got the filter, pump, heater and lights up and running today. hopefully get the first swim in tomorrow.
crappy night time shot. didn’t go full automation on the lighting but i can toggle through colors and set it to change intermittently by flipping the switch on and off
I’ve been looking into getting an inground pool for a little while now. Was there quite a bit of savings going with a preformed fiberglass pool over a gunite or liner style pool?
Came out great.
We are going to have to have some NYSpeed swim parties after all of these new and improved back yards
Man, that came out extremely well. The dark blue is a good choice over black for a swimming pool, the black seems a bit swampish. The lighting is excellent too. Bet you spent the first night just staring at the illuminated pool, I would have. 
from what i researched and the info i got from the pool installer the options go from cheapest to most expensive this way - vinyl liner / fiberglass / hybrid vinyl liner & gunite / gunite.
with a typical vinyl liner i could have done essentially the same pool for perhaps 60-70% of the cost. i ended up going fiberglass because of the low maintenance and deep hatred of replacing vinyl liners instilled in me at a young age. my neighbor has a vinyl liner and had it torn up by a deer that got into the pool…this morning there were 3 deer drinking from my pool…hopefully the fence will keep them away but i think the fiberglass is a good back up.
gunite was much more expensive in my area because there are very few outfits doing it and that has driven up the cost in addition to concrete being a bit more expensive lately due to all of the gas exploration in the area.
my only big regret with the fiberglass is that you end up limited on width. this pool is 16’ wide which is the max on the highway…18’ would have been nice.
i did just that…with lights on disco mode
Looks great, lifetime warranty right? Me and the wife were looking at getting one put in .
yes they do a lifetime warranty on the finish with a limited lifetime on structural…if it makes it 15 years without any major issues i’ll be satisfied.
after leaving town for the weekend a couple weeks ago i returned to a fucking disaster in my backyard. originally the plan was to hire out to have a 2’ concrete coping installed around the pool and my brother and i were going to install a paver patio beyond that. the guy i settled on to do the concrete offered that he also did paver patios. i said if he gave me the right price i’d entertain the thought. i didn’t have much time and the price was reasonable, so i hired him to do it all.
it all started off well enough until he had some delays getting materials…which i think busted his schedule…so he hired some extra help in an attempt to get back on schedule…and that is where the real problems started. he left his extra help unattended, apparently unaware of just how little they knew about properly installing a paver patio.
somehow they managed to installed a straight run of patio along the long side of the pool to be 8" wider on one end than the other which caused the pattern to be all out of square…making the remaining patio area off pattern. they apparently also didn’t understand the concept of using a string line to make a nice even curve…instead using the just eyeball it method.
long story short, they had to pull up the whole patio to straighten it out and be introduced to the wonder that is drawing an arc using a piece of string and a stake.
today the concrete finally got poured and tomorrow it should hopefully get wrapped up with fence install complete by the end of the weekend.
Coming along nicely.
Hate that they messed it up, but atleast its on their dime and not yours.
Looks really awesome! I did a layout on a much, much smaller scale. That sucks you had to fix it. But, it looks awesome!!!
This is why I can never hire anybody. Can’t trust them to do it right, no matter how simple. Want it done right, you gotta do it yourself.
That’s how I feel now… But at the time I just had too many things going on… With all the delays and rework I would have been able to do it…I was expecting it to be closed on October 1st…the extra 3 weeks would have fit in my schedule fine.
Still some small things that I don’t like about it, but they are easy enough to fix in the spring. Just need to get closed now that it has snowed
Nice skating rink.
Coming along very nicely. Look forward to some spring time updates :tup:
…and i think it might actually be done for the season…
day of the pour
it was poured using stagmeier forms…which are profiled styrofoam forms that are attached to the inside face of the pool. they cost a ridiculous amount of money for something made of foam that you ruin when it gets torn off. they vibrated the concrete pretty good but when the forms came off there was a significant amount of honeycombing in some areas. the contractor assured me they would be able to parge it to fill out the profile and smooth the surface…i was doubtful but after a couple of attempts and switching sand types it came out looking pretty good.
now i just have to see if it falls off after the first run of cold weather.
forms off, all pavers cut in, just needs sealing
Awesome work.
I really love the retaining wall stepped like it is. Really good use of the natural grade of the property
BalleR :tup: looking good!
and finally on november 1st the pool got closed. huge wind storm the night before…i don’t even know where all the leaves came from that were in there.
did get a final swim in the afternoon before though to do some final cleaning…heater works great.
Nice setup.
Maybe I missed it but is the onion tank buried or where is that located?
the onion tank was just temporary. i’m on a well and the pool guy didn’t want to depend on a hose to fill the pool, so we trucked in the water and used the onion tank so the truck could get emptied faster.