How much more is a full chip-out?

[zz28zz]

Currently going thru a nightmare 8 month long pool renovation. Orig contractor disappeared after getting the deck almost completed. Left pool mostly drained but remaining water got nasty and stained the plaster. Now left with plaster needing to be re-done and water line tile still needing replacement. Pool is an odd shape but holds approx 30K gals. Has a spa that spills into pool.

We were expecting approx $15K for the plaster but just received an estimate for $30K.
Estimated (glass) tile work at around 10K, but tile estimate is at $19K.

In regards to the plaster, they quoted a full chip-out. 8 years ago we had it done much cheaper but wasn't the full chip-out. How much more, percentage wise, is a full chip-out over a partial chip-out nowadays?

 

[ajw22]

How much more, percentage wise, is a full chip-out over a partial chip-out nowadays?

It varies widely on how the contractor feels about chip outs and how it will be done.

Pointed air chisels (not recommended); flat air chisels; sand or water blasting?

 

[Bperry]

Currently going thru a nightmare 8 month long pool renovation. Orig contractor disappeared after getting the deck almost completed. Left pool mostly drained but remaining water got nasty and stained the plaster. Now left with plaster needing to be re-done and water line tile still needing replacement. Pool is an odd shape but holds approx 30K gals. Has a spa that spills into pool.

We were expecting approx $15K for the plaster but just received an estimate for $30K.
Estimated (glass) tile work at around 10K, but tile estimate is at $19K.

In regards to the plaster, they quoted a full chip-out. 8 years ago we had it done much cheaper but wasn't the full chip-out. How much more, percentage wise, is a full chip-out over a partial chip-out nowadays?

Thats an expensive pool contractor. The chip out is very hard messy work. I doubt you can compare prices much as they just vary by who it is and how much other work they have. I had my 27k gallon pool retiled with glass at $5k and replastered for $12k and I did the chipout myself in October. I had quotes for double and triple that for the same work.

 

[zz28zz]

ajw22; I'm assuming they will use air or elec flat chisels. We're on a low-yield well so there's not a lot of extra water available. Sand blasting sounds very messy.

Bperry; What type of glass tile did you have installed? Were looking at using the 1x2"Parallex-Cyan all around the water line up the side of the curved spa. I could only find one pic on the web showing it installed.

 

[Bperry]

ajw22; I'm assuming they will use air or elec flat chisels. We're on a low-yield well so there's not a lot of extra water available. Sand blasting sounds very messy.

Bperry; What type of glass tile did you have installed? Were looking at using the 1x2"Parallex-Cyan all around the water line up the side of the curved spa. I could only find one pic on the web showing it installed.
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The tile we used is 2” square but dont have a spa, just waterline tile.

 

[ajw22]

ajw22; I'm assuming they will use air or elec flat chisels. We're on a low-yield well so there's not a lot of extra water available. Sand blasting sounds very messy.

Chiseling if not done properly can damage the gunite whereas blasting the plaster off does not.

Have the way the plaster will be removed specified in the contract.

 

[proavia]

Don't assume - have it written in the contract.

If you already had one replaster without a chip out, get a full chip out this time.
While you will pay a bit more, if prepped correctly, it should last longer than putting new plaster over old.

 

[zz28zz]

Thx! just took a rough measurement of perimeter of pool/spa. Came up with 130 linear feet for pool and 25ft for spa, then another 17 sq feet for front of spa and over-flow chute. Need roughly 172 one-sq-ft tile sections at $20 each= $3440. Still a long way off from $19K but the $19K did also include hauling off abt 3000 lbs limestone scraps and old bricks plus a half dozen bags of concrete that got wet from prev contractor, large pile of sand and abt 1/2 day of limestone work to finish some steps. Mastic and pool re-fill (via trucks) also included. Maybe it's not soo bad after-all.

 

[AQUA~HOLICS]

Full chip out with flat chisels, notice how you are unable to determine what color plaster was removed.

 

[kimkats]

I am sorry this happened to you and your family. You are lucky you found someone that will take over the job. That can be the hardest thing of all with this kind of things.

Do a full chip out for the long future of your pool.

I LOVE the tiles you picked out! That is going to be so pretty when done!

 

[zz28zz]

Things are moving rapidly now. New tile is up. Chip-out completed in one day by 4 guys that drove up from Houston that morning. They hauled all of it away this morn. First time seeing a full chip-out in person. It's terrifying.. The tile looks great Can't wait to see it with new plaster. Getting sea-shell bits mixed into the plaster. Contractor thinks it will be ready by Friday (5 more days).

 

[proavia]

Things are moving rapidly now. New tile is up. Chip-out completed in one day by 4 guys that drove up from Houston that morning. They hauled all of it away this morn. First time seeing a full chip-out in person. It's terrifying.. The tile looks great Can't wait to see it with new plaster. Getting sea-shell bits mixed into the plaster. Contractor thinks it will be ready by Friday (5 more days).