Pebble Tec Upgrade color

[dawndenise]

OK, now I understand. I found getting a straight answer to this question myself more than a bit frustrating.

Because there was only 1 company who'd do Pebble applications where I lived, I had to research out of my area to determine what would be an acceptable price. What I found was pretty amazing.

Some applicator companies have as many as 4-5 levels of pricing for Tec and another 3-4 for Sheen. Some companies, like the one we used, have 3-4 levels but they are the same whether you use Tec or Sheen. Some companies charge by interior square feet, others by linear feet. It makes comparisons extremely hard to do, at least it did for me. Some companies put one color with a certain group, other companies will put that color with a different group of colors, hence a different price level.

Unfortunately, I can't lay my hands on my notes of the price levels for the applicator we used. However, you can do a search on the Pools & Spas forum of GardenWeb.com and you'll get some hits, although it'll be bits and pieces of info.

There's also a FL company whose prices I printed out from their site in early May of this year. I just tried to access it so I could post the link and that company had now "forbidden" entry!! So, I'll have to type out their prices by hand...
Tec: std = $4.05/sqft (white pearl, sandy beach, sedona red, carribean blue)
upgrade 1 = $4.50/sqft (tahoe blue)
upgrade 2 = $5.20/sqft (majestic plum, black pearl, black marble)
upgrade 3 = $4.80/sqft "Australian Pebble" (soft white, moonlight grey, jade, creme de menthe)
upgrade 4 = $6.05/sqft (midnight blue, tropical breeze, emerald bay, sky blue)
Sheen: std = $4.05/sqft (desert gold, white diamonds, French grey)
upgrade 1 = $4.55/sqft "Australian Pebble" (bordeaux, blue granite, Irish mist, arctic white, aqua blue)
upgrade 2 = $4.80/sqft (seafoam green, black onyx, prism blue)
They did not even quote Ocean Blue, Slate Blue, Cool Blue, or Turtle Bay, the Sheen colors that came out in 2004. Either they wanted to retain some pricing flexibility on those colors or they had a very slow webmaster .

These prices seemed to be prices they charged PBs, not the resulting prices to pool owners. This company also had a number of added charges for split colors, Tec/Sheen combos, if you wanted Pebble Sheen molded steps, if your pool wasn't ready when they arrived, etc., etc.

Good luck.