is this quote high for a new liner?

[mbeezie]

Roughly 20x40ft (slightly larger because of stairs and tanning ledge), 36k gallon in ground pool In Connecticut

quote for a new liner (it's 20 years old) is $11k. they say it includes pumping out and disposing of existing water, current liner removal, touch up work to the bottom of the pool, new foam, new gaskets, pressure testing

I am waiting for more info on which liners they use / thickness, etc.

This is the first company i reached out to, i am going to check a few more. Price seems high to me, but i can't do this myself. I do everything else for the pool so i don't really have any relationship with local pool companies, but this is outside my skillset.

 

[Newdude]

i am going to check a few more. Price seems high to me

Its the only way to know your local costs. Not that it's fair, mind you, just that it's what everybody is charging.

$7500 was the ballpark last year up here for a standard liner swap with no major rework needed.

 

[wireform]

I got a 10k price last year on a 30 k pool. I'm sure it included the gaskets and some minor stuff. The client decided to take a pass and live with it a bit more. Wasn't losing water but wasn't too pretty either and it involved some other pool work which I corrected to buy time.

 

[mbeezie]

I got a 10k price last year on a 30 k pool. I'm sure it included the gaskets and some minor stuff. The client decided to take a pass and live with it a bit more. Wasn't losing water but wasn't too pretty either and it involved some other pool work which I corrected to buy time.

so maybe not that high then. Thanks for the data point

 

[Mdragger88]

Thats a large pool so I don’t think it’s terribly out of line - maybe a little bit high.
Get at least 3 quotes. Make sure they are apples to apples with the gauge/mil etc.
do you know who built the pool/did the last liner or have any records? Getting the OG measurements is ideal if you’re able.

 

[Griswald]

I just last week paid $7200 for a Latham 27 mil liner replacement for my 16000 gallon pool. $10k doesn't seem out of line for your larger pool.

 

[Bill1974]

Early 2021 mine was $6500 for a 20 x 40 and exterior stairs. I did not have a pressure test, but everything thing else in your quote. I also had the old alumimum coping/liner track replaces with liner track since I was redoing the decking around the pool. My pool was half empty and I did pump out most of the rest of the water (I would not guess emptying the pool would cost more than $500 or so). The also needed to measure for the new liner which was ~$250 of the total.

To me that seems high, but maybe your area and the tanning ledge is a factor.

Get some quotes and recommendation from others in your area.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Pumping the pool out only costs the price of renting a pump from Home Depot. Measuring for the new liner should be included in the cost of the liner, not an extra line item.

 

[sktn77a]

Maybe OK, Maybe not. The only way to know is to get 3-4 competitive bids.