I know this is probably a very old, debated, "abused" discussion. However, I am back to my house after a long time where I had to work in another area. I now plan to take several months off work and do projects around the house. My wife *demands* a swimming pool and asks about it every day. My house is very close to a very rich area (Silicon Valley) and it's VERY hard to even get a call back from builders, that are busy with huge developments of hundreds of units or with billionaires demands. I even didn't like too much the pool builders I've met so far or their quotes were REALLY high, almost like they did not want the job. I'm sure they have a lot of business and cannot meet the demand.
However my wife found sites that sell vinyl pool kits that a homeowner could conceivably put together. Electrical and plumbing seem trivial, digging takes some skill but I've operated excavators before, there is some concrete work and I can easily hire some concrete guys for that part which is beyond my skill level. Some math suggests I could save a lot AND have a proper pool, done really how I like it. Having what seem like very detailed instructions will help tremendously.
So far I hadn't considered anything but concrete pools, but now this vinyl option starts to sound interesting. Even considering the mandatory auto-cover (that is an essential part of our design) it really looks like a very nice design and most everything is provided in the kit.
Chemistry of a vinyl pool seems to be easier than concrete.
Any reason I should NOT go this route? Should I consider fiberglass at this point, considering my design would be a rectangular pool anyway? Are vinyl or fiberglass a much "inferior" build method, will I regret it in the future?
However my wife found sites that sell vinyl pool kits that a homeowner could conceivably put together. Electrical and plumbing seem trivial, digging takes some skill but I've operated excavators before, there is some concrete work and I can easily hire some concrete guys for that part which is beyond my skill level. Some math suggests I could save a lot AND have a proper pool, done really how I like it. Having what seem like very detailed instructions will help tremendously.
So far I hadn't considered anything but concrete pools, but now this vinyl option starts to sound interesting. Even considering the mandatory auto-cover (that is an essential part of our design) it really looks like a very nice design and most everything is provided in the kit.
Chemistry of a vinyl pool seems to be easier than concrete.
Any reason I should NOT go this route? Should I consider fiberglass at this point, considering my design would be a rectangular pool anyway? Are vinyl or fiberglass a much "inferior" build method, will I regret it in the future?