile fix?
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Curious your and Brian's thoughts on the proposed tile fix?
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- May 23, 2015
- 24,474
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I think acid washing is a perfectly acceptable method for ruining a new plaster job 
I think if they a really careful that might get the re-grouting to work right. I give them a 0.5% chance of successfully fixing it with no obvious sign of the area getting replastered.
Pessimism is my forte
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I think if they a really careful that might get the re-grouting to work right. I give them a 0.5% chance of successfully fixing it with no obvious sign of the area getting replastered.
Pessimism is my forte
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A little night shot from tonight. Landscaping still in progress, but we are CLOSE! We can't find a dang matching bottle palm in the state of Florida tho to go opposite the one we have.
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Is that a bottle palm just to the right of your hot tub?
Yes. We actually put the other in to match yesterday.
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Yes. We actually put the other in to match yesterday.
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You have a beautiful yard. Bottle palms are my favorite palm tree.
Yes. We actually put the other in to match yesterday.
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Gorgeous! It looks like a resort!
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Noticed a little bit of white flaking appearing in the pool last weekend. Dissolves to the touch. From what I've read here this sounds like some calcium flaking? Potentially from high pH and CH the last few weeks? Will this be addressed as the chemistry gets in line? Any cause for concern while I've still got the PB on the hook
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Here's a good shot of the spa tile. It's been near impossible to show what it looks like in person in a photo, but this is pretty close. I came home to the perfect sunlight yesterday:
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