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putting in a pool
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:44 am
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:44 am
i'd like to spend no more than 30k on an inground pool. please let me know if it can be done and give me your suggestions on what I need to do to make this happen.
thanks
thanks
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Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:46 am to oldcharlie8
These golf threads just won't stop.
The water will probably slow down your follow through.
The water will probably slow down your follow through.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:46 am to oldcharlie8
It can be done.
A pool builder.
A pool builder.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:51 am to oldcharlie8
Sure it can be done. I put in mine for ablut that. 18X36 liner with a lot of custom add on's include a baja ledge and a hot tub overflowing into the pool.
That said I did a lot work on it myself as well. But depending on what you want and are willing to accept to stay in budget you certainly can.
That said I did a lot work on it myself as well. But depending on what you want and are willing to accept to stay in budget you certainly can.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:54 am to oldcharlie8
I'm thinking it would mess with your swing. Once you got out the water you'd swing way harder than needed in the green.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:56 am to oldcharlie8
30k should get you a pretty basic pool.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:56 am to oldcharlie8
Just did it 8 months ago. 18'x36' liner pool with 8' of concrete all the way around cost me 27k. A Gunite pool would have been double. I still have to build the fence, which I would be working on today of it wasn't raining. Brick and wrought iron, going to cost about 8k, with me doing all of the work.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 7:58 am to oldcharlie8
Add in the 12k it will cost you to fill it in once you find out what a PITA it is.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 8:10 am to oldcharlie8
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putting in a pool
i'd like to spend no more than 30k on an inground pool.
Enjoy your depreciating value
Posted on 2/22/15 at 8:21 am to oldcharlie8
It can be done. We had an 18' x 36' vinyl pool installed last year with diving board, slide, and roving cleaner. We stayed under $30K--even with some added concrete to their standard 4' deck.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 8:21 am to oldcharlie8
Get a set of plans professionally drawn up. Otherwise, your intrepretation of what you want may differ from pool contractor's vision. If you decide at a later point to add an outdoor kitchen, a professional architect will become even more valuable to you.
This post was edited on 2/22/15 at 8:25 am
Posted on 2/22/15 at 8:48 am to oldcharlie8
Liner is cheapest
Fiberglas is next
The you have a hybrid pool which is fiberglass wall and gunite floors
Then it's total gunite
They started mine last week.
I went with hybrid. Gonna end up being around 46-48k.
That's with some custom water features plus my fence which is iron and brick.
That's around 4k though.
Fiberglas is next
The you have a hybrid pool which is fiberglass wall and gunite floors
Then it's total gunite
They started mine last week.
I went with hybrid. Gonna end up being around 46-48k.
That's with some custom water features plus my fence which is iron and brick.
That's around 4k though.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 9:33 am to oldcharlie8
1- Call a pool builder and get an estimate.
2- Listen to what he says about equipment needed, placement and pool design.
3- Locate an excavator (Anyone with a backhoe and a dump truck.
4- Pull all needed permits
5- Hire out an excavator after you design the pool area (Stakes and twine with that orange spray pain will do)
6-Hire a crew to do the rebar and find a gunite contractor, plaster/tile contractor
7- Get the plumbing lines ran after the rebar is in place (the flex PVC is expensive but very easy to use. Regular PVC is ok but you will have connections and elbows to make it go where you want)
8-Buy the equipment (I recommend a salt chlorinator)
9- Pour the equipment pad and have electrical lines run off the break panel. (Install an individual breaker panel for the pool itself)
10- Run the lines for the lights
I did it in 2005 and saved over 10K. Built a quouted 45K pool for less than 32K. We had a spillover spa in the deep end. No fancy multicolored lights but I did invest in the interior control panel. I could run on or off anything from my kitchen.
We moved to Illinois in 2010. I miss my pool pretty much every day.
2- Listen to what he says about equipment needed, placement and pool design.
3- Locate an excavator (Anyone with a backhoe and a dump truck.
4- Pull all needed permits
5- Hire out an excavator after you design the pool area (Stakes and twine with that orange spray pain will do)
6-Hire a crew to do the rebar and find a gunite contractor, plaster/tile contractor
7- Get the plumbing lines ran after the rebar is in place (the flex PVC is expensive but very easy to use. Regular PVC is ok but you will have connections and elbows to make it go where you want)
8-Buy the equipment (I recommend a salt chlorinator)
9- Pour the equipment pad and have electrical lines run off the break panel. (Install an individual breaker panel for the pool itself)
10- Run the lines for the lights
I did it in 2005 and saved over 10K. Built a quouted 45K pool for less than 32K. We had a spillover spa in the deep end. No fancy multicolored lights but I did invest in the interior control panel. I could run on or off anything from my kitchen.
We moved to Illinois in 2010. I miss my pool pretty much every day.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:51 am to oldcharlie8
The OP says he'll be the for the foreseeable future. Here's some long term considerations to look at:
There's no practical do-over as to construction, make damn sure you spec what you want.
Put up a quality fence immediately, you are probably required to do so by local code but do not wait. Look up the legal term "attractive nuisance".
Liners are cheaper for a reason and they only come in specific shapes and have different problems than a gunite pool. If you can go gunite, it is long-term worth the upgrade.
As has been stated here, most Pool Contractors will go straight to Hell when they die. Be very careful when vetting them and spec-ing the pool and get everything (change orders) in writing. Make sure to hold back funds on them until the pool is completely done.
If you do end up moving, the pool will make some potential buyers not look at your house that would have bought it had you not installed the pool. Conversely, a smaller population of potential buyers will consider your house because it has a pool when they wouldn't have looked at it if you hadn't installed the pool. Do not expect to realize any payback from installing the pool if you sell. I have seen home buyers fill in a working pool the week after closing on a house.
Make sure you have a technically competent installer/designer. A pool is a system to keep clean (and possibly temperature controlled) water at the ready for your use. A bad design and/or install can make this not your reality. Architectural features, water features and lighting add complexity. Ask to see completed projects and speak with the homeowners who had them done.
I had a wonderful large pool for a long time and enjoyed it, I moved two years ago and still don't miss it enough to install another where I am now.
Hope this helps, Good luck.
There's no practical do-over as to construction, make damn sure you spec what you want.
Put up a quality fence immediately, you are probably required to do so by local code but do not wait. Look up the legal term "attractive nuisance".
Liners are cheaper for a reason and they only come in specific shapes and have different problems than a gunite pool. If you can go gunite, it is long-term worth the upgrade.
As has been stated here, most Pool Contractors will go straight to Hell when they die. Be very careful when vetting them and spec-ing the pool and get everything (change orders) in writing. Make sure to hold back funds on them until the pool is completely done.
If you do end up moving, the pool will make some potential buyers not look at your house that would have bought it had you not installed the pool. Conversely, a smaller population of potential buyers will consider your house because it has a pool when they wouldn't have looked at it if you hadn't installed the pool. Do not expect to realize any payback from installing the pool if you sell. I have seen home buyers fill in a working pool the week after closing on a house.
Make sure you have a technically competent installer/designer. A pool is a system to keep clean (and possibly temperature controlled) water at the ready for your use. A bad design and/or install can make this not your reality. Architectural features, water features and lighting add complexity. Ask to see completed projects and speak with the homeowners who had them done.
I had a wonderful large pool for a long time and enjoyed it, I moved two years ago and still don't miss it enough to install another where I am now.
Hope this helps, Good luck.
This post was edited on 2/22/15 at 10:54 am
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:09 am to oldcharlie8
Putin in a pool
Posted on 2/23/15 at 4:56 pm to oldcharlie8
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putting in a pool
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This post was edited on 2/23/15 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 2/23/15 at 5:19 pm to oldcharlie8
I don't know anyone that has installed a gunite pool for that kind of money. You might be able to do it with a liner though. Good luck.
Posted on 2/23/15 at 7:17 pm to oldcharlie8
Posted on 2/26/15 at 8:29 am to oldcharlie8
It can be done. Right at 30k
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