New Pool Construction

[XsAllOverIt]

I'm posting my URL: http://golfmd.com/baurphotoalbum/poolco ... /index.htm

I have an entire history of construction of our pool with pretty detailed notes for myself in the future and those that are thinking about building a pool. I've learned A LOT of lessons that I wish I had known prior to building our pool. Unfortunately I stumbled on Trouble Free Pool after we had begun construction and I would have certainly benefitted from many of the posts within this site. This has been my first (at 52) major construction job and have learned too late from many aspects.

I hope this history (which incidently will be updated throughout 2011) will provide those building a pool some insight which can prove very valuable.

We're not anywhere close to done. I've got some interesting problems that we have to address in the Spring and will keep you posted. Have fun. It's a LONG daily update of our entire construction process. I hope to have an entire 3/4 acre spread in the backyard that keeps me both busy and happy in the future. Future work will include a pizza oven, a putting green with chipping area to hit sand wedges back to the shed in the corner, boat house and concrete driveway. Funding and time are always the only constraints.

Our original budget for the entire project was $90K. We're already over-budget and have a lot more to complete. It certainly has been worth the investment, IMHO.

 

[susa]

in reading the notes on your link, pardon my ignorance but who is the "pool owner" who is mentioned as "we paid the pool owner.." and other similar references ? is that not you ?

 

[XsAllOverIt]

Lot of corrections to be made - I'm the pool owner. He's the pool builder owner.

 

[dmanb2b]

XS...looks like it's going to be nice when you are done

Here is a link to a post of my friend's pool that was recently completed, and although you may have some different design elements in mind, the mention of you wanting a putting green, etc, reminded me of his build. Hopefully will give you some ideas...he actually had a tee box put right behind the pool so he can hit balls over the pool to the putting green at the end of the property...it's a healthy sand wedge shot from the pool to the green

pool-build-on-li-ny-t28350.html

 

[XsAllOverIt]

Yeah, I've seen that site several times. Tell your friend I WANT to be his friend also!!!

 

[geomarq]

Love the pool house! so you have your equipment inside it? Have a pic of that setup? I'd like to do something similar.

 

[garden:nut]

Super nice pool, deck and pool house. I really like the wall ya'll built. You and your wife worked so hard on the whole project. Now you just need some warm weather! Congratulations!

 

[Henry Porter]

Very, very impressive build. I have browsed through some of the pictures briefly and that you have done this yourself is nothing but unbeliveable. I think it will take the weekend to go through all the pictures, something I look forward to

//Mats

 

[XsAllOverIt]

geomarq,

Never took pics of the pool house setup inside. I'll provide some next week. I'm also in the midst of sheetrocking the entire upstairs of the pool house and will take some of those. Pic's go on spurts.

 

[geomarq]

What are the dimensions? Love the design..

 

[XsAllOverIt]

Very well described in the write-up. It's a 10x12 shed with an extension on the left of 7 feet and 5 feet in front with 2' overhangs, so the roof is a total of 17x21 with a 12-12 pitch roof giving me a great amount of space upstairs.

 

[geomarq]

So there's a pull down ladder of some kind to get upstairs?

Thx.

 

[XsAllOverIt]

Yup, just a regular setup with attic stairs to keep the room downstairs. My intentions were to use the upstairs as storage and still is, but it may be a nice place to hide once in a while.

 

[mart242]

What's the plan for the frost heave issue?

When I had my pool build I though (naively!) that it was a simple construction but it really is like building a house: one problem after another!

 

[XsAllOverIt]

It's gone done significantly, but the damage is done in the skimmer. We expect the PB to fix the damage done to the skimmer.

 

[mart242]

It's gone done significantly, but the damage is done in the skimmer. We expect the PB to fix the damage done to the skimmer.

But won't it do the same thing next year? Unless the source of the problem has been taken care of?

 

[XsAllOverIt]

I haven't yet talked to the PB although I told them about it.