Pool building in the age of COVID-19

[joepaiii]

Anyone concerned about starting a build right now? Wonder how many pool companies have the cash flow/reserves to make it through this. If things keep crashing prices are bound to drop quite a bit. Or not... who knows. Just worried as my dig and first huge payment will be in the next few weeks... wondering what others think.

This thing has the potential to be worse than anything in our lifetimes economically. Or it could just be a really weak quarter or so and strong bounce back. Oh if only there was a crystal ball. Or a floating quantum computer like in FX's "Devs".

 

[Newdude]

Oh if only there was a crystal ball. Or a floating quantum computer like in FX's "Devs".

Forget the pool, i'd be playing Powerball/Mega millions. Or investing in that new TP currency...... Buttcoin I think ????

Good luck with the build

 

[Dtkokay]

I think you’ll be fine as long as your pool company is allowed to continue construction. I’m in Houston and fortunately the stay at home order allows “residential construction,” so my pool company can continue. I’m in the middle of my pool build, so this was a huge concern for me.

Now, if you’re in a county that has a shelter in place and does NOT allow construction to continue, then I would be worried. However, every county in Texas with a stay at home order that I’ve seen allows residential construction.

 

[Ematicic]

My build starts next week. There was a delay with the fiberglass shell but it is finally being shipped. As it is getting shipped I am pretty confident it will get done on time. I wonder though, that stimulus package provides some incentive to close down so I would have held off if I wasnt so close. I did request that they have a porta potty on site so workers dont need to enter my home.

 

[joepaiii]

I think you’ll be fine as long as your pool company is allowed to continue construction. I’m in Houston and fortunately the stay at home order allows “residential construction,” so my pool company can continue. I’m in the middle of my pool build, so this was a huge concern for me.

Now, if you’re in a county that has a shelter in place and does NOT allow construction to continue, then I would be worried. However, every county in Texas with a stay at home order that I’ve seen allows residential construction.

Two of my thoughts if things get really bad:

1- pricing of pools should drop almost lock step with real estate. Labor will free up here in Texas since the oil industry will be laying off thousands and demand of material will drop.
2 - The other worse scenario is that my pool builder runs out of cash and can't get any funding although with the bill that just passed that should be less likely now that the Fed is running their virtual money printing presses full speed ahead.

Anyway... too much speculation and not really pool build related. Well sorta is.

Take care and good luck with your build! I have to remember sometimes that my goal was to have a pool and nice outdoor area... have to stop thinking about the money side of it.

 

[jimmythegreek]

Not gonna change things much. The people about to build already have the financing and arent likely to back out because of a few weeks of quarantine. We are am hour outside of NYC and haven't had any delays or issues yet. Mo cancels and I'm loving any commuting.....theres nobody on the roads for morning or end of day commute. The only bad thing is food we are all packing snacks and lunches and we have to drag a coffee maker everywhere we go.

 

[Newdude]

NY banned all non essential construction today. Unsafe jobsites were to be finished to the point of being safe.