Hello,
My new gunite/plaster pool was completed and filled about 30 days ago. I first started to use it about 2.5 weeks in and noticed some of the plaster is extremely rough and abrasive, particularly on the vertical walls of the benches/ledges. We’re talking rough enough to scrape and cut bare skin. The floors and horizontal surfaces feel pretty typical—certainly much smoother than the walls.
At startup, the contractor treated the pool with an initial round of chemicals and then I followed all of the contractor’s instructions from startup until now: running the pump around the clock for the first two weeks, brushing all plaster surfaces twice a day for the first two weeks and using muriatic acid every few days to bring the pH down to the desired range (7.2-7.8). (The pH had a tendency to creep back into the 8.0+ range between treatments but all of the professionals I spoke with told me that’s to be expected for the first few months with new plaster.) I’m still brushing the pool at least every other day and the pool is now being professionally maintained (trial service provided by the contractor). Salt was not added until today (30+ days after plaster).
Is this a craftsmanship problem with the plaster or something else?
My new gunite/plaster pool was completed and filled about 30 days ago. I first started to use it about 2.5 weeks in and noticed some of the plaster is extremely rough and abrasive, particularly on the vertical walls of the benches/ledges. We’re talking rough enough to scrape and cut bare skin. The floors and horizontal surfaces feel pretty typical—certainly much smoother than the walls.
At startup, the contractor treated the pool with an initial round of chemicals and then I followed all of the contractor’s instructions from startup until now: running the pump around the clock for the first two weeks, brushing all plaster surfaces twice a day for the first two weeks and using muriatic acid every few days to bring the pH down to the desired range (7.2-7.8). (The pH had a tendency to creep back into the 8.0+ range between treatments but all of the professionals I spoke with told me that’s to be expected for the first few months with new plaster.) I’m still brushing the pool at least every other day and the pool is now being professionally maintained (trial service provided by the contractor). Salt was not added until today (30+ days after plaster).
Is this a craftsmanship problem with the plaster or something else?
