So the Wife and I are thinking about getting a pool. We have 5 kids with the oldest being 12 and the youngest being 3, so getting use out of it isn’t much of a concern. We are in VA so obviously won’t be year round use. Plan to get a heater but will probably hold off at first and add one later.

For those that have one what would you do differently or recommend I look out for? I’ve more or less narrowed it down to fiberglass vs vinyl or concrete. Is fiberglass as low maintenance as the claim and cheaper to maintain? I’ve read the pros and cons to an extent but was hoping to get some real world feedback from people that actually have them.

Thanks for the reply. Still just trying to get someone to come out and give me a quote. Don’t plan on having it done this summer as much as I would like too. Figuring it’s going to be at least 60k for a turn key solution. Would love to get a pool that size but probably out of our budget. Was looking at a rectangular pool with a tanning ledge. Thinking 28-32 feet long and about 14 feet wide. Got plenty of space for one but my property isn’t completely flat. Hoping I don’t need an retaining walls.

Good to hear that the maintenance and cost is close to what I’ve been researching.

That’s one of the company’s I’m looking at too. There only a couple hours from me.

So seems like the saltwater systems are popular and I personally know a few people that have them. Guessing it’s worth the extra up front coin to get a salt water system vs chlorine using chemicals.

Wife called an installer today and they said expect to pay between 60-75k for a turn key solution. Had another company tell me a minimum of 60k. Supposed to have a call with river pools on Thursday. The company we spoke with today said they can’t even come out to survey the property and gives us a quote until the end of July. I figured living closer to DC we would pay more. Hopefully we can get what we want closer to 60K or less.

That was for everything. Pool, installation, patio, fence, permits. I’m hoping it’s for a larger pool haha. To be honest I don’t have much of anything to go by as I’ve never priced one out before. This was also an over the phone kind of thing so not like any details have been worked out yet. Seems to be in line for a turn key solution. From googling it says the national average is between 45k and 85k.

My co workers did one 5 years ago and paid about 65k. They had to have a retaining wall built however. The company they used was also pretty shady and did a piss poor job. Needless to say they love the pool but had to redo all of the concrete work.

Well we finally talked to a few companies. Things are moving forward slowly. Have at least one company coming out in late July to take a look at our backyard and gives us a quote. Supposed to have a meeting with the other company’s designer at the end of this month.

So an update we should have our pool by the end of the summer. Sucks but maybe we’ll get to use it for a couple of weeks. We’re going with River Pools and getting the D36. https://www.riverpoolsandspas.com/d-series-fiberglass-pool

I would of opted for the D40 personally but the wife didn’t want to.

Nice we’re going with the UV system as well.

We thought about an auto cover but decided against it. Mainly a price factor. Love the idea though.

Well the day has finally arrived. Still a few weeks until completed but at least it’s started.

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No that’s the color of the gel coat. Yes stone a a little bit of concrete. The electrician comes next week to hook up everything and then the patio goes in.

Pool is already in the ground. Took them 2 days.

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16x36. 6’2” in the deep end. It’s the River Pools D-36. The biggest is the D-40. Wish we would of gone bigger but I’ll be happy with this. Cost was already getting up there.

Some updated pics. Electric is done and trench is filled in. They moved a lot of dirt and gravel for the patio today.

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They got it framed up. Still needs a little more gravel and then hopefully they pour the concrete tuesday of next week.

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We used it a few times last month. Loving it so far. Its taken a little longer than expected with concrete but seems to be the norm these days. Unfortunately we didnt get the heater but plan too once they can get them.

Ill be getting a heat pump.

Is that the R series? I’m glad we went with D series. The tanning ledge has been nice and my kids love it.

Yeah we were originally looking at the D32 but went with the D36 for the same reason.

Started pouring the concrete today. Need to bring in more dirt for the backside though.

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Last one for awhile. Concrete is done. Still need to bring in dirt and grade a little and figure out where we want the fence and some landscaping.

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Yes or an auto cover. Going to wait a little on fencing but will start getting quotes soon.