Hi All
We have been an Intex owner for a few years and getting tired of putting it up and down so looked into a fully buried 16' x 32' Doughboy this year and after getting pricing together for putting it in the right way and all the concrete decking we want, the price was going to be somewhere between 20k and 22k. My PB had no trouble doing what I wanted but also had me consider a true Vinyl lined pool and he explained the benefits over what we were trying to do and what the cost differences were and now we are seriously considering going that route. I have some homework to do but so far this is where we are at.
16' x 32' rectangle, 3' at one end and 55" deep at the other.
The pool will be going up next to my shop so it will be shaded until around 11 probably, they won't dig closer than 2' from the shop footings so the decking will be 6' wide between the pool and the building with a drainage trough halfway between the shop and pool so the grading will be right around the pool and away from the shop wall.
The whole size of the deck will be 30' x 45' with the pool positioned 5' from the north edge 6' from the east edge 8' from the west edge and 8' from the south edge, which should give us plenty of room I think.
Latham, Elite Polymer Pool, concrete bottom Choice of Liner, leaning towards a deep blue liner from Latham 20 mil, 6' x 4' Blue Granite Steps built into the North West Side, Auto Chlorinator, Auto Fill/ Discharge in the deck somewhere by the stairs, Pentair 1.5hp Whisperflo Pump, Pentair Clean X Clear 420 Cartridge Filter, 2 Pentair Globrite Led Lights.
All the Decking is 4" concrete with reinforced rebar Bonded to with the Lights and Pump, the drainage between the shop and pool with be 8" wide with removable lids.
Sitting at 30k for the whole job right now, No cover info yet and I will still need to put up the 4' aluminum fencing around and on top of the deck.
I know he's high on his concrete but I can't separate it out if he's putting up the pool, he does a turn key job, he would even move some of my sprinkler lines that have to move but I have my sprinkler guy coming back to deal with that.
Pump is 220v and I am going to do my own electrical, planning on installing a weather proof box on the back of the shop where my Well Pump power comes out and putting the Pool Pump circuit inside with the outlet for the pool lights which will need a switch then running conduit to the Pool Pump. He will put the pump anywhere within 60' of the Pool.
All the Drainage redone from the back of the shop to the west side of the decking, ground finished out for sod.
I have a sand filter on my pool now and know nothing about pool cartridge filters good or bad, I guess no more back washing but not sure about other pros and cons for that, how often to replace easier or harder to take care of than sand etc.
What do you all think about this setup, never had an in ground pool before, trying to ask all the right questions.
We have been an Intex owner for a few years and getting tired of putting it up and down so looked into a fully buried 16' x 32' Doughboy this year and after getting pricing together for putting it in the right way and all the concrete decking we want, the price was going to be somewhere between 20k and 22k. My PB had no trouble doing what I wanted but also had me consider a true Vinyl lined pool and he explained the benefits over what we were trying to do and what the cost differences were and now we are seriously considering going that route. I have some homework to do but so far this is where we are at.
16' x 32' rectangle, 3' at one end and 55" deep at the other.
The pool will be going up next to my shop so it will be shaded until around 11 probably, they won't dig closer than 2' from the shop footings so the decking will be 6' wide between the pool and the building with a drainage trough halfway between the shop and pool so the grading will be right around the pool and away from the shop wall.
The whole size of the deck will be 30' x 45' with the pool positioned 5' from the north edge 6' from the east edge 8' from the west edge and 8' from the south edge, which should give us plenty of room I think.
Latham, Elite Polymer Pool, concrete bottom Choice of Liner, leaning towards a deep blue liner from Latham 20 mil, 6' x 4' Blue Granite Steps built into the North West Side, Auto Chlorinator, Auto Fill/ Discharge in the deck somewhere by the stairs, Pentair 1.5hp Whisperflo Pump, Pentair Clean X Clear 420 Cartridge Filter, 2 Pentair Globrite Led Lights.
All the Decking is 4" concrete with reinforced rebar Bonded to with the Lights and Pump, the drainage between the shop and pool with be 8" wide with removable lids.
Sitting at 30k for the whole job right now, No cover info yet and I will still need to put up the 4' aluminum fencing around and on top of the deck.
I know he's high on his concrete but I can't separate it out if he's putting up the pool, he does a turn key job, he would even move some of my sprinkler lines that have to move but I have my sprinkler guy coming back to deal with that.
Pump is 220v and I am going to do my own electrical, planning on installing a weather proof box on the back of the shop where my Well Pump power comes out and putting the Pool Pump circuit inside with the outlet for the pool lights which will need a switch then running conduit to the Pool Pump. He will put the pump anywhere within 60' of the Pool.
All the Drainage redone from the back of the shop to the west side of the decking, ground finished out for sod.
I have a sand filter on my pool now and know nothing about pool cartridge filters good or bad, I guess no more back washing but not sure about other pros and cons for that, how often to replace easier or harder to take care of than sand etc.
What do you all think about this setup, never had an in ground pool before, trying to ask all the right questions.
