Top Tips for Timing Your Replaster Project
Leanne Harvey, Director of Business Development at California Waters
In Orange County, community pools and spas are often open year-round. In our previous article, we discussed how to extend the life of the plaster of your pool and spa, and the signs to look for that indicate when replastering becomes a necessity. This article answers the question: What do I do now that it’s time to replaster? We’ll offer next steps once you’ve determined replastering is necessary, and focus on how to best time your project, along with insider information and timelines to help you create a schedule.
An Orange County pool contractor’s busy season usually starts in January. This can impact your schedule because it routinely can take six months or more to complete the project from the time a proposal to replaster is received--and most clients want their pool ready to open by the start of summer. By March, many pool contractors are already booked out through the summer, so it is critical to create a plan to allow your project to be approved and placed in the pipeline to meet your particular schedule and budget.
Even though your property is private, any changes to the pool must meet public pool health department codes. Replastering requires the creation and submission of new plans for permitting and county health inspections – all of which take time to accomplish. A typical design timeline for the creation of plans usually runs four to six weeks for development, and can take an additional 12-16 weeks for plan check approval. It covers:
• Design development: identify historical renovation
requirements (for example ADA requirements) along with the selection of finishes.
• Construction documentation: This is the stage where construction plans, details and specifications used for permitting are developed.
• Plan check: Final construction plans are completed. Work with building and county health departments to ensure plans are approved for construction.
24 July | August 2024 Use this timeline to assist in your planning efforts:
1) Month 1: Determine the scope of work. In addition to replastering, identify if any of the following need replacing: tile, lights, hand and grab rails, depth and safety markers, and equipment. If your pool is older, strongly consider adding optional but important new equipment, such as an autofill, a Title 22 compliant chemical controller, new variable speed energy efficient pumps, and other critical
items to keep your pool and spa operating
efficiently and to code. Ask your current pool service provider to assist you in developing the scope of work.
2) Month 2: Request quotes. Distribute your RFP and schedule site visits.
3) Month 3: Present proposals to the board, evaluate proposals, and select a contractor.
4) Months 4-6: Renovation plans design, development and approvals (this can take longer depending upon county plan check approval timelines).
5) Month 6: Replastering can take three to four weeks depending upon the size of the pool. If waterline tile is also being replaced, it will take longer.
By following this approximate timeline, you’ll be able to schedule your pool grand reopening when it works best for your community.
—Leanne Harvey is the Director of Business Development at California Waters, a specialty contractor headquartered in Yorba Linda, specializing in the design, engineering, construction, renovation, service, and repair of pools, spas, splashpads, and water features, since 1999. Email: lharvey@
californiawaters.com.
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