We were skeptical about the work needed to take care of a pool. When we were house-hunting, we had automatically crossed a house off the possibility-list if it had a pool. But this house had a good price and good location and good size, and we bought it anyway. We figured we'd try to learn how to work the chemicals and keep it clean and all that.
But now that spring has come and things are thawed, we find some holes in the pool liner. A couple of days ago it was half full. Right now there's only 8" of water in the pool. I talked to the guy at the pool-care store, and he said there are patches. But boy, when Andrew and I went out and looked, we are going to need a LOT of patches. Big patches.
So I looked online to get a rough idea of what a pool liner might cost. It's going to be $400 or more if we install it ourselves. I'm guessing it would be $1000 or more if we contact somebody who's got a clue as to what they're doing. Kinda pricey for something we were just going to "try out" for a couple of years, not sure we even wanted to mess with it in the first place.
And that's how life goes....
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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Mary thought each Looper could give 10.00 to a fund...40 Loopers would do it OR you could charge all the guests until it was paid for...what a bummer. Don't do anything right now...maybe you will run into some pool people who will have some other ideas. Don't give up hope, just yet.
ReplyDeleteThing is, if we're going to try patching, we have to do that right away. Water has to stay in the pool, or the liner will dry out and crack more. If we wait, then we will have to either attempt the new liner, or leave the pool unused and/or dismantle it. And I just don't feel like deciding anything that big right now....
ReplyDeleteIs your pool above ground or in ground? We had to replace our above ground pool liner last year and it ran us about $350. The last liner lasted us 7 years. They are not that hard to replace, if you have several people with long arms available. We use our pool twice a day all summer long. The chemicals run about $250 for the summer. Karen
ReplyDeleteOh, Karen, that helps a lot. Yes, the pool is above-ground. I've been web-searching for information since we found all the holes and gashes yesterday. (I'm wondering if it's so ripped up because of the deep deep snow and ice that got piled on the winter cover this year.) I don't know if the liner is even patchable.
ReplyDeleteOnline stores said the liners were guaranteed for 20-25 years, and the previous owner said he just put this one in five years ago. So I was thinking it might be foolish to try to keep the pool going if they give out that easily.
Then too, I've been trying to figure out how much this is going to cost in chemicals. Some of the websites I saw indicated $50-100 per month. With the huge cut recently in our income, we simply can't afford $1200-1500 to have a pool this summer. It would be completely out of the question. But $250 for chemicals for the summer? And if we could spend $400 for the liner and expect it to last through the kids' teen years, then that at least brings the cost down to where it is something we can consider. It would still be a strain, but something to consider for the sake of Maggie's scoliosis and the requests from the cardiologist for more exercise for her. So thank you for the numbers!