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AKLRULZ · 08-04-2002, 02:38 PM

Cool! In ground or above?

DVC_Don · 08-04-2002, 03:22 PM

I'd hire both an in ground and above ground out. I helped my Dad put up an above ground when I was 15. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I did not learn my lesson and helped a friend put up another above ground about 10 years later. Poor guy sure did have to buy a lot of beer for our crew. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Our in ground took a crew of 3, three days. Then they came back 6 weeks later to pour the concrete apron around it. That took 2 days. 1 day to put the forms up and another to pour it.

Shell_of_the_South · 08-04-2002, 04:14 PM

in-ground, probably a 16x32 because that will fit our available space the best. DH used to pour concrete pool decks years ago, but he says he'd rather pay someone than deal with the headache of doing it himself. I was hoping he would do it and save us some $$$.

DVC_Don · 08-04-2002, 04:48 PM

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probably a 16x32

<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Hey! That's our size! Hire it out, believe me. The hardest work for me was bringing ice water out to the crew (Hot, it was August 1995)

Putting our pool in was even better than buying our DVC points, and everyone here knows how much the points mean to me. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Shell_of_the_South · 08-04-2002, 04:54 PM

Disnydad, how much do you think your pool adds to your power bill? Someone told DH the maintenance/extra power would be $200/month. I thought, surely not!

Also, we are thinking about not having a deep end so we could put up a volleyball net. I noticed that most of the pools at resorts don't have a deep end, the deepest we saw last week was 5 feet or so. Everyone I talked to said the kids would want the deep end for diving. But my kids just swim and play. I don't know how they would like it when they're older, though.

DVC_Don · 08-04-2002, 05:47 PM

We do not allow diving in ours although we do have a deep end. You will wish you got the deep end. You gotta have a deep end for jumping in and pushing people in. Cannon Ball contests are very important to our kids and their friends. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] The shallow end does not cut it for that.

I'm not sure how much it adds to our bill. We have a natural gas heater on it also. Our house has central air, so I think that adds more than the pool does. Our start up month (May) has a utility bill as high as mid winter. Warming that water up really runs it up. Once you get it warm, it is easy to keep it there. We like to keep the water about 84-85 degrees. I only run the filter pump about 6 to 7 hours a day. Our last months bill for gas and electric was $151.20. That's for the whole air conditioned house and pool. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[ 08-04-2002, 05:50 PM: Message edited by: Disnydad ]

KathyL · 08-04-2002, 08:19 PM

We just did an above ground pool (15x30). We were going to put it up ourselves, but all of the sudden, summer was here. We hired a pool company to install the pool and it was definately worth the money. They guarantee the work and even arranged for the water delivery. Hooked up all the pumps, etc. We were able to enjoy our pool the same day it was installed! We run our pump/filter on low for 24 hours a day. Our electric bill is somewhat higher than last summer, but not outrageous. The enire pool, installation, electricity, etc. is still cheaper than a pool or beach club membership!!! Enjoy it.

KathyL

reinstructor · 08-04-2002, 10:39 PM

How about, sell your present house and buy another that already has a pool. (Sorry, the
REALTOR in me comes out sometimes.) Someone else will bear the cost of putting it in. The actual return on a pool when you sell is only about half of what it costs to put in. If you're going to put one in where you are, I hope you plan to be there for quite a while longer.