Sarasota pool surface rough, stained or flaking?

Pool Surface Condition Check

Look at the pool on a bright day with the pump off, then answer each question. The result shows a stage and the answers that counted most. It is a starting point, not a price and not a diagnosis.

Sarasota Pool Refinishing is a guide run by Terragroupe, LLC. We do not resurface pools or do any pool work, and we are not taking requests yet. A licensed pool contractor does this work, and we are lining one up.

Cities we cover in Sarasota Area

• Sarasota
• Bradenton
• North Port
• Lakewood Ranch

What resurfacing a pool means

Resurfacing puts a new interior finish on the pool shell. The usual finishes are plaster (often called marcite), quartz and pebble. Tile at the waterline and the coping along the edge are often part of the same job.

Finishes wear out at different rates. Swimply's 2026 guide puts plaster at 7-10 years (national guide range)², quartz at 10-15 years (national guide range)² and pebble at 15-25 years (national guide range)². Those are national ranges. We found no Florida figure, so treat them as a rough guide, not a due date.

Compare the finishes on the finishes page.

Signs your surface is wearing out

Swimply's 2026 guide lists these signs ²:

• Rough patches that snag swimsuits or scrape feet.
• Plaster that flakes or peels.
• Stains that will not scrub off, and blotchy color.
• Loose stones or grit in a pebble or quartz finish.
• Algae that keeps coming back in the rough spots.
• Water chemistry that is hard to keep in balance.
• Water loss with no clear cause, and cracks.

Cracks can be structural, so a licensed contractor should inspect them ². Water loss needs its cause found first. Read the full signs guide.

Who does the work in Florida

Florida's contractor law lists interior refinishing, and draining a pool for repair, in the pool and spa servicing contractor scope ¹. The residential and commercial pool contractor scopes include interior finishes too ¹.

So ask every contractor for a state license number and look it up on the state licensing site ³. The license guide shows the steps.

This site does not do pool work. A licensed pool contractor does it. We are lining one up and will name them, with their license number, before we take any request.

How this guide is different

You have other choices: a pool service company that also resurfaces, a neighbor's recommendation, a national remodel franchise, a lead site that sells your number to several companies, or putting it off. Here is what this guide offers instead.

• Local facts with sources: city pool permit pages, tap water reports, drain rules, the watering order and the storm record.
• A license check you can run yourself, for any contractor.
• A surface check that says what it rests on and what it cannot see.
• Once a licensed provider is named: one provider per request, only with your consent. We do not sell your number.

Timing a resurface in Sarasota

Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30⁴. A resurface means a drained pool for part of the job. Our reading is to plan the work outside the peak of the season, and to ask what happens to the schedule if a storm is forecast while the pool is empty.

The timing guide covers the storm calendar, the watering order and the refill.

Where we cover

See pool resurfacing across the Sarasota area. Local fact pages cover Sarasota, Bradenton, North Port and Lakewood Ranch.

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