Ballpark?

[mer1844]

One thing that you can do now, since you are just in the beginning stages of home construction, is to pick the spot in your yard where you want your pool to be. Stake it off NOW with rebar and yellow caution tape, and tell your contractor than NOTHING is to be placed in that area; septic tank or lines, water lines, underground utility lines. That way when you are ready to build the pool, you will be assured that there are no suprises underground to deal with.

One thing that I found when pricing our pool last summer, is that pool prices can vary greatly from one area of the country to the other. Our pool is a small pool as compared to others, 14 x 28 vinyl lined. It is 3 ft in the shallow end, and 5.5 ft in the deep end. We have 4 ft of concrete across the back side and on each end, with 10 ft on the front side. Electrical was included in the price, as well as a safety cover. No fencing was included in any of the prices. I got 4 prices from various builders, and they ranged from $18,000 to $20,500. My point is, that I could have built a larger pool in many parts of the country for the same money. It is good to get a "ballpark" figure, but the actual price in your area may be much higher or cheaper than other areas of the country.

[rollinrock]

We paid right around $18,000 for:

• 18x36 2' radius rectangle vinyl liner w/ 3'4" shallow end (equates to about 3' water) and 8' deep end (Frontier)
• 6' step section
• diving board
• plumbed for dedicated vac/automatic cleaner line (but no auto cleaner installed yet...we'll add that later)
• 3' concrete deck all around
• additional 3' of deck (total 6' wide) on shallow end on one of the sides
• total of 10' deck on end of deck from edge of shallow end of pool (6' from edge of steps)...did that make sense? There are pics in the link on my signature if you need a visual.
• 3 returns
• 2 skimmers
• main drain
• light
• ladder
• 1hp pump (Pentair Challenger high flow pump)
• 24" sand filter (Pentair Triton II TR60)

Pool was installed this past March and deck was poured in April.

Sounds like you got a good deal.

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[Sherra]

We're pretty happy with the deal we got...plus the company that installed it is the only licensed pool contractor in the area...everyone else around that installs pools is just a "pool dealer" who installs.