My husband and I put in our own pool about 4 years ago. It was 16 X 32 with a diving board and deep end. The kit was $5500, and all the other stuff probably cost us about $12,000 total to do the pool. WE contracted out the electrical and excavation. We did everything else our selves. It took 5 months due to non stop rain at the time. The pool leveling was by far the hardest with the steel walls, then the concrete bottom, then the liner installation. It was the worst 5 months on my life! We are currently having a pool built now and we ARE NOT doing any of the work. I would not recommned it at all. It was hard and tedious. PLus, we had a major water problem with water getting under the liner after a heavy rain storm. I am not sure why this happend, but I say it was due to our inexpereince doing this kind of work. WE have moved and sold that house since. It did not deter us from wanting another pool, but we decided to not do it ourselves. Although our company is busy and slow at completeing things. Its been 4 weeks and this is a vinyl pool. We are about 2 weeks out from being done.