Costs and tips in building and maintain your own swimming pool
The attraction of having your own pool can be great, the icing on the cake to complete that landed home. But do beware of the costs. Firstly to construct a pool it can cost upwards of 100-200k, the more custom or irregular it is, the more it costs. Access to the land, the effort in digging also costs. If you really want a long lasting pool, use rebar and concrete, with many layers of waterproofing. It may cost more, but it will last. Think of how to site the equipment, eg the pumps, the piping, the outlets, the sump etc, and work with an experienced contractor to fulfil your dreams. Understand how much noise it generates, so you can see how close you wish to site it to your home. Remember to account for some landscaping around it, be it decking, granite or even trees. But remember trees can dump a lot of leaves into the pool giving you more work. Use reliable parts, and good piping, valves etc so you don't end up with repairs sooner than you think. Having a nice counte...