Thread: 60's Pool Renovation - Time for a Change

Originally Posted by 32t

You can always ad your own anchors.......

Are you kidding. She who must be obeyed wouldn't let me within a mile of drilling holes in her nice new patterned concrete patio. She'd hit the roof and I'd be in the dog house for a very long cold winter.

Originally Posted by Thug

Is there any specific reason why you chose a liner for the pool as opposed to leaving the concrete exposed and rather sealing it?

In my neck of the woods you have 3 options. Gunite (like a concrete), vinyl liner with steel walls behind or preformed fiberglass. Most expensive by a lot is gunite because it has to be built to withstand harsh winter weather and extreme ground frost. Since my pool started life as a vinyl liner it was going to be much less expensive to do this reno keeping it that way. Putting in a gunite pool would likely be about $40k - $60k difference. The existing steel walls were in great shape so we elected to stick with vinyl.

This day reminds me of another song. Spinning Wheels by Chicago. My water meter wheel is spinning so hard even I'm getting dizzy. Couple of quick pictures of the results so far.

First pic is after 12 hours constant running all night long. Not sure we're making any progress.

Second and third pics are after 24 hours. Finally coming close to the side walls and creeping into the shallow end. Still need to get to the black line. Likely another overnight run.

Getting dizzy again. Got to sit down ........

Do you pay for water where you are?

I'm one block outside the "free zone", even though the Lake is at the bottom of my street, and the free water is one street to the West, we have to pay for our water.

If you're in the paying zone, yup, that will cost big time...but worth every penny.

Looks absolutely beautiful, expect to see a SOTD with a pool side back drop.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Do you pay for water where you are?

I'm one block outside the "free zone", even though the Lake is at the bottom of my street, and the free water is one street to the West, we have to pay for our water.

If you're in the paying zone, yup, that will cost big time...but worth every penny.

Looks absolutely beautiful, expect to see a SOTD with a pool side back drop.

How many times do you see hoses across your street?

When I was growing up, we had a fireman living on our cul de sac. Ours was a concrete pool back then, and every couple of years when I had to repaint it my dad would invite him and the entire firehouse over for a bbq and pool opening party. They would run a firehouse from the street and fill it up in hours.
I recall it was freezing cold but they didn't care. Jumped right in, with smokes in mouth and drinks in hand..
This was the 70s though...
Do you have a gas heater for yours? That is really looking inviting!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

When I was growing up, we had a fireman living on our cul de sac. Ours was a concrete pool back then, and every couple of years when I had to repaint it my dad would invite him and the entire firehouse over for a bbq and pool opening party. They would run a firehouse from the street and fill it up in hours.
I recall it was freezing cold but they didn't care. Jumped right in, with smokes in mouth and drinks in hand..
This was the 70s though...
Do you have a gas heater for yours? That is really looking inviting!

Now-a-days, all the firemen would get fired and you'd have to pay for the water!

Gas heater for winter dips sounds awesome!

Do you have more than one spigot on the outside of your house? Also, depending on your kitchen/sink faucets, you could attach a garden hose adapter to one of them.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Do you pay for water where you are?

I'm one block outside the "free zone", even though the Lake is at the bottom of my street, and the free water is one street to the West, we have to pay for our water.

If you're in the paying zone, yup, that will cost big time...but worth every penny.

Looks absolutely beautiful, expect to see a SOTD with a pool side back drop.

Yeah we're paying for this. I'm sure I'll choke on the bill when it arrives.

Originally Posted by 32t

Does the Dog House include pool access?

Yes but no HBO so that's a problem.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

When I was growing up, we had a fireman living on our cul de sac. Ours was a concrete pool back then, and every couple of years when I had to repaint it my dad would invite him and the entire firehouse over for a bbq and pool opening party. They would run a firehouse from the street and fill it up in hours.
I recall it was freezing cold but they didn't care. Jumped right in, with smokes in mouth and drinks in hand..
This was the 70s though...
Do you have a gas heater for yours? That is really looking inviting!

Sounds like a fun way to open up the pool.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

Now-a-days, all the firemen would get fired and you'd have to pay for the water!

Gas heater for winter dips sounds awesome!

Do you have more than one spigot on the outside of your house? Also, depending on your kitchen/sink faucets, you could attach a garden hose adapter to one of them.

Yeah. Thought of this about 2 hours ago

Originally Posted by Brenngun

Are you kidding. She who must be obeyed wouldn't let me within a mile of drilling holes in her nice new patterned concrete patio. She'd hit the roof and I'd be in the dog house for a very long cold winter. .

Does the Dog House include pool access?