- Rough underfoot. Etching that catches skin is a liability question, not a cosmetic one.
- Staining that will not come out. Acid washing has diminishing returns after the second or third time.
- Chemical demand climbing. A porous surface consumes more chlorine every season.
- Visible delamination. Hollow spots or spider cracking mean the bond is failing.
Commercial replaster runs roughly $18,000–65,000 per pool depending on surface area and finish, and takes two to five weeks — which is why it belongs between Labor Day and Memorial Day. If you manage several properties, the sequencing matters more than the unit price. We schedule portfolios so no two pools in the same community are down at once.
- A resurface that is not due. If the surface has three seasons left we will say so.
- The cheapest finish. Standard plaster on a heavily used commercial pool is a false economy.
- Work that ignores the deck. If the deck is failing, doing the shell alone means doing it twice.
- Summer scheduling. Unless something has failed outright, this is off-season work.
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Surface area, existing finish, bond condition, tile and coping.
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Dewatering plan first — an empty commercial shell over groundwater is the risk.
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Cut-out of failed areas, bond coat over sound substrate.
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Plaster, quartz or pebble applied, cured, filled and balanced.
Priced by surface area. Heavy-use commercial pools generally justify a harder finish than a residence does.
On a pool that will be resurfaced twice more in its life, the harder finish is usually the cheaper decision over twenty years.
Chip-out, prep, application and cure are sequential and weather-dependent. We give you a date range and update it weekly.
We schedule so no two pools serving the same community are closed simultaneously.
The price difference is recovered the first time you skip a resurface cycle.
We flag which category your scope falls into before work starts, not after.
We’ll measure, price by surface area, and propose a sequence that keeps something open all season.
| Phone | (910) 277-5560 |
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| sales@sunrisepoolsinc.com | |
| Hours | Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00 · Sat by appointment |