Hi there everyone, I'm very happy to have discovered this forum a few months ago. Having a pool has been a childhood dream and I'm so excited to be able to swim every day that I'd like to.
Pool specs: 16'x40' with a 6'x9' spa on one end and a 6x9 tanning ledge on the other 685 sq ft for the pool. Depth 3'6" to 6'0". It comes with Pentair equipment & a heater but no chiller, LED lights, pretty much the standard stuff I'd expect nowadays.
We signed our contract late June with a schedule to start august 4th. We lost our original gunite company but luckily my PB found one with a single date open in August so we can keep schedule. We took a risk and are going with a very small new pool builder that has been in the Houston pool business for 20 years and his main job is cleaning pools/maintenance. His brother has been a pool builder for years and he has been involved with hundreds of pools before starting his own company. Hopefully this doesn't come to bite us in the butt but big companies in Houston quoted us 90-110k for this same pool design where he is doing it for 73k. He does it all himself which I really like. He did the initial quote, design, marked the pool for the dig, and is out here overseeing the crews personally which I really like so far. He also put in temporary fencing for our 4 dogs himself to ease our burden of letting them outside during the build.
I look forward to reading and learning more, and I already have my water testing kit in along with some upgrades like the speed stir. Now I just need to do more research now that we're a few weeks out. A big thank you for all the people providing free science backed information here, it's really appreciated.
Pool specs: 16'x40' with a 6'x9' spa on one end and a 6x9 tanning ledge on the other 685 sq ft for the pool. Depth 3'6" to 6'0". It comes with Pentair equipment & a heater but no chiller, LED lights, pretty much the standard stuff I'd expect nowadays.
We signed our contract late June with a schedule to start august 4th. We lost our original gunite company but luckily my PB found one with a single date open in August so we can keep schedule. We took a risk and are going with a very small new pool builder that has been in the Houston pool business for 20 years and his main job is cleaning pools/maintenance. His brother has been a pool builder for years and he has been involved with hundreds of pools before starting his own company. Hopefully this doesn't come to bite us in the butt but big companies in Houston quoted us 90-110k for this same pool design where he is doing it for 73k. He does it all himself which I really like. He did the initial quote, design, marked the pool for the dig, and is out here overseeing the crews personally which I really like so far. He also put in temporary fencing for our 4 dogs himself to ease our burden of letting them outside during the build.
I look forward to reading and learning more, and I already have my water testing kit in along with some upgrades like the speed stir. Now I just need to do more research now that we're a few weeks out. A big thank you for all the people providing free science backed information here, it's really appreciated.
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