What is a good price to resurface a fiberglass pool?

Answer 1

My mobile home park is going through this right now, so I will give you what I have learned. A word of caution, I am still trying to find an unbiased answer myself all of my pros/cons come from the fiberglass or plaster contractors so of course they believe their product is better.

From our pool maintenance company (the one unbiased answer I have) They recommend using fiberglass on our Spa to reduce the chance of black algae, and plaster on the pool for the ease of maintenance.

>>Pro's for plaster.

Underwater epoxy repairs can be made without draining the pool.

More resilient than the Gel-Coat of the fiberglass.

More readily available contractors.

>>Pro's for fiberglass.

Resists Black Algae.

Resists rust stains from behind.

Lasts longer than plaster.

---Con's for plaster.

If Black Algae starts its roots go through the pourous plaster and embed in the gunite, and will always return.

Plaster doesn't bond well to old plaster.

---Con's for fiberglass.

Fiberglass companies go out of business because their products fail in a few years.

Fiberglass contractors are hard to find.

The only way to repair fiberglass is to drain the pool and apply a new Gel-Coat over the entire surface.

Fiberglass is not waterproof at all, only the Gel-Coat is.

A Plaster contractor said...

"I have heard that the fiberglass fails in like 5 years and then the company goes out of business."

A Fiberglass contractor said...

"I have heard of huge sections of the plaster falling off, because the old layer of plaster was not completely removed and when it came off it took the new plaster with it, in court the contractor's stance was that their coat held on fine and that it was not their fault since their work was still sticking to the old plaster."

I wish a neurtral party like a university would do a study on this.

-signed

Just as lost in the sauce as the original poster.

Answer 2

There are three probable answers to your question. #1 If the surface to be Gel-Coated are small and you can do the work yourself under $50 dollars. #2 If there is damage to the surface and you half to hire a professional fiberglass repairman then things get expensive more than $500 dollars. #3 And if your talking Gel-Coating the entire pool surface "Depending on the size" Thousands of dollars then finding someone reputable to do the work and take on a job of that size. Good Luck. Hope this helps R.B.

Answer 3

Yes