Options for Resurfacing Concrete Pool

[PoolDoc]

In all of those sorts of products, the quality and experience of your local contractor tends to be at least as important as the surface material selected -- all are very dependent on the skill and integrity of the contractor. Even if DiamondBrite is a superior product (and I don't know that!), it would be better to have plaster with a good contractor, then DiamondBrite with a poor one.

But, for obvious reasons, local evaluations have to be made locally, not here.

Sorry.

[Rene Gnam]

3. Go "Paid Subscriptions", here:
http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/payments.php


Thanks, Ben...FYI, the above instructions do not work for me because the "check me out" option does not appear. I've updated my profile as you requested, but am stymied on going further.

[PoolDoc]

Sorry; I need to update some messages that appear. The CheckMeOut option was an test of a method to let folks in, but keep spammers out, without taking up too much of my time. However the response was too low to make it worthwhile.

I'll try to get those messages updates shortly.

[Rene Gnam]

Sorry; I need to update some messages that appear. The CheckMeOut option was an test of a method to let folks in, but keep spammers out, without taking up too much of my time. However the response was too low to make it worthwhile.

I'll try to get those messages updates shortly.

Okay, I'll be patient.

Want to update you on resurfacing my pool...

I called two contractors and hired one of them. He'll use a PreMix product called Marquis BlueStone. Depending on weather, he and his crew of 5 guys will be done in 4 - 5 days, so I figure a week. His payment plan is 1/3 in advance, 1/3 midway through the work, 1/3 on completion. Pretty fair, I believe. Licensed and insured (gave me the ins doc). Recommended by an independent swimming pool maintenance pro I respect, so all should go well.

Thank you, Ben, for your input. It's good to have a resource like you!

[TheGoose]

How much is he charging? 4-5 days sounds like a long time. I hope everything turns out well for you.

[Rene Gnam]

How much is he charging? 4-5 days sounds like a long time. I hope everything turns out well for you.

Thanks for your concern.

You've heard of Hurricane Beryl? Well, the good-looking but not so accurate weather gals had it coming towards us, and the contractor didn't want to guarantee work during a big storm.

The Hurricane, which really became a Tropical Storm, went further north, so we just got a lot of rain in Central Florida, and the contractor got the job done in 3 days: Day One, waiting for the pool to drain; Day Two, prep and cutting a ridge under the in-pool tile border we retained; Day Three, applying Diamond Brite Marquis Blue Stone, leveling and smoothing. Beautiful job.

I don't know that Ben wants us to quotes fees on this forum. But my swimming pool maintenance guy told me it was a fair price. And I'd be happy to recommend the contractor who did my job to any Central Florida pool owners.

[PoolDoc]

I don't know that Ben wants us to quotes fees on this forum. But my swimming pool maintenance guy told me it was a fair price. And I'd be happy to recommend the contractor who did my job to any Central Florida pool owners.

At the user's end of this issue, there's less benefit than you'd think, because PF users are so widely scattered. For example, there are only about 10 PF users, and maybe 100 lurkers, in the entire Chattanooga metro area (300,000+ people). The chance that one of those will need a Diamond Brite resurface in the next year is small. There are more in central Florida, but still the odds that someone will be looking for that contractor, in your area is low.

But, more significantly to me, there are a variety of problems associated with doing so. At a minimum, as soon as I do that regularly, I'll have to have a lawyer on retainer, because I WILL get legal threats. Use search link in my signature, and look up "SpectraLight" to see what I mean.

[Rene Gnam]

Oops...PF now tells me I do not have the authority to edit My Profile. I also am forbidden from viewing My Profile.

So, please add Hayward NavigatorPro, Model 925ADVUHB.