homersgarden - I'm sure location will come into play regarding the price, but I did a remodel this past summer that included new tile, coping, pebbletec surface, new filter, pump, and SWG. They also had to replumb everything for additonal skimmer, vac and return lines. My pool is kidney shaped, 91 linear ft with an 8 ft deep end. I didn't add any fancy waterfalls, rocks etc and it cost roughly 13K. I am in Calif and had it done in August if season matters. I don't have a heater, but I do have solar panels that work very well in the summer months. I still need to get a cover. I also can't wait to see how the solar does late spring. If I can't get enought heat, I'll be looking at getting a heater or heat pump this year. Here's some pictures. Pavers were not done by pool builder. Before After Here's a different angle to see the water color

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New user and very impressed/appreciative of repair_guy and the rest of you. I am about to replumb and resurface my old pool and hopefully have what looks like a new pool when it is done. I noticed in one of the threads some references to pipe diameter. Pool is about 27000 gallons and spa is 700 gallons that can spillover to the pool all, some or none of the return water. I plan on getting an Intelliflo. There will be 4 return jets, the skimmer and drain. What is the optimal pipe diameter?

I think Jer83 meant Refinish with a dark finish "like" the pictured pool (rather than the pictured pool being his pool). I knew nothing about pools (well, I still mostly no nothing about pools, although I know a heck of a lot more now) before we built ours. I didn't do my research until we were in the middle of building, and at that point, a lot of it was too late (our pool is beautiful, I am not complaining, but there are things I would change if I could start from scratch)...Either way, here is a video of our pool build. I don't have the real-time video of the "plaster" phase (Pebble sheen is plaster and pebbles mixed, so yes, it is re-plastering), but the video will show a little about what is involved (note, my pool was new, so re-finishing the surface is probably even more work than plastering straight to unite). It took a team of people who do it daily several hours. I don't know if the cost is more materials then labor, but there is a reason it costs much more than standard plaster. IMHO, it will be well worth paying a professional (i.e., this is not a part to try and cut costs on, if you can). Note, however, I have River Rok, which is NOT Pebble Tech nor "Pebble Sheen" (which is smaller pebbles, supposedly softer), but it is similar. One other note, however, getting the "right" color is tough. There are a lot of variables in how things look (lighting, trees, water depth, mixture of pebbles, colors, etc), so even with a professional install, it may look different than another pool with the same "color" or different than a brochure. Our pool color varies from a deep blue (not dark, but deep), to a greenish look, depending on the time of day, and the cloud cover.