My pool project is finally complete.
The big company in town started back in January and finished a few days ago.
The nutty weather in Las Vegas the last few months created numerous delays.
The plaster was the final piece of the puzzle.
They redid the entire deck, installed brand new tile, installed a new light, ripped out the old skimmer and installed a brand new skimmer (a two day job on its own), chipped out the old plaster, washed the pool and then finally installed the plaster.
The old pool was a train wreck, as the former owners never did a replaster for the entire life of the pool and simply kept "painting" the pool over and over. The same with the deck, it was painted over and over.
This may have been the first replaster in the pool's 30 year lifespan.
I decided to go with blue quartz plaster - since it's more durable than normal plaster, looks much better in the sun and has a longer lifespan.
I hired a water truck and they filled the entire pool in less than 2 hours (17,000 gallons). This company refills pools (residential and commercial) all day long.
The vast majority of the pool is very smooth. I'm obviously still in the stage of brushing 2-3 times a day to eliminate the dust (dust is very minimal) and the PH of the water is already normal.
However, I noticed a few minor imperfections (photos below)
Since I've never done a replaster before, I don't know if this is normal in the aftermath?
As long as this is nothing that will create future problems I can live with it.
I'd rather not drain the entire pool just to fix these small imperfections unless it's something that would create major issues. I believe if I had normal white plaster, I may not have noticed some of this. It's a little more noticeable with blue quartz - but when the sun is shining on the pool they are very hard to see unless you are looking for them.
The big company in town started back in January and finished a few days ago.
The nutty weather in Las Vegas the last few months created numerous delays.
The plaster was the final piece of the puzzle.
They redid the entire deck, installed brand new tile, installed a new light, ripped out the old skimmer and installed a brand new skimmer (a two day job on its own), chipped out the old plaster, washed the pool and then finally installed the plaster.
The old pool was a train wreck, as the former owners never did a replaster for the entire life of the pool and simply kept "painting" the pool over and over. The same with the deck, it was painted over and over.
This may have been the first replaster in the pool's 30 year lifespan.
I decided to go with blue quartz plaster - since it's more durable than normal plaster, looks much better in the sun and has a longer lifespan.
I hired a water truck and they filled the entire pool in less than 2 hours (17,000 gallons). This company refills pools (residential and commercial) all day long.
The vast majority of the pool is very smooth. I'm obviously still in the stage of brushing 2-3 times a day to eliminate the dust (dust is very minimal) and the PH of the water is already normal.
However, I noticed a few minor imperfections (photos below)
Since I've never done a replaster before, I don't know if this is normal in the aftermath?
As long as this is nothing that will create future problems I can live with it.
I'd rather not drain the entire pool just to fix these small imperfections unless it's something that would create major issues. I believe if I had normal white plaster, I may not have noticed some of this. It's a little more noticeable with blue quartz - but when the sun is shining on the pool they are very hard to see unless you are looking for them.
