Do you have a rough estimation of final price?
Do you have a rough estimation of final price?
Well I thought I'd update this thread. After a few months of research and considerations we opted for a Fiberglass pool versus cement and tile. A few reasons were price and ease of building. The pool dimensions will be 14m long, 4.5m wide and 1.2m deep in shallow end and 1.8m in deep end.
Before Lumyai tree and Mango tree removal
After.
I got out my drone and did a view aerial before shots
We also will use composite wood for our decking. I decided adding cement around the pool would be a huge heat sink. Having the deck allows a nice air gap underneath and will be easier on the feet. I looked at quite a few manufacturers and found this to be the best. I like that it is clamped down not nailed or screwed. You can easily remove one plank with no issues. It comes with a 20 year full warranty. I looked into Teakwood and it was significantly more in cost and requires a lot of upkeep unless you just want to let it go. We will be using the color by the Cell phone in the pic. Looks like stained Teak.
We will start excavation around mid November. We will build the pool bar starting in a few weeks.
The composite deck can get very hot to bare feet. It is critical to make sure the base is level and the distance between the studs does not exceed maximum distance (critical, could lead to sagging problems in extreme heat). Make sure the composite planks are fastened on both sides on each stud. This part is very time consuming, but necessary.
Thanks Carl,
Yeah we have the spacing identified and of course will have it all level. Just like installing any lifted deck. We will have small gaps separating each plank like I have built out of Redwood in the states to keep mold away and allow proper drainage. I have built many redwood decks but this will be my first composite material decking. I went and look at many around resorts over the last 6 months here in Thailand. They appear to work just fine and the upside is the no staining, sanding, water damage or bugs. We will see long term how it holds up.
I grew up around pools and have had one basically all my life. Part of pool ownership is maintaining them. It's relaxing.
I have only seen that on a few occasions my entire life and those were people who bought liner pools above ground. Most that drop good coin to have a nice pool area would not let that happen. But all else fails, This could end up being the fish pond I wanted......
Naaaah. I enjoy pool upkeep.
looking good jp
Good luck. I'm currently discovering the joys and pratfalls of pool ownership myself.
Fuck no, I want to openly mock any pool-less peasants!
Also they are genuinely a pain in the ass.
Everyone probably relishes one of those two points.
I remember klondyke's set up looked pretty cool. But not in a a jppr 'cigar advert' kind of way.
Hahahaha. Oh. I have seen people have huge shade trees that drop leaves year round and their skimmer plugs up and without proper water flow the water grows algae at a rapid rate.
I have cleared all trees out from mine and will have a few trees on the deck in pots and a few Fox Tail palms off behind it for that tropical look.
Oh man when my parents left. We had two 12 ft ladders. We would bring them out, lay a 2×12 piece of lumber in the top rung and we had an instant platform diving board. Its how we learned how to do back flips with twists. Then came the dare to do a one and half. Few accidents but no fatalities. My dad would come home and ask why the pool was a 1/4 empty. We always claimed evaporation..haha
It is kinda rewarding to keep a pool clean. I lived on a place with a big pool for a couple years. Spike it with chlorine and do a floc vac every couple weeks is all I did.
I got stumped once with cloudy water. It was just high metallic content so I ran a solution through the filter. It sorta looks like someone on this thread has a case of the cloudys.
If I was building from scratch id use a cartridge filter rather than a sand filter
Last edited by Backspin; 07-10-2020 at 01:23 AM.
I am the gardener ....
I just can't pay people to do things I can do. I tried once but it bugged the hell out of me watching the guy trim the hedges while I sat. Plus I like being outdoors and staying active. It makes that cocktail at the end of the day taste so much better.
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