Pool Within A Pool - Your Thoughts Please

[going2baja]

Hi all...kind of new to his forum. I'm doing a remodel of an 80x20 pool that was originally built for water storage (80x20x16.) It was all block and then plastered in to form a pool in 1960. Now 51 years later there is rust poking through the plaster in many spots and there are many cracks on the outer block with what appears to seepage not leaking.

I've had 6 or so contractors look @ it and 4 think to just remodel and the other 2 want to build a pool within the existing pool. I've searched the web and can't find any guidance in this arena. Any thoughts here would be greatly appreciated. The pool is located in So Cal so freezing isn't an issue.

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Tim.

[waterbear]

Hi all...kind of new to his forum. I'm doing a remodel of an 80x20 pool that was originally built for water storage (80x20x16.) It was all block and then plastered in to form a pool in 1960. Now 51 years later there is rust poking through the plaster in many spots and there are many cracks on the outer block with what appears to seepage not leaking.

I've had 6 or so contractors look @ it and 4 think to just remodel and the other 2 want to build a pool within the existing pool. I've searched the web and can't find any guidance in this arena. Any thoughts here would be greatly appreciated. The pool is located in So Cal so freezing isn't an issue.

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Tim.

Building a smaller pool inside an existing pool is not unheard of and is often the easiest way to repair structural damage to the shell. First question to ask yourself is do you really want an 80K gallon pool and are you willing to do the maintenance on it or is a smaller pool more suited to you and your lifestyle? This would be the ideal opportunity to "Downsize" your pool if you want to. You could also convert the existing pool to either a fiberglass shell or vinyl liner if you decide to go this route and fill around the smaller pool to increase your deck size.