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OT relocating a deck/pool
My parents have a 4 year old 16x32 doughboy oval pool. They have torn
the liner inadvertantly cleaning it and have decided they dont want it anymore. They just put a salt water system in it last year. The deck completely encirles the pool and cost a lit of money. How hard would it be to take this apart and reuse both the deck and pool at my house? How would you go about taking apart the deck in pieces where it could be reassembled? I have a tractor and trailer at my disposal. I appreciate any advice. Do these things increase/decrease the value of your home? |
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"stryped" wrote in message ... My parents have a 4 year old 16x32 doughboy oval pool. They have torn the liner inadvertantly cleaning it and have decided they dont want it Vinyl repairs kits are available for these which are effective, and reasonably priced. anymore. They just put a salt water system in it last year. The deck completely encirles the pool and cost a lit of money. I might be interested in the generator cell and controller if it ends up for sale How hard would it be to take this apart and reuse both the deck and pool at my house? They are not very difficult to take apart and re-assemble provided they haven't been sitting there rusting for going on several years--I did one about 20 years ago....bought it used off the nickel ads, no problems to speak of...IIRC I had to patch the area where the skimmer attaches to the sidewall before we bolted the skimmer back on was all... How would you go about taking apart the deck in pieces where it could be reassembled? I have a tractor and trailer at my disposal. I appreciate any advice. If the deck surface is made of wood and screws were used then you should be able to salvage most if not all of the decking--although the joists might need to be cut down a bit in which you will end up with slightly less square footage on the platform. Do these things increase/decrease the value of your home? Depends a lot on the prospective buyer IMO.... FWIW, I've no doubt that even if you don't want to take it home it's still definately worth some fairly serious money if you can line up a buyer....so you might want to check craigslist and see what these are going for in your area--usually, it is stipulated that the buyer needs to tear it out... --so unless it's totally trashed then at the very least you should be able to find someone that will haul it away for free because they also make excellent reservoirs for rainwater irrigation systems and also can be adapted for potable water storage in desert climates. |
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"stryped" wrote in message ... My parents have a 4 year old 16x32 doughboy oval pool. They have torn the liner inadvertantly cleaning it and have decided they dont want it anymore. They just put a salt water system in it last year. The deck completely encirles the pool and cost a lit of money. How hard would it be to take this apart and reuse both the deck and pool at my house? How would you go about taking apart the deck in pieces where it could be reassembled? I have a tractor and trailer at my disposal. I appreciate any advice. Do these things increase/decrease the value of your home? Let me put it this way. I did it once. I would NEVER do it again. That was just the pool. The deck would be a separate nightmare. YMMV Steve |
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On Jul 20, 4:59*pm, stryped wrote:
My parents have a 4 year old 16x32 doughboy oval pool. They have torn the liner inadvertantly cleaning it and have decided they dont want it anymore. They just put a salt water system in it last year. The deck completely encirles the pool and cost a lit of money. How hard would it be to take this apart and reuse both the deck and pool at my house? How would you go about taking apart the deck in pieces where it could be reassembled? I have a tractor and trailer at my disposal. I appreciate any advice. Do these things increase/decrease the value of your home? Given option A and option B, I'm the guy at work that always comes up with Option C. Instead of thinking about disassembling the deck, cut it into modular sections that 4 guys can handle and get onto the trailer, where cut sections include the decking and the joists, but maybe not the next level down of support (larger beams) unless maybe the joists terminate on them with joist hangers. If you need to add some material to make the sections self-supporting before cutting out sections, I think you'll still be ahead of the game as you have a good shot at tying sections together halfway decently (metal plates for the under-bits, just let the decking have a slightly- gapped butt joint) compared to disassembling and re-assembling (and all those individual pieces will never ever go back together quite right). Dave |
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