Pool from the 50s or 60s
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How much would it even cost to get it back in shape $10 to $15 thousand
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,118
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You going to DIY or hire someone?
Any equipment connected to it now?
You know if the underground pipes are good?
It looks to have been built very well. Is it a good sign it still holds so much water
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,118
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
- VS Pump - $1,000 - 2,000
- Cartridge filter - $500 - $1500
- SWG - $2,500
- Heater - $3000 - 6,000 Gas or Heat Pump?
- Lights - $250 - 1,000 each
- Automation controls - $500 - $2,000
- Electrical - TBD
- Plumbing - TBD
- Skimmers
- VGBA drains
- Pool Cleaner - $1,000 - $2,000
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I’d say that would be the low end of what you’ll spend. Is it a vinyl liner or plaster?
Of course it fills from all of the rainwater at a minimum but you seem to think that no one has added water to it before you bought it.
The bench and skimmer area look like fiberglass, with what we can speculate at the moment at least. Lol. Maybe a hybrid pool with fiber walls and a concrete bottom.
Dropping a liner in there so long as the structure is fine (it would need to be imspected) would limit the pool surface refinishing / spending between $5k and $7500.
It was a beauty in the pic from the past! I hope you do fix it back up. The cost will really depend if you do the work or use your wallet to have the work done aka hire it out.
Keep us in the loop and we can/will help you out to get the beauty back up and running!
Keep us in the loop and we can/will help you out to get the beauty back up and running!
Here is a picture of the mechanical components. Looks to have been updated at some point. The entire pool is concrete.
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Pool looks like painted concrete.
The water being at a consistent point makes me wonder if there is a plumbing line at that elevation that leaks. Do you see anything in the pool at the level of the water?
Step 1: Drain and clean out pool, visually inspect the surface/shell/fittings. If there are no catastrophic failures (giant cracks/holes/etc) then go to step 2.
Step 2: Have a professional leak location done on all the lines. The black piping coming into the equipment room does not look like 50's-60's vintage. If the plumbing holds pressure, go to step 3.
Step 3: Determine if any equipment needs serviced/replaced. You might need a new pump motor and filter sand, but with the equipment being indoor and in VA it may just work.
If the shell doesn't leak, the plumbing doesn't leak, and the equipment can be made operable then it is a question of what you want the pool to look like and the cost to get it there - which could be $5k or it could be $100k.
You might just have a diamond there after you clean it up a bit.
The water being at a consistent point makes me wonder if there is a plumbing line at that elevation that leaks. Do you see anything in the pool at the level of the water?
Step 1: Drain and clean out pool, visually inspect the surface/shell/fittings. If there are no catastrophic failures (giant cracks/holes/etc) then go to step 2.
Step 2: Have a professional leak location done on all the lines. The black piping coming into the equipment room does not look like 50's-60's vintage. If the plumbing holds pressure, go to step 3.
Step 3: Determine if any equipment needs serviced/replaced. You might need a new pump motor and filter sand, but with the equipment being indoor and in VA it may just work.
If the shell doesn't leak, the plumbing doesn't leak, and the equipment can be made operable then it is a question of what you want the pool to look like and the cost to get it there - which could be $5k or it could be $100k.
You might just have a diamond there after you clean it up a bit.
Can you explain the components of the mechanical room. From the pipes, the barrel, and black box on the floor? Thank you!!
In addition if I don not plan to complete the pool the first year I live there, is it better to drain it, clean it, patch concrete, paint it, and let it sit? Or is it better to let it sit as is?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,118
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Let it sit as is until you are ready to put it in service.
It has been doing fine that way.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,118
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
BTW, painting pools does not work anymore. The EPA banned the chemicals that made pool paints last. Current formulations may last one to three years before they begin chalking.
Plaster or a vinyl liner are the way to go.
Plaster or a vinyl liner are the way to go.
That pool sits quite a bit lower then the house thereby bringing it closer to the water table which makes it riskier to keep it empty for too long.
Just FYI - and costs vary wildly, but the quote to fill in my 18x36 rectangular pool, including hauling of parts away and code required compaction of the fill, was about $30,000. I kept the pool, and am gambling that I do not have to invest that much for the amount of years I continue to live next to it.....
So there is that factor, depending of course on how compliant to local codes you will be, and how much heavy equip. work you can do DIY if you decide to not keep it.
So there is that factor, depending of course on how compliant to local codes you will be, and how much heavy equip. work you can do DIY if you decide to not keep it.
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