replaster now or later

[nicklenic]

we have an in ground pool that needs to be replastered. i've been getting bids--i started in march and am just getting numbers now. my husband suggested the other day that maybe we should hold off on the replaster until the winter... he's thinking we will be able to negotiate more if we do the work out of peak pool season.

the pool is in desperate need of replaster, but i guess we could make it one more season....the pool is over 20 years old with the original plaster. it is crumbling and really rough, which makes keeping it clean more difficult...

i do have a contractor that can start immediately and one that can do the pool at the end of may. do you think it would be better for us to wait or should be go ahead and do it now?

[Sumo1]

Remember that a newly plastered pool MUST be brushed several times a day in the first week or two and that might be a more enjoyable task now than in the cold of winter...just a thought....
Hal

[Phillbo]

Don't wait until Winter but maybe early Fall. My experience with contractors is that a 2 week job could turn into a 2 month job during peak building season. They spread their subs real thin at times and end up focused on the new jobs to get the deposit cash.

If you do it now, get a completion date in writing with a penalty for every day past that date. 100.00/day gets their attention ;)

[nicklenic]

thanks for your thoughts. we live in austin, tx, so winter here isn't that bad... hahaha. very good advice about the completion date! money talks for sure.

just need to decide if we want to bite the bullet now or later..... oy!