Hello everyone!! Figured this was a great place to introduce myself and honestly, for my own sanity, start collecting some details about my pool as I start the process of upgrading, replacing, and improving!!
Best guess is that the pool was built in about 1984 but we've got records to substantiate it. What I do know is that it was resurfaced with the current PebbleTec around 2006. Unfortunately, although the PebbleTec isn't perfect these days, we're going to have to live with it as most of our budget is going into the house remodel as opposed to where I'd like it... the pool. It has a built in spa as well.
Approx. a 25,000 gallon in-ground pool although honestly I'm not sure how to get a better measurement. I understand the basics, but getting average depth and then trying to measure L x W x H of a free-form pool seems a bit difficult. I have used Google maps to measure the surface area at 574 sq ft.
So far I've repaired the spa so that it gets water jets & bubbles plus can get it hot (104 degrees F). Wife was very happy with me on this one plus youngest son loves it when he can't swim in the pool due to water temps. I've also rebuilt the entire circuitry for the pool light and spa light. I'm not sure where the issue originally started, but it seemed to infect most of the circuit: there was rusted conduit, broken wires (same area), and a dud GFCI circuit breaker. Took quite a bit of trouble shooting and wire tracing, but over the course of several weekends I was able to figure it all out and repair/rebuild it. Wife and kids weren't half as excited as I was about this one though.
That's about it for now. My short term plans are:
Best guess is that the pool was built in about 1984 but we've got records to substantiate it. What I do know is that it was resurfaced with the current PebbleTec around 2006. Unfortunately, although the PebbleTec isn't perfect these days, we're going to have to live with it as most of our budget is going into the house remodel as opposed to where I'd like it... the pool. It has a built in spa as well.
Approx. a 25,000 gallon in-ground pool although honestly I'm not sure how to get a better measurement. I understand the basics, but getting average depth and then trying to measure L x W x H of a free-form pool seems a bit difficult. I have used Google maps to measure the surface area at 574 sq ft.
So far I've repaired the spa so that it gets water jets & bubbles plus can get it hot (104 degrees F). Wife was very happy with me on this one plus youngest son loves it when he can't swim in the pool due to water temps. I've also rebuilt the entire circuitry for the pool light and spa light. I'm not sure where the issue originally started, but it seemed to infect most of the circuit: there was rusted conduit, broken wires (same area), and a dud GFCI circuit breaker. Took quite a bit of trouble shooting and wire tracing, but over the course of several weekends I was able to figure it all out and repair/rebuild it. Wife and kids weren't half as excited as I was about this one though.
That's about it for now. My short term plans are:
- Exploring solar heating but I'm being told there isn't enough room on the roof unless we put it out front which I'm not interested in.
- I'd also like to do is some re-plumbing and automation within the pump house area (pad & all equipment have their own little building).
- Also, hoping to upgrade the underwater pool light and spa light to LED this summer.
- Final project is the larger one - I'd like to drain the pool and power wash it once the rain stops and it's safe to do so. My reasoning - the pool has lived on chlorine tablets/pucks most likely for the last 15 years as well as having a regular dosing of algicide weekly during the summer. My CYA levels are down from 221 to 155 since I removed the tabs, but I do know that previous owner used to float approx. 5 tabs at a time consistently. When the homemade floater came to the surface, he add more until it would sink. Beyond that, TDS is around 1,300 and Calcium is 448. Figured I'd drain the pool, power wash it to deep clean the PebbleTec, and then start refilling with fresh water. Prior to draining I need to get the vertical expansion joint under the pool deck edge replaced. While draining, figured it would be a great time to scrub and clean the tile coping. Then I've got a clean and sound pool to put nice clean fresh water into. Is it sad that thinking about this just makes me giddy - can't wait to get started.
- Need to find a solution to repair / improve / even out current (very old) Kool Deck which has chipped, flaked, and been partially painted over...