Inground Pool Kit

[sheridan]

I am a new member to this forum. I have had a pool for years and have recently moved.

our new home does not have a pool and I have withdrawl issues (from no pool).

I am considering a inground pool kit. I have construction experience and am willing to tackle the task. There are however many kits, manufacturers on line and it is tough on where to start. Does anyone have experience or suggestions on a good company. I have experience with a liner pool in the Midwest. thanks Paul

[brettnolan]

I can't answer your question directly, but I can offer an opinion.

First, before you think I'm a company shill...in about a month, I am leaving my current job to start my own company. There are many reasons why, however, I firmly believe that the company that I work for builds, by far, the best pools in my metro area. And customers pay the premium, we are definitely not the most affordable.

I have a friend that is bound and determined to save a few bucks by building her own pool, via the kit. Now it's hard to tell for certain because she seems to change her mind on various things every five minutes, but I'm not sure she is really going to save all that much money.

By the time she pays for the excavation, the backfill, the concrete work, and various other things not included in the kit, in my opinion, she is going to be tantalizingly close to the price she could have paid my company to do it. Furthermore, she is having a hell of a time (almost a year now) getting the permit and getting other ancillary tasks done that a builder would do for her.

And still, she won't listen my educated opinion on really anything. For instance, she has two boys. One will be a junior in HS next year, the other will be a freshman. They aren't going to be around all that much longer, and the novelty of a new pool doesn't last forever. Yet she wants to have a larger pool than she needs, but she wants to pay pennies for it.

Now, I'm sure you have the skill to do it. It's not real hard to build a vinyl liner pool. This is just my two cents on the headache of doing it yourself...REALLY, REALLY, REALLY sit down and do a THOROUGH cost/benefit. I would say that if you are only going to save a couple thousand dollars, let a GOOD pool builder do it.

So I guess my bottom line advice is, take your time and do plenty of research.

[edge]

Couldnt agree more with what Spa Savant said.