So during our house hunting in North Carolina (Greensboro area) I shot down several decent houses because they had pools and I didn't want the hassle. Cut to a few months later and I was actually the one who found a house and property that I knew we could not pass up on, but ...... not only did it have a pool, it had a 75,000 gallon (2800-2900 sq foot) mammoth of a pool which is also in need of equipment updates, a few repairs, a good cleaning and a resurface. With all that said I am looking at my options and have narrowed it down to two scenario's that I like the most.
Option #1 - try a DIY Sider-crete now and save up for resurface with Ecofinish or whatever amazing breakthrough material all you smart people come up with in the next 5-10 years.
Estimated cost of materials - $6000 (50 kits, and tools)
Estimated cost of labor - ???, Still working this out, but estimating it will take about a full week based on 400 sq foot per day average
Foreseeable problems with option #1
#1 I live in a rual community north of Greensboro, which is apparently a black hole for people who do stucco or pool plastering work to find someone (other than someone wanting to sell me their product) willing or capable of assisting with the job.
#2 The above part about Greensboro... it got that name for a reason. I rains a lot here (58"/yr average), or at least enough that I would be worried about getting it done without a rain storm hitting during the process.
Option #2 - Pay someone to install Ecofinish now and be done with it, but eat instant noodles for the next 5 years. I have 3+1 on the way small kids and know that they will spend a lot of time in the pool so I really like the ability of reducing any chemical usage wherever possible, and from what I understand that is the expectation with a ecofinish.
Foreseeable problems with option #2
#1 Finding someone to do the install - the closest installer to me I have found is 200+ miles away.
#2 I need to determine if the surface is far enough gone that it will require a full replaster anyway (which leads us back to option #1)
#3 With a pool this big everything has extra zero's after it... Once I do get hopefully more than one quote I am sure I will be thinking about what a nice ______ (fill in the blank) that would buy, or could go towards other needed items with the house.
Hoping to get some good insight from folks who have either product (Ecofinish / Sider-crete) or other info / suggestions for a plan of attack.....
Question #1 - How much would I expect to save annually with any expected reductions in chemical usage, turnover rates, etc with Ecofinish as opposed to plaster? (For equipment I am planning to install 2ea variable speed 3hp pumps, and probably something like the autopilot copilot XL swg/ozone system, with 2ea multicyclone 16 prefilters and 2ea Sta-rite S8M-150 cartridge filters with Excel System 3 Retrofit Cartridge Filter Kit, and a TBD robot)
Questions #2 - How long do I have before I need to have the pool filled with water when using Sider-crete? Other than a getting 2 years of rain shortly after the job is done I would either need to pay for several truck loads ($$$) which access may be an issue or well water (at 20 GPM it would take half a year!)
Option #1 - try a DIY Sider-crete now and save up for resurface with Ecofinish or whatever amazing breakthrough material all you smart people come up with in the next 5-10 years.
Estimated cost of materials - $6000 (50 kits, and tools)
Estimated cost of labor - ???, Still working this out, but estimating it will take about a full week based on 400 sq foot per day average
Foreseeable problems with option #1
#1 I live in a rual community north of Greensboro, which is apparently a black hole for people who do stucco or pool plastering work to find someone (other than someone wanting to sell me their product) willing or capable of assisting with the job.
#2 The above part about Greensboro... it got that name for a reason. I rains a lot here (58"/yr average), or at least enough that I would be worried about getting it done without a rain storm hitting during the process.
Option #2 - Pay someone to install Ecofinish now and be done with it, but eat instant noodles for the next 5 years. I have 3+1 on the way small kids and know that they will spend a lot of time in the pool so I really like the ability of reducing any chemical usage wherever possible, and from what I understand that is the expectation with a ecofinish.
Foreseeable problems with option #2
#1 Finding someone to do the install - the closest installer to me I have found is 200+ miles away.
#2 I need to determine if the surface is far enough gone that it will require a full replaster anyway (which leads us back to option #1)
#3 With a pool this big everything has extra zero's after it... Once I do get hopefully more than one quote I am sure I will be thinking about what a nice ______ (fill in the blank) that would buy, or could go towards other needed items with the house.
Hoping to get some good insight from folks who have either product (Ecofinish / Sider-crete) or other info / suggestions for a plan of attack.....
Question #1 - How much would I expect to save annually with any expected reductions in chemical usage, turnover rates, etc with Ecofinish as opposed to plaster? (For equipment I am planning to install 2ea variable speed 3hp pumps, and probably something like the autopilot copilot XL swg/ozone system, with 2ea multicyclone 16 prefilters and 2ea Sta-rite S8M-150 cartridge filters with Excel System 3 Retrofit Cartridge Filter Kit, and a TBD robot)
Questions #2 - How long do I have before I need to have the pool filled with water when using Sider-crete? Other than a getting 2 years of rain shortly after the job is done I would either need to pay for several truck loads ($$$) which access may be an issue or well water (at 20 GPM it would take half a year!)
