- May 29, 2018
- 409
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pureline Crystal Pure 60,000
I know here at TFP painting a pool is not recommended nor endorsed, but in my case it was a choice I had to make.
A replaster in the Chicago area was 15-20,000 (pricing 3 years ago), if you could get someone out to look at it.
Repair/paint is going to be way cheaper (will break down cost when we finish)
At my age, I will only have this house/pool for maybe another 5-10 years tops, so that mean 1-2 repaints.
Reading her thread and messaging Household6, we decided to repair then paint our old pool.
Here is a thread of what pool looked like 3 years ago when we bought the house.... Starting a renovation on older inground, Chicago
Over the past years, we limped alone with the pool finish as it was, and spent our money on a new heater, pump, swg, repaired some of the water line tile and grouted, and added a ladder and handrail.
The plaster had gotten into such bad shape, that it was staining from the leaves, and a few sections of plaster were popping off.
This spring when we opened, it had staining from leaves so we drained and cleaned it but the stains were not coming out, even with another light acid wash.
At this point I chipped out alot of the bad spots, filled with a portland/hydraulic cement mix for the repairs and refilled the pool.
The repairs held all summer, so this fall we drained the pool and chipped out remaining bad spots, and are repairing them now.
Hope to have repairs done sunday if rain stays away.
Will update how we repaired, what materials we used and final cost
A replaster in the Chicago area was 15-20,000 (pricing 3 years ago), if you could get someone out to look at it.
Repair/paint is going to be way cheaper (will break down cost when we finish)
At my age, I will only have this house/pool for maybe another 5-10 years tops, so that mean 1-2 repaints.
Reading her thread and messaging Household6, we decided to repair then paint our old pool.
Here is a thread of what pool looked like 3 years ago when we bought the house.... Starting a renovation on older inground, Chicago
Over the past years, we limped alone with the pool finish as it was, and spent our money on a new heater, pump, swg, repaired some of the water line tile and grouted, and added a ladder and handrail.
The plaster had gotten into such bad shape, that it was staining from the leaves, and a few sections of plaster were popping off.
This spring when we opened, it had staining from leaves so we drained and cleaned it but the stains were not coming out, even with another light acid wash.
At this point I chipped out alot of the bad spots, filled with a portland/hydraulic cement mix for the repairs and refilled the pool.
The repairs held all summer, so this fall we drained the pool and chipped out remaining bad spots, and are repairing them now.
Hope to have repairs done sunday if rain stays away.
Will update how we repaired, what materials we used and final cost