"Expert" Advice: DIY Pool Plastering?
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2023
- Some helpful information on things you need to consider when deciding on whether you can replaster your own pool. Visit my webpage at www.bdpgarage.com
Where can I buy diamondbrite plaster?
www.poolsupplyunlimited.com/p...
Where can I buy pool tile?
www.nptpool.com/tile/
My cost calculations for my pool were:
Plaster cost: $3489
Tile: $690
Bond coat $408
Plaster+tile shipping: $235
Thinset: $200
Grout: $115
Grand total: $5137 in materials.
You’ll also need various tools and equipment like a mixer. Either a hand mixer in which you’ll need to bring the plaster down into the pool via buckets or an automatic pump/sprayer. I found one from quikspray.com that they say can be rented locally. The cost to purchase one is in the $10k range so renting is more appropriate for DIY purposes. I don’t have a rental estimate but safe to say it’s probably in the $500 range pretty easily.
So total expenditure of roughly $6k in materials and equipment gives you an idea of how much you’re willing to pay a professional in labor costs and make a good judgement about whether to DIY your replaster job or not.
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Original owner of a gunite/shotcrete pool here. Installed over 35 years ago by one of the nation's largest pool builders (Sylvan...now Sylvan/Anthony because the two companies did very similar work and eventually merged). Unless the plaster is literally falling off all over the place, there is absolutely no reason (other than possibly being a complete moron) to chip the plaster out. I don't care who says it, or how many stupid youtube videos are posted by scheister pool plasterers who say you need to chip the plaster out; and who also moronically say pool plaster lasts about 10 years. It's total BS. My over 35 year old pool has never been replastered and the plaster is in fine shape (other than having become a bit rough over the years and some staining here and there). If you maintain your water properly, plaster can last 40 years or more. Trust me. I lived with it from beginning until now. The proof is in the pudding. By the way, currently, the going rate to plaster a 20 x 40 pool (which is kind of the standard size) is around $15K, but you could talk them down to around $13K. That's just the plaster. No coping or water line tiling. Want coping and water line tiling as well as plaster? Then that'll be about a $27K job. Basically, double of just doing the plaster.
FWIW, the plaster was delaminating in lots and lots of places. None of the contractors I spoke to wanted to chip out the plaster. They would have chipped out a small portion of the loose plaster and charged me extra per square foot for any more than the bid allowed. I wasnt going to risk putting good plaster over failing plaster,
This is a great information video so thank you!
Glad it was helpful.
Did you do it with Traditional plaster or with side-crete roll on plaster?
Hired a crew to apply traditional diamondbrite plaster. You really need 4-6 people applying the plaster to finish it in the required time window.
Actually you dont need a bond coat if you remove everything down to the gunite, but you'll need to make sure all of the previous plaster is gone. If you do go with a bond coat you want to follow the instructions 100%. Not doing so could lead to cracks and other problems in the plaster.
You think every speck of old plaster needs to be gone or some remnents like I left woupd work out ok?
I am in the same boat. I am in SC near Charlotte and looking for a crew to replaster my pool.
See if you can find a local pool store that has business cards. That was a good resource for me.
@@bdpgarage That is a great idea
All those quotes you got. They would have done all that work you already did plus the plaster😅. DIY work like this never saves you money. Contractors just bid their normal bids and ignore the work you already did
Actually none of the contractors would have removed the old plaster unless I paid extra. I checked. 😉
One had a contract clause that said they included x amount of plaster removal and anything over that was required was a really expensive extra fee. I saved quite a bit of money.