Thanks for the Welcome, I'd appreciate any info/help you can offer
The $2k was only an estimate for labor, did not include parts, foam etc
And given the patching that needs to be done I can imagine that price would increase

The pool is 16' 3" by 32' 4", it's also slightly out of square & short side measures 16' 3.5" at one end........16' 2.5" in the middle & 16' 3" at the far end
The long side measures 32' 3.5" on one side........32' 4" on the other side
Seems it should not be an off the shelf stock liner to begin with ?

The steel walls "straight" walls measure about 40-42" (only thing I did not write down as easily measured)
They do not appear to be in too bad a shape, some rust but not bad - seems to be surface only
I was wondering if I should paint over the rust spots - I have some oil base Rustoleum
The thin rolled foam along the walls is in the plans

I do not have a inground light installed
I do have a 50w light for an above ground pool that I used to have installed under the diving board (board now gone)
I have plenty of lighting in the pool area so no intention of trying to install a light

The stairs are fiberglass, I do have one small crack in one stair that will be under water
I had planned on patching that, I'd think I'd need some fiberglass matt & resin
Also planned on repainting the fiberglass stairs as well as the coping

I do not have a floor drain/skimmer - old pool - it only has 1 wall skimmer & 2 returns
It's 1.5" plumbing everywhere except into out of the Hayward Pro-Grid DE4820 filter
The pump is currently a 1.5 hp Hayward SP3010X AZ15 pump - up to 96 gpm
When we moved in it did not have enough flow so I replaced the filter & upsized the pump
One reason for upsizing the pump was to supply water to the solar heat system -now being re-installed on the new cabana roof

After draining down the pool & measuring I have 7' 11" depth at the deep end to the top of the liner bead, not as deep as I thought
Subtract the approx 6" to the top of the skimmer & I should have maybe 7' 5" depth when full as much as possible
Possibly still interested in reducing the depth, but not as critical due to less depth then I originally thought

What I am thinking about is putting down 2" XPS rigid foam (R10 - 25 psi) in the hopper & then pouring "x" inches of concrete over that
Since I heat only with solar & hopefully it will be 15+ years before another liner goes in now seems to be the time
In the shallow end I'm thinking only 1" (R5)....I don't see 1/2" available at the local big box store

I'd love to have the whole pool & deck professionally redone
But unless I hit the lottery that isn't going to happen
I have 2 concrete sections of the pool I'll need to cut up & repour (cracked, one small area sank/cracked a little)
Then its a matter of trying to do something to coat/color all of the concrete to match

That's my info for now
I have some pics & can take any more as needed
Thanks again - Dave