In central FLorida you might want to check out the product line from premixmarbletite.com located in Winter Springs, FL. I have nothing to do with the company, but they seem to have a large portion of the Florida market share. Several of the better builders (based on word of mouth) in my area (Space Coast) use their product, and I'm pretty sure brentr in Jacksonville did as well. Unfortunately my pool is just a shotcrete shell at the moment so I can't offer a personal endorsement - good or bad.

We are in the process of picking between pebble sheen and marbletite freestone. Please give me your suggestions. I am going crazy!!!

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.

If they have marbletite "Bond-Tite" bags, they are likely using this as the bond coat between the existing plaster and the new Diamond Brite...an important step... Diamond brite is a pre-bagged quartz finish. Installation must be done per manufacturer's instructions or your manufacturer's warranty may be affected, however there are a number of variables in pool plastering, so it may behoove you to find out from the installer exactly what they plan on doing. Many times installation methods differ between various geographic regions due to weather, humidity, time of year, etc.... If you have any questions, you can call SGM (the manufactuer of Diamond Brite) at 800.641.9247 Link to their installation manual: http://sgm.cc/pdf/InfoSheets/Diamond_Brite_web.pdf Hope this helps. Scott