Colorfastness and color uniformity also appears to be clearly superior.ĭelaminations are not caused by water chemistry and the guy you directed that comment to is smarter than I'll ever be in 10 lifetimes. But, I am not aware of a single complaint about aquabright in a thread in TFP.ġ00% agree that water chemistry is much easier and much less important in Aquabright than in plaster pools. Yes, i would also guess that plaster vs Aquabright pools is hundreds to 1 so you would expect significantly more reports of plaster issues. Blotchiness, mottling, streaking and other common complaints have little impact to plaster longevity. Most complaints about plaster are cosmetic, not functional. So I assume that it is faded more from UV. It is more faded on horizontal surfaces than vertical surfaces. My black plaster started fading in year 2 or 3 and is more than half faded starting season 6.
I do believe that plaster can last 20 years with TFP managed water. Which is always caused by water chemistry. There are plenty of plaster pools needing replastering in 3-5 years due to scaling and etching. Re: Lifespan of plaster, pebble and polymer pool finishes The only area where water chemistry plays a role is color-fastness and, with the use of chlorine, no plaster pool will last more than a few years before bleaching occurs.except for white plaster. Most problems with plaster are the fault of the applicator NOT water chemistry.
Again, my beef is with the notion that plaster lasts 20+ years.I just simply don't believe it and I think it's a false metric used to make plaster "look" more competitive than it actually is.Īnd no, following TFP levels DOES NOT guarantee a long lasting finish. I would not be surprised if independent analysis showed plaster lifetimes far far lower than what the industry reports. I believe plaster problems are far more widespread and the problems are just hidden due to lack of reporting and independent data analysis. Just this morning there was a thread with someone who had a one year old plaster job and had to have the pool drained and sanded to fix mottling. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.If you look at recent threads here and the history in our build sub-forum, you see lots and lots of plaster defect threads with people only a year or two out and already experiencing problems. One more thing, please send your plans to: This email address is being protected from spambots. But, please remember, we aren't your general contractor. We can recommend a handful of other contractors we know and trust to do some of the other work you'll need. That isn't our rule, but it's a rule we cannot break.
And please remember, you must pass final inspection BEFORE we shoot the interior surface of your pool.Check with the vendor you bought them from. And speaking of in-floor cleaning heads, we don't set in-floor cleaning heads.If you are embedding tile "chips" in the surface (typically done on the steps), they need to be set at the proper height, and the same height as the in-floor cleaning heads (if you're using them).We don't do site clean up, and the interior shell will need to be clean before we can shoot the interior surface.However, knowing what we DO NOT do is almost as important as knowing what we do: The interior surface Baja Pebble or ecoFINISH, the first truly new pool surface since pebble.
We've been helping people like you almost as long as we've been remodeling pools. If you are an owner-builder or acting as your own general contractor (or whatever you want to call it) to build your own pool, we 'feel ya'.
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