What is the useful life of tiles pools versus gunite?

[chazas]

Personally, I think the tile issue is from bad installation. On Oahu earthquakes aren't nearly so common as on, say, the Big Island.

No fiberglass installers in Hawaii, as far as I know. Just think of the cost to ship one of those suckers! This is the same reason you can't get things like precast coping in Hawaii - it's just no worth it to put it on a boat to go that far.

[sahara]

I live in Honolulu and was just going to ask a similar question so thank you for this thread. I have a pool that either needs replastering or tiling. Everyone says to tile as it will last longer. Do you have any other pros or cons? How was the cost factor between the two? I have read this board and hear about "tiles falling off" - are there warrenties?

Also on another subject - any comments on type oif decking? Right now my pool is one big concrete slab around it - would like to change that as well.