August 11, 20214 yr I'd love you barstool pool people to post a few more pics. I'd love a pool with a shaded barstool area where I could sit in the water, drink heavily and watch football on a tv located on the dry side of the bar. Thanks! Edited August 11, 20214 yr by TeeDubya
August 12, 20214 yr Yea, the TV's eventually succomb to moisture but shit, they are do cheap just replace it. This is not the place for a 72 inch 4K.Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
August 12, 20214 yr Been thinking about a pool & really like the idea, but got-damn, they've gotten expensive af (covid), even compared to just a couple years ago.
August 12, 20214 yr Met with my pool builder yesterday to go over the design. The design has started out at 16 x 32 with a 12 x 6 Baja shelf. The look on this face when I asked if we could make the pool 20 x 40 was comical! He tried to tell me that was a huge pool? Not sure what size a typical pool is these days?
August 12, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, tbone_ said: What’s a new pool cost these days? We ended up at about $90k for our gunite including heat/cool, autofills, and high end lighting. It is 16x40 or 16x42, I don’t remember which at the moment. That does not include the $30k plus in travertine work we had done.
August 12, 20214 yr What’s a new pool cost these days?80-90 for a decent no frills pool. 2 years ago this was about 50-60k
August 13, 20214 yr Author On 8/11/2021 at 7:26 PM, beer said: Yea, the TV's eventually succomb to moisture but shit, they are do cheap just replace it. This is not the place for a 72 inch 4K. Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk 23 hours ago, wood said: Been thinking about a pool & really like the idea, but got-damn, they've gotten expensive af (covid), even compared to just a couple years ago. Up around 20-25% this year. 23 hours ago, milkman said: Met with my pool builder yesterday to go over the design. The design has started out at 16 x 32 with a 12 x 6 Baja shelf. The look on this face when I asked if we could make the pool 20 x 40 was comical! He tried to tell me that was a huge pool? Not sure what size a typical pool is these days? 120 perimeter pool is 20+% larger than average. 21 hours ago, tbone_ said: What’s a new pool cost these days? A lot 21 hours ago, Brew said: We ended up at about $90k for our gunite including heat/cool, autofills, and high end lighting. It is 16x40 or 16x42, I don’t remember which at the moment. That does not include the $30k plus in travertine work we had done. 14 hours ago, Quagmire said: 80-90 for a decent no frills pool. 2 years ago this was about 50-60k Yup. 14 hours ago, htown85 said: I need to replace my pool liner. Any contractors in Houston you guys suggest? Nope I find it the height of surly that posters were in order: Beer Wood Milkman Tbone Brew and Quagmire (perfect for pools) But I'm old and easily amused.
August 13, 20214 yr Author 14 hours ago, htown85 said: I need to replace my pool liner. Any contractors in Houston you guys suggest? Wait. Inground or above?
August 13, 20214 yr Author 29 minutes ago, htown85 said: Inground I'd call cryer pools in Baytown first. They may do it or have recommendations. Then maybe poolmaxx.
August 13, 20214 yr Looks like we are joining the club. Houston area. 75k-ish, no frills really I don’t guess. About 10k of that is travertine. Our estimates ranged from 60’s to 115k But to be fair to the 115k guy, his first words were “we’re going to be the most expensive”. We normalized the shit out of it and went with a guy who recently did a neighbors/friend with success. Wish me luck.
August 13, 20214 yr 44 minutes ago, fattyflattie said: Looks like we are joining the club. Houston area. 75k-ish, no frills really I don’t guess. About 10k of that is travertine. Our estimates ranged from 60’s to 115k But to be fair to the 115k guy, his first words were “we’re going to be the most expensive”. We normalized the shit out of it and went with a guy who recently did a neighbors/friend with success. Wish me luck. Luck!
August 13, 20214 yr So ordered a new colorlogic light to replace the dead one, read the manual and looks like they should have put in a 14v transformer instead of the 12v. Ordered a new transformer as well. It failed during the warranty period but my wife never called to have it replaced (pool was her deal). Even if they had come out, I’m sure they would have just replaced the light and I’d still have the issue. It looks pretty straightforward to replace, have a bucket of pull string to use to facilitate pulling the new wire back, anyone have any suggestions or tips?
August 13, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, Flg8rfan said: So ordered a new colorlogic light to replace the dead one, read the manual and looks like they should have put in a 14v transformer instead of the 12v. Ordered a new transformer as well. It failed during the warranty period but my wife never called to have it replaced (pool was her deal). Even if they had come out, I’m sure they would have just replaced the light and I’d still have the issue. It looks pretty straightforward to replace, have a bucket of pull string to use to facilitate pulling the new wire back, anyone have any suggestions or tips? Send that shit back and get covered under warranty. And would only replace transformer if your going to a Hayward and you didn't have Hayward prior.
August 13, 20214 yr Just got our estimate and designs from the contractor. He says its 124 linear feet. with 8' diving well.
August 13, 20214 yr On 8/12/2021 at 12:41 AM, tbone_ said: What’s a new pool cost these days? On 8/12/2021 at 7:29 AM, Quagmire said: 80-90 for a decent no frills pool. 2 years ago this was about 50-60k 85k in Austin for 16x30, no spa, 3’-6’, a few hundred sqft of basic sundek decking. BTW, that looks great. I wrestled with the decision to go deep enough for a diving board but the added cost with the thicker walls and such was more than I could talk myself into paying. I’m guessing your at $115k if you’re near Austin.
August 13, 20214 yr Anyone in Central Texas get their pool deck and patio resurfaced with a coolcoat or cool deck coating? Our pool was built about 20 years ago and the deck has a dated and painful exposed pebble aggregate finish. Looking for advice and recommendations. Thanks.
August 14, 20214 yr We didn't resurface, but we did Cooldeck on our new construction about 3 years ago. I love it. It does stay much cooler than other surfaces, is nonslip, and has stood up to derpy boys and a derpy dog. I really wish we'd done it on the porches instead of stamped/stained concrete, and may see if I can get it overlaid on that one of these days.
August 14, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, BottleRocket said: Anyone in Central Texas get their pool deck and patio resurfaced with a coolcoat or cool deck coating? Our pool was built about 20 years ago and the deck has a dated and painful exposed pebble aggregate finish. Looking for advice and recommendations. Thanks. No input but following
August 14, 20214 yr 80-90 for a decent no frills pool. 2 years ago this was about 50-60kGeez. Glad ours was already in. PS thx for the tips above. Drain and refill went fine. Dumped the spa water into the pool. Shutoff the skimmers and let the backwash run out of the main drain. Took about 5 hours. Refill took about 13 hrs with two hoses running overnight. Can’t wait for the water bill.
August 15, 20214 yr On 8/14/2021 at 1:34 PM, LebongJames said: 5gpm x 2 x 780 minutes: 7800 gallons. Shouldn’t be that bad. We run through (household of 4) about 600 gallons in a week. (Not including irrigation). Edited August 15, 20214 yr by TeeDubya
August 15, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, TeeDubya said: We run through (household of 4) about 600 gallons in a week. (Not including irrigation). Seriously that's a pretty low amount
August 15, 20214 yr On 8/13/2021 at 1:20 PM, Your Mom said: 85k in Austin for 16x30, no spa, 3’-6’, a few hundred sqft of basic sundek decking. BTW, that looks great. I wrestled with the decision to go deep enough for a diving board but the added cost with the thicker walls and such was more than I could talk myself into paying. I’m guessing your at $115k if you’re near Austin. We just got an estimate in SW Austin from a reputable company we've heard good things about. For about the same thing as yours, + a hot tub ... $99K.
August 15, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, TeeDubya said: We run through (household of 4) about 600 gallons in a week. (Not including irrigation). That’s really low. With irrigation we use 15k gallons and without we use 5-7k gallons.
August 16, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, LebongJames said: That’s really low. With irrigation we use 15k gallons and without we use 5-7k gallons. Yeah, Not sure what the irrigation pulls per week. It comes out before my water supply hits my Flo valve, so I'd have to find a bill for my total use last month.
August 16, 20214 yr 85k in Austin for 16x30, no spa, 3’-6’, a few hundred sqft of basic sundek decking. BTW, that looks great. I wrestled with the decision to go deep enough for a diving board but the added cost with the thicker walls and such was more than I could talk myself into paying. I’m guessing your at $115k if you’re near Austin. I’m in Midland, so we get that “West Texas Premium” added to pretty much everything. Our bid is just under $150k
August 16, 20214 yr Will prices ever come back down to what they were a couple years ago, or are straightforward residential pools going to be $100k+ forevermore?
August 16, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, tokamak said: Will prices ever come back down to what they were a couple years ago, or are straightforward residential pools going to be $100k+ forevermore? My guess is if people are buying them at that price and they have back logs of work at those prices then they will likely stay there.
August 16, 20214 yr There’s another thread for this … but it could be just another sign of inflation [emoji2371]
August 16, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: My guess is if people are buying them at that price and they have back logs of work at those prices then they will likely stay there. We put out 15 RFQs or so and had at least 5 say they didn’t have the time to even come take a look. My little street is about ~40 houses. We are going to be #7 on the street in last 9 months. It is out of control in Houston. eta: specs are 14x36, 3.5-6’, 7x7 spa. One side has a wall with water feature in center. There’s a sun shelf thing but don’t remember spec. Was 55k. Add in another 500ft2 of travertine and it went to 65k. Added saltwater and upgraded lights, and ended up at 70k. Was offered an additional 5% off for cash payment so going to end up OK I think. Still a shitload of $$$. Actually, aside from our pool being a bit shallower, the spa being offset, and the wall being longer, very close to what @BTW has drawn above. Edited August 16, 20214 yr by fattyflattie
August 16, 20214 yr On 8/13/2021 at 1:20 PM, Your Mom said: 85k in Austin for 16x30, no spa, 3’-6’, a few hundred sqft of basic sundek decking. BTW, that looks great. I wrestled with the decision to go deep enough for a diving board but the added cost with the thicker walls and such was more than I could talk myself into paying. I’m guessing your at $115k if you’re near Austin. The depth is at least partly to keep it from boiling in the summer too
August 17, 20214 yr My guess is if people are buying them at that price and they have back logs of work at those prices then they will likely stay there.I signed my contract beginning of April , they are finally starting the dig in 2 weeks. Shits still out of control.
August 17, 20214 yr Paid my deposit today. He already came out and drew the outline He claims they will start in mid-September
August 18, 20214 yr It's cool how you're gonna be able to jump outta your bedroom window right into the pool.
August 18, 20214 yr I guess I’m off to a lucky start. Signed my contract a month ago and digging and deck demo began yesterday.
August 18, 20214 yr We are set to dig if it’ll stop raining in Houston for more than 48 hours. I can’t bring myself to complain about rain but damn, picked wrong year for me to build a pool.
August 18, 20214 yr So is this why is they cost more in Austin? Edited August 18, 20214 yr by Your Mom
August 18, 20214 yr So, we've got a pool. Our really nice neighbors called the other day, midweek, and said that they had their grandchildren, they had promised to take them swimming, and something "came up". Would it be OK if they came over and swam for a couple of hours. They are good neighbors, so the answer was yes, of course. When they arrived, I got the real story. They had borrowed a friend's timeshare over by legoland, and were going there for the kids to use the pools (there are two). When they got there, they were notified that the larger pool was closed due to a "fecal contamination" issue that had just occurred...but hey, the smaller pool is still open, and it's "not that busy" today. By the time they got out there and set-up, the pool shitter had struck again, and both pools were now closed. tl/dr public pools are disgusting
August 19, 20214 yr Author 10 hours ago, Your Mom said: I guess I’m off to a lucky start. Signed my contract a month ago and digging and deck demo began yesterday. Wow. That's amazing. Also assuming you're county with no HOA.
August 19, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, Gil Bang said: So, we've got a pool. Our really nice neighbors called the other day, midweek, and said that they had their grandchildren, they had promised to take them swimming, and something "came up". Would it be OK if they came over and swam for a couple of hours. They are good neighbors, so the answer was yes, of course. When they arrived, I got the real story. They had borrowed a friend's timeshare over by legoland, and were going there for the kids to use the pools (there are two). When they got there, they were notified that the larger pool was closed due to a "fecal contamination" issue that had just occurred...but hey, the smaller pool is still open, and it's "not that busy" today. By the time they got out there and set-up, the pool shitter had struck again, and both pools were now closed. tl/dr public pools are disgusting Cryptosporidium is no joke.
August 19, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Gil Bang said: So, we've got a pool. Our really nice neighbors called the other day, midweek, and said that they had their grandchildren, they had promised to take them swimming, and something "came up". Would it be OK if they came over and swam for a couple of hours. They are good neighbors, so the answer was yes, of course. When they arrived, I got the real story. They had borrowed a friend's timeshare over by legoland, and were going there for the kids to use the pools (there are two). When they got there, they were notified that the larger pool was closed due to a "fecal contamination" issue that had just occurred...but hey, the smaller pool is still open, and it's "not that busy" today. By the time they got out there and set-up, the pool shitter had struck again, and both pools were now closed. tl/dr public pools are disgusting They probably had sex in your pool
August 19, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said: They probably had sex in your pool I was here. And so were their grandkids. So, I doubt it.
August 19, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Poolflood said: Wow. That's amazing. Also assuming you're county with no HOA. Bad phrasing on my part. Not the contract, the layout and construction approval documents. The digging began about a month after that. The contract was signed back at the end of May. After the contract was signed I had the HOA permit in 3 days and the City of Austin permit took a solid month. Then I was traveling a lot and so we did the layout in late July. Today was day 2 of digging err... rock-hammering with probably 2 to go. I was told to expect 5 months for construction with delays before gunnite and tile. I'm expecting longer than that.
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