What do you wish you would have done?

[CarlD]

I wish I had taken up Spanish instead of French when I was in 7th grade. Now, 40 years later I'm struggling to learn Spanish but can still read French.

[dawndenise]

- Would have brought in a landscape designer right at the get-go, even as the pool was getting planned.
- Would have specified a contract termination date and added a performance (penalty) clause.
- Would have researched stonework/rock work to be sure the correct type stone was being used.
- Would have been more skeptical when the PB said the cleaner return was not a problem to access UNDERNEATH the waterfall. (Try disconnecting that in the winter, if needed.)
- Would have looked into better pump sizing and efficiency. (Never gave a thought to energy consumption )
- Would have gone slightly deeper, maybe 6.5' or 7' instead of slightly under 6'.
- Would have gone with a less slippery deck surface.
- Installed a heater or heat pump.
- Installed a control system and/or add a 2nd timer to control the cleaner.

Wow, I guess we learned a lot with this first pool! It's actually quite nice, but, as you can see, we'd be better-educated consumers the next time around.

[ivyleager]

Snuck out in '76 to the Led Zepplin concert.
Had 2 kids instead of 1

CaryB

[ivyleager]

No seriously:

-gunite instead of vinyl


CaryB

[jv4nu]

I would have added a 3rd return jet near my steps to help with circulation/cleaning in that area. I also would've gone with the fiber optic lighting instead of the SAM light.

[towney]

Take the sun tan shelf in the shallow end from 8" to 14" depth

[CarlD]

I would have made the warranty crew completely redo the liner when they made such an ugly mess of the second liner. Now I'm caught between wanting it to fail so I can get it done nicely, and NOT wanting it to fail because I want to get as many years out of the liner as possible.

Other things I change as I need to, and mostly have been changed. I see the next changes as improvements, not regrets.