My next door neighbor is planning a pool install (he just moved in this past winter.) He said "yup, it'll be done this summer" - I can't wait to watch the process and see how long it actually takes!
Struggling a lot with this, this year. We’re 2 weeks behind on installs and you’d think we’re 2 years behind based on conversations with some of our customers.
Started in April and finished October for a fiberglass pool. Should have been two months at most. Contractor over promised and under delivered. He got too busy and chose to do each job 1 hr a day! Next time I’ll have a time frame stated with some weather delay and penalty for being over time.
Pool builders will just pass on your job. Unless your pool is in the $500k plus range I would not accept a deadline penalty and I doubt may others would either. Simply beyond my ability to guarantee anything except a deadline 5x longer than what I think it will actually take. Which misses the point here. I agree it is tough when things get this far behind and knowing in advance this might happen only helps you so much. Good luck and I hope you are enjoying swimming this year!
Consider making your purchase in ~Oct/Nov instead of ~April/May. The project will be completed a lot faster, and you may even get a better price. (In warmer climates construction can go year round.) And very true about inexperienced builders. During covid, people couldn't travel so they decided to put in a pool. (New pool sales spiked 21%). So every swinging D general contractor jumped into pool construction. It was immediately evident to me that some of them had never built a pool before. I "no-bid" those pools for weekly service, foreseeing the headaches ahead.
Fiberglass all day. I service over 50 fiberglass pools and its a trail of happiness. Less chems, less scrubbing, and during the Texas freeze none of these customers suffered massive expense. When the plaster and tile repairs started flooding in it was a trail of tears and regret. I would only ever own Fiberglass. Change my mind.
👍👍👍Never built a pool, but have managed construction. Yeah. A pool looks like a concentrated version of something like an apartment building in complexity. And the specialized parts and trades make workarounds harder.
I just had a friend help me install a new liner for my above ground pool. But he can’t come back for 3-4 days to put back my skimmer and pump. My pool is now halfway full and I’m worried the water will get bacteria growth without circulation and chemicals. Do you have any advice for me? I was thinking on using my pool cover pump and a hose to circulate temporarily but I don’t know if that’s too much water to submerge it in. Thanks so much for all you videos. Oh and it’s a 21 round 52 deep
Hey Steve, question for you. If you were to build your own pool today, would you go with a Fiberglass dropin, or a classic vinyl liner pool with a steel kit? Or would you go concrete?? Thanks!
Customers dont realize the amount of actual hours to build a pool start to finish. I diy a 20x40 for myself 4 years ago, and it was a ton of labor hours start to finish. Basically 2 weeks of 12-16 hour days with perfect weather, even without having to wait on a single contractor
My next door neighbor is planning a pool install (he just moved in this past winter.) He said "yup, it'll be done this summer" - I can't wait to watch the process and see how long it actually takes!
Struggling a lot with this, this year. We’re 2 weeks behind on installs and you’d think we’re 2 years behind based on conversations with some of our customers.
Sounds about right. Hi heat early in the spring makes people go mad for pools! Everyone wants it yesterday
Started in April and finished October for a fiberglass pool. Should have been two months at most. Contractor over promised and under delivered. He got too busy and chose to do each job 1 hr a day! Next time I’ll have a time frame stated with some weather delay and penalty for being over time.
Pool builders will just pass on your job. Unless your pool is in the $500k plus range I would not accept a deadline penalty and I doubt may others would either. Simply beyond my ability to guarantee anything except a deadline 5x longer than what I think it will actually take. Which misses the point here. I agree it is tough when things get this far behind and knowing in advance this might happen only helps you so much. Good luck and I hope you are enjoying swimming this year!
No contractor will sign that in my experience unless things are really slow - of which then it will be less of a problem.
Consider making your purchase in ~Oct/Nov instead of ~April/May. The project will be completed a lot faster, and you may even get a better price. (In warmer climates construction can go year round.)
And very true about inexperienced builders. During covid, people couldn't travel so they decided to put in a pool. (New pool sales spiked 21%).
So every swinging D general contractor jumped into pool construction. It was immediately evident to me that some of them had never built a pool before. I "no-bid" those pools for weekly service, foreseeing the headaches ahead.
Fiberglass all day. I service over 50 fiberglass pools and its a trail of happiness. Less chems, less scrubbing, and during the Texas freeze none of these customers suffered massive expense. When the plaster and tile repairs started flooding in it was a trail of tears and regret. I would only ever own Fiberglass. Change my mind.
👍👍👍Never built a pool, but have managed construction. Yeah. A pool looks like a concentrated version of something like an apartment building in complexity. And the specialized parts and trades make workarounds harder.
“Bat signal for concrete”, LOL!!!
I just had a friend help me install a new liner for my above ground pool. But he can’t come back for 3-4 days to put back my skimmer and pump. My pool is now halfway full and I’m worried the water will get bacteria growth without circulation and chemicals. Do you have any advice for me? I was thinking on using my pool cover pump and a hose to circulate temporarily but I don’t know if that’s too much water to submerge it in. Thanks so much for all you videos. Oh and it’s a 21 round 52 deep
Hey Steve, question for you. If you were to build your own pool today, would you go with a Fiberglass dropin, or a classic vinyl liner pool with a steel kit? Or would you go concrete?? Thanks!
Concrete if budget allows. Vinyl if it does not .
Customers dont realize the amount of actual hours to build a pool start to finish. I diy a 20x40 for myself 4 years ago, and it was a ton of labor hours start to finish. Basically 2 weeks of 12-16 hour days with perfect weather, even without having to wait on a single contractor