Just a quick question, why did you go fiberglass over concrete?

There's supposedly a very simple system out there for heating a pool..... I've seen a few, but dont know anyone that has owned one so I'm not sure how effective it is.

Just a recirculating pump... I guess you can fix it to the filter pump somehow going through a whole heap of black plastic pipe.... about 10 to 12 ml diameter that is placed on a surface on a roof.... curled up in a circle... so there could be 50 metres or more of pipe curled up on a roof.

Anyone heard of them, or how effective they are ?

Looks like a cheap effective system to me.


Pool looks great... dont think I've room for one at my gaffe here in Melbourne, and heating would be a major problem down here as far as I'm concerned. We have a outdoor spa... havn't been in it for about 6 weeks.

For us a nice big 3 x 1 metre (5 x 1 would be better) swim spa would be ideal.... With a vergola over the top. I wouldn't be suprised if that came in at circa 40,000 grand though.

We have one installed, it's a pump that pumps water onto the roof like you say, but the pipes branch off into very small 1-2 mm pipes that are grouped in a flat shape to catch the sun. It also has a controller that only switched the pump on when it's worth it.

It adds maybe 3 to 4 weeks to the start and end of the swimming season and makes the water just that little bit warmer in spring/ summer.
It also has a tropical mode that cools the water over night in summer but I have never used that feature.

Cost a few grand to install. If you don't have one installed when you install the pool at least have the connections done so it's easy to install if you change your mind

Does anyone know about or have a solar heat pump which uses air temperature to run a fan thing to heat pools, just looking into the various ways of doing the heating and heard about these at the weekend.

The pool looks great.

your pool looks great we are in the visa process right now but we are coming to brisband just not sure which are, got any advice on where to avoid.... keep getting diffrent info . got wife and 2 kids 15 and 11 oh and 2 dogs.

Yeah the heating you are talking about is the one most pool comanies sale as and extra it cost $3100 for a 4.2 mtr x 7.5 mtr pool

avoid IMO

Springfeild lakes
Goodna
Hemmant industrial half
Logan

Bayside is real nice aswell as the sunshine and gold coasts but are more expensive

Could give you more info if you let me know which areas you are thinking about

we were looking at areas north we dont want to be too far out of the centre, auchenflower, bardon, toowong these kind of areas and red hill

Oh right I don't know much about northside area and I work with people mainly from Southside....although I have heard good things about Nudgee which is North

You can try www.ourbrisbane.com.au for info on areas

We are heading to that area too - we really liked the auchenflower/paddo area when we visited. Really nice suburbs, lots of cafes and stuff, lots of houses have stunning views of the city which is close by. A couple of locals we spoke to reckon that its a pricey area but is real nice.
I'd love to have a pool when we get to Oz but we'll probably use up all our budget on the house in those areas so may have to wait a few years for the pool.

No worries !!

I don't think they will allow you to dig out yourself as they have someone over see and it is all

stepped in were the pool has steps and stuff.

We got ours on winter special price

Total price $18,940.00 ($792 of which is for dig in this allowance they had enough time to

back fill and level 11 mtr x 10 mtr of yard they usally take around 6 truck loads of dirt away , they only took 2 with me the rest went to level )

the above price includes :- installation (subject to site survey and copy of plans for placement of pipes), brick coping PGH pavers ( these look really crap) , pump + cartridge filter + salt chlorinator, manual cleaning equipment, start up chems, standard council fees aswell as they deal with getting all the permission, master builders contract and 4 weeks temporay fence (which you can hire for longer at a charge.

Extras that also got thrown in due to being winter I know people may think they just say you would usally pay xxx and always give them away but my SIL had same pool and did get any extras as it was a the start of summer and they fit around 10 pools a week :scared:

Shimmer finish (makes water sparkle) $600

Baracuda Genie 2 $650 (they sale 2 this is the dearer 1)

Pool light (has 8 diffrent colours) $350

R/P clhlorinator $350

Total saving just under $2k

You could probaly get a further discount if you pushed it , but I was so please with the sales guy and all the info when I visited their showroom were they have alll the pool on display they were just as good , I feel with a pool it's nothow much you can get off but the service as you here so many horror storys ....When we buy our next house we will not buy somewhere with a pool as it is so easy to have done .

hope this helps

Martin

When we 1st came on hol's here my BIL had a blue fiber one and thought it was nice , then when we moved here my BIL had move to another house which had a concrete one in I found it to be rough I know you can get a smooth finish and stuff but we are the sort of people that if we decide we want something we like to have it as quickly as poss having been in both I decide that I prefered the fiberglass one and it only took 1 day 4 1/2 hours from start to finish

OK sounds a bit cheaper as well
I have been told about fiberglass poping out of the ground, thats what put me off

The pool was in the ground empty overnight and it was fine , but you are correct they can pop out the ground but ONLY if you empty all the water out and leave it out .