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Posted by mewmew (My Page) on Wed, Oct 29, 08 at 15:57
| Has anyone had any problems with their Pebble Tec? Or is there anyone here would not recommend Pebble Tec?
I have heard that the surface is rough on the feet but that you are suppose to scrub it down 3-4 times a day for about a week and this will help.
Has anyone had to have their's replaced or redone? |
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RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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| I tried out many pebbletec and pebblesheen and pebblefina pools. Pebbletec was a little too hard on my feet. I grew up with a vinyl pool and couldn't get past tthe feeling. But I know a lot of people with the Pebbletec that do get used to it and love, love the durability and longetivity. I went with Pebblesheen. Its finer stones. While at first seemingly rough, I easily got used to this one after just walking in 4 times. So I'm going this route. The Pebblefina is even finer particles, not rocks really. However there are often uneven looking color variations in the pool as a result. Other than the texture the Pebble will prolong the life of the pool. Straight plaster will fade and chip in 7 years, at that time you'll spend thousands re-plastering. My house is my forever house, so I wanted a finish that would last. |
RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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| My Pebble Tec is just fine and I did not scrub it down. The roughness is a personal thing, I don't think it's rough at all. Everyone who has seen my pool has really liked the Pebble Tec and one neighbor has had it installed when he needed to re-plaster. I would make the same decision again to install it. |
RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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| my pebbletec does not bother my feet at all, my family all thinks it feels really nice, like a foot massage. keep in mind the stones are smooth and almost polished in texture, so it's not like when you walk into the ocean and are stepping on shells and rocks and who knows what. i think it's great. plus the pebbletec looks very different from the pebblesheen. pebbletec has a more rustic look to it, more like a natural creek bed. why not ask your PB if you could go see a few pools, some with pebblectec and some with pebblesheen, and when you're there, ask the owner "is it rough on your feet?" i guarantee they will tell you to take off your shoes and stand on a step to see (that's what we did!). i have never heard of scrubbing it down....think of the size of your pool, that would take forever to do it evenly.....would you be underwater while you did it? (because you have to fill a pebble pool immediately after the acid wash).....plus you would probably scrub out some pebbles in the process leaving stone holes and blotches of plaster....and that would affect the look and color of the pool. pebblesheen is actually professionally buffed down by the installer after the acid wash, so if you want something scrubbed down, go with the pebblesheen and let the pros handle it. love the pebbletec, couldn't be happier with ours. our color is Majestic Plum, sounds weird but it is not purple, link below: |
Here is a link that might be useful: PebbleTec: Majestic Plum
RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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| My ptec is great on our feet. Must admit that rounded edge on steps can be rough if stubbing toe or banging knee. My dd went to neighbor's house to swim and tips of her toes bled, same with his grandsons. Went to other plaster pool and same thing. No one has had any problems with that in a ptec. Weird. |
RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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| I have Pebble Fina Bella Blue. I love it, however the problem I had was that after a few months my pool developed some gray/black spotting on it. Turned out to be a rare defect in my finish. However, my pool builder, plaster guy and Pebble Tec customer service were great. They re-plastered my pool about two weeks ago and have re-done all of my start up and chemicals at their cost. They will be back in 4 weeks to re-do my salt chlorinator start up. They did my start up a little different for the first 10 days keeping the acid really high to prevent scaling while it did the initial curing, and I love it even more now than I did in April. The finish is wonderful on our feet. We decided not to go with Pebble tec or Pebble Sheen because my daughter has sensitive feet and we were worried that the bigger pebble would be rough on her skin. The fina hasn't given us any problems with our feet. |
RE: Pebble Tec Problems? Can you 'buff the BIG pebbles?
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| I read that they buff the smaller pebbles in the PebbleTec's-Pebble sheen and other similar products like the WetEdge's-Satin Matrix. Has anyone had the larger pebble type products like original PebbleTec or Pearl Matrix even "slightly buffed" to sort of even out any really rough or perhaps broken pebbles that might pop-up to the surface? I read something about how they don't buff the large stones because it would take too many diamond pads to effectively do it throughout (I am guessing there is a lower profile overall to the smaller pebbles). Can this be done somehow on the larger pebble brands if you find really rough spots after the water has filled the pools? A separate question: If anyone has seen the same color in both the small and large pebble sizes . . . does each have the same reflective, sparkling look and also color or does the pebble size affect these factors? |
RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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| I've had my Pebble Tec for 2 years with no abrasions on my feet. Now, I don't play water volleyball or anything like that. I did play volleyball at our clubhouse pool which has the small flecks of pebbles in plaster. My feet got very roughed up there. If you play sports, then wear aqua shoes. Anyway, my color is Tropical Breeze, the water is still beautiful and my shell pieces still sparkle. I prefer the look of the larger pebbles. It seems more tropical to me. |
RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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Yes!!! Big time issues with my New PebbleFina finish.
It looked great each time they finished the "acid wash" then immediately after they did something they call a "Hot Start" and reset the ph to counter the acid, a sediment forms looks like powdered sugar, settles to the bottom and in hours adhears to the dark blue bottom and looks awful.
Each of the elements point their fingers...the prime, the plater installer, and PebbleTech. They have done the "acid wash" twice, each time same result. We have had countless chemical analysis's all showing the water is fine. Maybe the plaster and/or technique to counter the acid is flawed. Anyone have this problem? Makes a great pool look cheap |
RE: Pebble Tec Problems???
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| After having the pebblesheen installed and waiting for the acid wash we notice cracks in the bottom the pebble tech tech says when the water is put in the cracks will go away when as it cures is this wright or is he pulling my leg |
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