My PB is offering to upgrade from regular plaster to a "house mix white pebble" for $1800. It sounds like a good deal, but I've stretched this build way past my initial budget. Am I crazy if I don't get his upgrade?
Lumberton Tx Build
- Thread starter redfro
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- Jun 20, 2012
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Don't know about your builder, however, a pebble finish is generally nicer and lasts longer than conventional finishes. But it will still not be ready by June 29.
If they plaster on Tues or Weds, shouldn't it be full and ok to swim in by Friday? I heard you can get in as soon as it's full. I don't plan on heating anything, just a couple of kids swimming. Would the pebble be dried sooner?
elwood58
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If they Pebble on Wednesday, they will likely let it begin to cure overnight and come back Thursday and Acid Wash it. The fill would start at that point. It will take 12-24 hours to fill from that point. They will likely not return for startup until Monday, although startup is not a lengthy process. You can certainly get in before startup in most cases.
Should I get the white pebble plaster for $1800 more? I'm really worried about having to replace the regular plaster in 5 years. I usually don't have $5k laying around to repair things.
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I'm just going to have to scrape nickels together to come up with the extra $1800, or I wouldn't care. I'm going to do it though if it's really that much better than the regular plaster.
I'll measure it tomorrow, but I think it's roughly 8'x6'. I know the whole pool came out to 106 perimeter feet.
elwood58
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Very nice. I think you will enjoy the upgraded finish. We just had our plaster chipped out and replaced with Mini Pebble. It ran us about $6000 for our average size pool, without a spa.
The plaster company was a no show all week, so no pool for the party tomorrow. After being told they were coming all week I called them directly. The PB took offense, but I didn't mean any harm. I just needed to know if the pool wouldn't be complete, so I could rent water slides and stuff. O'well, I guess the process couldn't be perfect. DRAMA!
If I may ask, how much was the charge for the gunite installation? We are trying to figure out if this PB we are interested in is over charging us for that!
Your pool is beautiful!!!
Your pool is beautiful!!!
The initial quote was for $35k for the whole thing. Then I added a pool cleaner, salt generator, spraydeck, indoor panel, spa side remote, and pebble. We ended up at $40k. I don't know the gunite breakdown, but Houston Gunite gave me a quote of $37k for the entire thing before upgrades, but I had to pay cash.
Here's the plaster pics. The plaster company calls it their "house mix white pebble". They brought it to the backyard in wheelbarrows, and put on by hand. They managed to scratch up the spray deck all over the place. I think it didn't have enough paint on it, or something. I thought it was alot tougher than that.
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All the spray deck I have seen... It was the last big thing to go in, it can be fragile, especially when brand new
Great pool!
Your pool would be $60k in Oklahoma City and I have yet to see such a neat job site. See if your PB will go north of the Red River for a month.
Enjoy!!
Your pool would be $60k in Oklahoma City and I have yet to see such a neat job site. See if your PB will go north of the Red River for a month.
Enjoy!!
Thanks for the kind words. We are very much enjoying everything. The spa is my favorite part so far, and we couldn't be happier with the 3.5-6-4 depth we chose. Now we just need to get rid of all these kiddo's ear aches from swimming so much!