Costs to replaster?!

[GutierrezPlastering]

Well being a contractor myself that does seem a bit high for tile. I charge $30.00 a LF that includes removing the tile clean up, only thing is thats just labor plus the cost of the tile & Acid wash. For plaster u said Black i charge 5.00 plus $400 for the additional dye. Take into consideration he maybe charging you additional if you have bench,seats spa swim out. Not sure how he quotes but thats just a heads up so that you are aware.

Our gunite pool needs to be replastered (ordinary black plaster). We also need to have most, if not all of the tile trim repaired/replaced (I'm having a heck of a time keeping the water level below the tile in the winter). The tile is a band about 6" deep running all the way around the top of the pool. Last fall, I talked to a guy about replastering. Based on the specs I gave him on the phone, he said it would be around $5,000. This seemed reasonable to me. Yesterday, he stopped by to do a full estimate, and quoted me just over $9,000. I was a little shocked. He explained that the estimate was higher because all of the tile needed to be redone (at $50 per linear foot). I built the pool for around $31,000. This included excavation, blasting, complete pool construction (gunite, plastering, tile trim, etc), deck (680 sf), plus all equipment and electrical work. How can a replastering job cost almost 1/3 of the original cost?

Needless to say, I'm getting additional estimates. I'm also wondering if the tile part is something I can do myself?

Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[GutierrezPlastering]

I forgot to mention that if the pool is an old pool it will need a bond kote application and that also is extra sorry forgot to mention that