Hey all,
Many of you noted that our concrete price at $13/sq ft was very high and we agreed. We are doing an 18x40 vinyl-lined pool, SWG in SE Minnesota and we found two concrete guys who came recommended at $6-7 sq. ft. They both said they have done "a few" pools but this leads me to wonder--how technical is pouring an in-ground pool deck? We are doing cantilever concrete right up to the edge of the pool, no aluminum rim, and concrete skimmers. We are also doing our automatic cover box lid as walk-on concrete versus the aluminum cover, so that it blends in better with our pool deck. Am I going to regret sub-contracting out the pool deck and these areas and not using the guy who works directly with the PB (PB said he's fine working with whoever we find if we can find someone cheaper which we did) or is it fairly straightforward? Will also ask the PB but wanted an unbiased opinion here.
Many of you noted that our concrete price at $13/sq ft was very high and we agreed. We are doing an 18x40 vinyl-lined pool, SWG in SE Minnesota and we found two concrete guys who came recommended at $6-7 sq. ft. They both said they have done "a few" pools but this leads me to wonder--how technical is pouring an in-ground pool deck? We are doing cantilever concrete right up to the edge of the pool, no aluminum rim, and concrete skimmers. We are also doing our automatic cover box lid as walk-on concrete versus the aluminum cover, so that it blends in better with our pool deck. Am I going to regret sub-contracting out the pool deck and these areas and not using the guy who works directly with the PB (PB said he's fine working with whoever we find if we can find someone cheaper which we did) or is it fairly straightforward? Will also ask the PB but wanted an unbiased opinion here.
