NC Rural Pool Build "Where to begin?"

[Steve_in_C]

Stamped concrete is beautiful. But it has maintenance requirements. I believe that you have to reseal the concrete every 2-3 years. Read up on the maintenance requirements before you commit.

 

[sktn77a]

Pools are difficult to budget. $26,000 for what you've described doesn't seem out of line from what I've seen in NC. For what it's worth, that's what we paid for ours 22 years ago - concrete basin, fiberglass walls (all renovated to all-concrete last year to the tune of an additional $25,000).

 

[Dalehughes3]

The only thing I am not sure of is the patio per square ft cost. This pool builder operates out of a town 45 minutes - 1 hour away. I assume his subs have a certain cost they have to charge to be worth it for them. However, I think I may ask locally for contractors to do the concrete work.

 

[Dalehughes3]

Do the deck yourself. $7bucks a sq foot for stamped concrete is the norm in Texas. Your guy is high. Same for the fence. You can save a lot there.
I still think your pool price is high. Big money for a liner pool, I've never priced one out, but had one in a home years ago and never again.

Just to be clear, this is for broom finish concrete.

 

[sktn77a]

Thesed guys travel all over the place. Our gunite crew came from Charlotte to Chapel Hill (4 hours away)!

 

[ponygirl]

We are in NC. 2 years ago we paid 31k for our vinyl pool, 12.5k (or was it 13?) for 1500 sq ft of broom finish, colored, concrete patio with a stamped, colored border and stamped, colored, cantilevered coping. 475 linear feet of 5 foot heavy duty, aluminum fencing with 3 gates was 13k. Broom finish concrete is so much safer. The number of little kids with wet feet losing their footing on the coping makes me very happy we went with broom finish. And it requires no sealing.