Thank all of you for your replies!
We had one of the "locals" com by yesterday to give us an estimate on both, doing everything, and just providing the materials/equipment. Should hear back from him a in a few days. I'm a little skeptical of their abilities, but will see what they come up with and I will be sure to run it by you guys.

I have had some experience with pools growing up, so I'm not worried about chemistry and such. I'll get to reading to brush up on my knowledge. I think my biggest concerns are under sizing the equipment, and properly sealing the pool. When I say this is a rough concrete pool, I mean rough. It looks like the plywood used to build the forms used to lay the concrete were on the light side. There are a lot of bulges and deformities in the walls. It has been empty for years, and seems to be holding together ok besides several cracks along the bottom that stay wet from seepage up through the concrete. I'll look into the Waterplug, Waste mentioned. I've seen the pool epoxy that looks like play dough, you cut equal amounts to kneed together. I know we had a diver that used this to plug underwater leaks. Waterplug is most likely a more economical product. Due to concrete being so porous, You think the concrete will allow water to seep out with out a good 'sealing'?

Is there a good/easy way to pressure test the piping?


I wish I could post pictures, but due to security reasons I can't. I may see if we can make an exception to policy so you can at least see up enjoying it!

Thanks again for the responses! We are all getting stoked about it!

Robby