LOL, let's hope for better than that!
What is unique here is the DIY and the paint. We've had only one DIY plaster that I can remember. Man, that was WORK!
And I am not scared of some work! I built the 20 ton boulder retaining walls in my yard in August, with no pool! And I will never try to plaster my own pool. And there have been one or two DIY paint jobs. In my three years here. All others are new builds or pro remodels.
ONE DIY plaster? ONE!?
Oh dear. WHAT have I gotten us into?!
I realize plaster is not the easiest trade. But I didn't imagine it would be much different than . . . repairing a hole in drywall. That's plaster too, right? [emoji32]
And in reality, we aren't completely redoing the plastering. Merely filling the cracks with concrete and then sanding them down a bit. It doesn't matter to us if the surfaces aren't perfectly smooth or there's a gouge or divot.
And painting . . . I mean it's pretty much thick paint, right? So do people that have pools usually pay people to paint a room or their houses?
I'm not saying this is an easy undertaking by any means! I suppose I just have the mindset that it can't be much worse than it already was (or can it?)! Worst case scenario, we have to pay the $10k quote for someone else to come in and do the work. We will have lost $1000 and my husband and Dad a weekend.
One thing I will go ahead and note here is that I wish I had learned of EZ Patch in time. And I MAY have used a roll-on plaster, and then topped with an epoxy paint.
Another thing I didn't realize (even after all my hours of research) is that you do not have to plaster AND paint a pool. They're typically one or the other. No idea why ours has both. But, given that the original owner of the house and pool was a concrete and asphalt expert (major contracts for gov't work), I tend to think he knew what he was doing.
Speaking of which, Suz, the brick that you are seeing is not actually brick. It's concrete that's painted as brick, with a stencil I suppose. Even more astounding is that there is no break between the poured concrete of the pool and pool "decking." Now that is talent!
We should have seal coated the deck the year we purchased the house, but other things came up that were more important. (I single-handedly replaced the hot water heater myself when the husband was deployed. Easy peezy!) but that will have to wait until next year.
