Its been done.

The hard part would be getting all the correct trades lined up. From what I have seen the gunnite and plaster guys are all booked up with pool builders and you will have a hard time getting a window for them to work on your pool. You are a one and done job and the pool builders provide constant work.

This also applies to the plumber, pool digger, electrician, flatwork, coping, etc.

Some of these don't have to be done by "pool people", but I would imagine you will pay a premium if they are unfamiliar with the type of work.

Pool builder usually orders all the correct equipment/parts and has it on site for the trades to install also. This could get tricky if you don't do your homework.

With respect to the above opinion, 100% disagree on the idea of public pool vs private. Many of our best events, activities, etc have been around our pool at home. And the ability to have a kitchen, bathrooms, privacy, ac and shade make it night and day different. Maintenance and repairs are not a detriment if kept up with. There is a cost to owning a pool but if it is used enough, the time of vs dollars is almost nothing. We are in our pool at least 75-100 days a year.

My old man did it during the summer of 1980 - the hottest summer on record in DFW. Don't think it was planned that way, was just the way it went. I was 8-9 years old during the pool build time, which I recall taking 4-5 months. Pool is a vinyl liner.

He did it all -- potholing in backyard to confirm locations of utilities and best orientation for pool, a rectangular shape, roughly 30' L x 15' W, 3' in shallow end, 8' on deep end.

He drove his truck from Allen to Plano to the 84 Lumber yard and rented a rubber tire backhoe, which he drove home on the shoulder. Trip was probably around 6-7 miles.

Began digging in backyard, much to my delight. Don't think my sisters cared too much, am certain my Mom had serious doubts. He excavated the basic form and depths, then returned the backhoe. Seemed like that only took a week or two, can't remember what he did with the spoils. Am sure he had someone haul it off.

Transition from shallow end to deep end is a simple slope. With pool having length of roughly 24', slope takes up about one-third of total length.

Walls are stacked cinder block from grade to three foot depth, which matches shallow end. Walls at the start of the pool floor slope and in the deep end are a steep angle and along with the pool bottom are a mix of clean sand and quikrete, very lightly moistened when mixed and applied. Seem to recall ratio was around 80 sand/20 concrete, so it would set a little but could be shaped and would pretty much hold. Do know that over the years, there have been some divots made under the liner where people have jumped into the shallow end and hit the floor hard with heel of the foot, which would stay until the vinyl liner would need to be replaced, which is when my dad would then fill in or smooth where necessary.

He routed all plumbing to pump and sand filter, routed and wired all electrical, formed and poured concrete deck and finished with Koolcrete, most of which is still in place.

Not sure who he had draw up prints on the pool. He was a career drafter with TI/Raytheon, so as far as I know he drew the blueprints up himself - I have never asked, but will make ensure I do engage on that topic.

Several neighbors pitched in a lot of help.

If you're local to the Fort Worth or Tarrant, Parker, Johnson, or Hood counties, I'd be happy to work with you to build a pool. If not, then I'd be happy to coach you through it. Shoot me an email if you're interested.

Background is of 10 years commercial construction and nearly 3 years building residential pools. I took over a company that's been in the business since 1976 and can still pull on the previous owner's experiences as needed.

kb@nw-pools.com

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