Newbie with an odd design/retrofit question. I acquired a house with a 8'x14' "spool" installed under a screened porch attached to the home. It has a Badu swim jet installed. It was built approximately 10 years ago. The entire shell of the pool is accessible from the exterior walls and/or an accessible crawl space (where the filter, heater, etc. is located). I have several issues with it. First, the Speck pump that powers the Badu jet is seized. I haven't tried taking it to a motor rebuilder, but I understand a new one costs $4000+. Next, the interior of the spool is way overdue for a replaster, and related or not, there is moisture seeping through that is causing the stuccoed exterior walls to crack and peel. Lastly, the install of the Badu system and filter piping was achieved by running pipes through the exterior walls, leaving unsightly PVC protruding and clearly visible from the back yard. It's a mess, and the first quote I got simply to refinish the interior of the pool and remove the Badu system was $25,000.
I am evaluating using the existing concrete as a shell and dropping in a stainless or copper liner. That would solve the exterior weeping problem and avoid the $25k interior refinish, but requires some tricky fabrication and installation gymnastics given it is located under roof, so it won't be cheap either. The coping of the pool joins with the wood posts of the screened porch, making a complete demo difficult too.
Does anyone have experience retrofitting spa jets into an non-jet spool and adding a second wall of gunite to conceal it? That would make my spool smaller by whatever space was needed to accomplish that, but it would be the "concrete" alternative to a SS or copper shell. Another option is to drill through the existing and install the pipes so that they protrude to the exterior wall, and then conceal the pipes and cracked stucco behind a new exterior covering of some type to conceal both. Lastly, I am considering jackhammering enough of the thing to allow me to deck over it and start anew outdoors with a real pool. Strange ideas, I realize, but this is a strange situation. Photo of spool below.
I am evaluating using the existing concrete as a shell and dropping in a stainless or copper liner. That would solve the exterior weeping problem and avoid the $25k interior refinish, but requires some tricky fabrication and installation gymnastics given it is located under roof, so it won't be cheap either. The coping of the pool joins with the wood posts of the screened porch, making a complete demo difficult too.
Does anyone have experience retrofitting spa jets into an non-jet spool and adding a second wall of gunite to conceal it? That would make my spool smaller by whatever space was needed to accomplish that, but it would be the "concrete" alternative to a SS or copper shell. Another option is to drill through the existing and install the pipes so that they protrude to the exterior wall, and then conceal the pipes and cracked stucco behind a new exterior covering of some type to conceal both. Lastly, I am considering jackhammering enough of the thing to allow me to deck over it and start anew outdoors with a real pool. Strange ideas, I realize, but this is a strange situation. Photo of spool below.
