Speedcheese wrote:
I have a concrete/gunite pool which is now about 20-25 years old and
in need of some attention. The surface of the pool is showing signs
of wear and discolouration and it is no longer smooth. I am assuming
it therefore needs some form of resurfacing or relining. All other
parts to the pool (lights, coping stones etc) are in good order. It
is a 10,000 gallon "kidney" shaped pool, in ground.
Does anyone have any idea how much this would cost to resurface ? I'm
also interested in pool liners and whether they would be suitable
too. Has anyone had any experience doing such a project and also what
company or companies they would recommend ?
Hi, I don't know anything about resurfacing pools, but we looked into
all the options last year when building a new pool. We considered
concrete with tiling, concrete with epoxy coating, and a liner. My
husband is a civil engineer turned builder and has experience in
reinforced concrete etc, so building to the right specs wasn't going to
be a problem whatever the construction. ISTR that epoxy coatings and
tiling all worked out at about 40 euro/sq metre, considerably more than
a liner, and the concrete construction would have been much more
difficult and more expensive to begin with. So....we went for the liner.
Our pool is rectangular 10m x 5m, 1.2 m deep with a hopper bottom going
down to 2.2m, with roman steps. Can't find the receipts etc just now,
dammit! Have a brochure though, and to give you an idea a liner for an
8m x 4m rectangular pool, 1.5m deep in 75/100 thickness is 630 euros and
in 85/100 thickness is 834 euros, inc VAT. Non standard shapes are made
to order and are slightly more expensive. 3m Roman steps 404 euro extra.
You need to give very accurate measurements. You also need to line the
pool first to protect the liner. We used glue on polystyrene on rolls on
the walls and a special underlay sort of stuff glued onto the floor. If
you have a kidney shaped pool you won't have any vertical internal
right-angled corners to worry about, but if you have a right-angled
corner where the walls meet the floor you will probably have to round
this off with sand and cement.
Fitting the liner was the one bit of the procedure we were concerned
about doing ourselves but it turned out to be easy, no reason you
couldn't DIY it if you have a few people, (preferably strong people!) to
help. You would need to remove the coping stones and make sure you have
a completely level base to fix on the hanging rails for the liner. Then
you drill and screw on the rails (we used the slightly more expensive
aluminium ones, you can also get plastic) - my 13 year old daughter did
most of this bit! Then you follow the instructions, unroll the liner,
preferably on a warm day (we got delayed with the sticking of the
membrane and polystyrene and ended up doing ours at midnight!) , hang it
from the edges and slowly fill with water, pulling the liner into
position as you go. You have to cut holes for your fittings, lights,
skimmers etc as you go, and depending on the fittings you already have
you may need to replace these if they are not compatible with liner
pools.
We got all our kit in France from
www.zyke.fr. Have a google for
clearwater pools and hydrosud direct - I think both of those are in the
UK?
I;m in the process of adding a bit to the website about our family's DIY
pool, will post the link when it is finished. Or come here for your
holidays and you can pick our brains and test out the pool :-)
HTH, good luck!
--
Holly, in France
Gite to let in Dordogne, now with pool.
http://la-plaine.chez-alice.fr