Pool remodel

[woowoo]

Not sure if anyone cares about pool remodels but I’m starting one in 4-5 weeks and the board has been slow so I figured I’d document the progress.

We live in Florida now so could easily use this pool 8 months out of the year but it’s in rough shape and has no heater. We were just able to do a cash-out refi to complete a substantial redo of the pool and patio (patio is currently poorly painted concrete).

Project will entail:
Refinishing pool interior
Ripping out old waterline tile and installing new cement tiles
Building a sunshelf and new steps in shallow end with glass tile detail added
New pool heater and pump system
Salt water conversion
New patio drain (important here where we live)
Ripping out old patio and installing 2100 sq. Feet of travertine including a new kitchen pad just outside of lanai for smoker and grill. This also includes new travertine coping around pool.

I want to puke whenever I think about the money but it’s very much needed. I’ll upload photos below of pool now, and then some of the materials we’ve selected.

[woowoo]

Here are photos - maybe

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[libbygrl109]

Wow, that does sound like a lot, but I am sure it will definitely be worth it, especially since you can get so much use out of the pool.

[simpsongal]

Sounds awesome! My neighbor spent over $50K on a pool facelift and she only gets to us it ~3 months out of the year. Yours sounds even better and much more useful in Fla. Good luck!

[Susie]

Wow, so I have no context for inground pool work whatsoever, but that sounds like it'll be nice when it's done!

Our backyard had an above ground pool that we removed within a few weeks of moving in.  Our neighbor told us a story about the first pool that had been in this yard, and I died laughing.  Our backyard is sloped, and apparently the original owners tried to just plop an above ground pool onto the ground.  They filled it up, and the whole thing went skidding down toward the creek at the back property line.  The neighbors just laughed and laughed.  Then they had it professionally done with terracing for the pool area, and probably spent so much they should've just done in ground.  So yes, professionals for pool work, lol.

[ellipses84]

That’s so exciting! Do you have or plan to do any solar along with it?

[mrsukyankee]

I love the materials you've chosen. It's going to be gorgeous!

[woowoo]

Jan 27, 2022 22:35:38 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

That’s so exciting! Do you have or plan to do any solar along with it?

We've talked about solar and have gotten quotes, but it's not an ideal situation with the slopes of our house (it's a ranch, midcentury modern style layout and doesn't have many large roof areas.  We do want to eventually do whole-house solar and would have to rip out the pool solar if we did that, so we've decided against it.  

[woowoo]

Jan 28, 2022 7:43:00 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

I love the materials you've chosen. It's going to be gorgeous!

Thank you!  I had no idea how many options there were for pool renovations.  It has been so hard to decide.  

[mlkgls]

Oh that’s going to be pretty! I was planning on adding a heater to ours this year until my bathroom pushed its way to the front of the home improvement line. The Trouble Free Pool forums are a great resource for builds and remodels, especially if you run into any issues.

[gt7301b]

That is a big project!  We remodeled our pool last year and selecting tile was the most frustrating part.  How much does this tile I like cost?  No idea, it could be either $5 or $25.  I finally found a website that actually had prices listed so I could see if the tiles I liked were in the right ball park price wise before I reached out to my local contact for quotes.

[TR]

Awesome! Just a note, we have travertine on our pool deck and it is slippery as a motherfucker when wet. I've almost bitten it multiple times just walking. So. I don't know if there's something that can be done to it to make it LESS so upon installation, but I'd ask about it.

[woowoo]

Jan 31, 2022 17:28:32 GMT -5 TR said:

Awesome! Just a note, we have travertine on our pool deck and it is slippery as a motherfucker when wet. I've almost bitten it multiple times just walking. So. I don't know if there's something that can be done to it to make it LESS so upon installation, but I'd ask about it.

So interesting - the limited research I did was saying that Travertine was a solid option.  Pavers would have been a 6-7 month wait so we bit the bullet on travertine. 
We are getting some kind of dust added before sealing that is supposed to help?  

[mlkgls]

Feb 1, 2022 12:24:39 GMT -5 woowoo said:

Jan 31, 2022 17:28:32 GMT -5 TR said:

Awesome! Just a note, we have travertine on our pool deck and it is slippery as a motherfucker when wet. I've almost bitten it multiple times just walking. So. I don't know if there's something that can be done to it to make it LESS so upon installation, but I'd ask about it.

So interesting - the limited research I did was saying that Travertine was a solid option.  Pavers would have been a 6-7 month wait so we bit the bullet on travertine. 
We are getting some kind of dust added before sealing that is supposed to help?  

Maybe it depends on the travertine? I’ve really only had one swim season with mine, but my coping/deck travertine didn’t seem slippery last summer. It was also not blisteringly hot either. I was surprised at how cool it stayed in the heat of summer. 

[woowoo]

Crazy enough - the Superintendent for the job site and my sales guy came over on Monday and asked if they could start this week. Apparently all the materials we chose were miraculously in stock and with the weather having been so dry they have been a little ahead of schedule. Status as of this morning!

[mrsukyankee]

Excellent news woowoo! Looking forward to seeing pics.

[woowoo]

Sunshelf framing is done!

It’s bigger than it looks in this photo - almost seven feet wide.

[libbygrl109]

Yay! Can't wait for more updates.

[woowoo]

Jan 31, 2022 11:31:07 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

That is a big project!  We remodeled our pool last year and selecting tile was the most frustrating part.  How much does this tile I like cost?  No idea, it could be either $5 or $25.  I finally found a website that actually had prices listed so I could see if the tiles I liked were in the right ball park price wise before I reached out to my local contact for quotes.

Hi - regarding pricing, the ceramic looking tile is I believe around $8 but the glass is more. We are doing 140 LF of the ceramic plus another 20 ft or so of the glass as the accent and I think it’s running us $2800 with labor? I’ll have to check again

The sunshelf is costing us nearly $9k to install but that includes running the plumbing to add the bubbler.

[boiler717]

It looks like it will be so much more functional, great idea!

[woowoo]

Travertine is here - seeing it all in crates puts into perspective just how big a project it is.

[woowoo]

The travertine patio is almost done - they should finish today. This photo was taken in the dark but it’s really beautiful!

[definitelyO]

that is beautiful!!!

[Deleted]

Love it!

[mrsukyankee]

That's just lovely!

[libbygrl109]

That is so pretty!

[pumpkin]

I love that!

[darby]

It’s beautiful!