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Thats a good point. Worth me bearing in mind as I shall be house hunting before long.

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i was going to ask that how much is the annual up keep and monthly costs involved ???

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I'm not sure about cost of chemicals etc.

According to theelectrician the pump will cost about 14 cents a day on a standard electrical circuit and about 8 cents a day to run on something called Tariff 33 ( you have to have a separate electrical meter and power is only available 7am-5pm or thereabouts) I think its a bit like economy7. It costs about $500 for the meter to be installed. Our pool is 12M x 3.5M and we have a 32" sand filter.

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...well the pump runs about 8 hrs a day, not sure how much that costs but the leccie bills dont seem excessive. My biggest problem is keeping the chemical balance right....haven't quite mastered that even after a year! Things will go great for a while then without warning the thing will just turn green over a couple of days!

My pool seems to consume a lot of acid so i buy that fairly often, but its cheap. A salt water pool requires very little in the way of chemical input so I'd certainly put my chemical costs at less than $150 a year then maybe another $50-$100 to replace bit and pieces of the creepy crawly, leaf rake etc.

Actually I will say I had a cracked pipe last year which required digging up the concrete around the pool so that set me back $800.

I've never had it done but I guess its also a good idea to have the pump, chlorinator and filter serviced on a regular basis too.

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Looks great! :thumbsup: we have installed an above ground pool which we have put below ground, it looks smashing! we have done all the work our selves apart from the hole.:ohmy: Its been hard work but very satisfying its cost us about 10 grand and that's with new pool fencing and second hand pathers which we are doing now I wouldn't recommend this to anyone but we are a crazy couple who will have a go at anything its all part of the fun and saves us heaps of cash too:thumbsup:

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The Shuttering is off and the the steps to the patio are being laid. The patio steps have to be poured separately from the pool so that a expantion join can be inserted between the two concrete masses.

The pipes are mostly in place now for the electrical and solar. (you may be able to make them out on the picture near the palms at the side of the deck)

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It's progressing fast!

The solar is for heating is it? Will it be from a panel on the roof? Do you use solar for the house? Q

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Lookin Great....I will get ma swimmers on lol

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We are just using solar water heating for the pool it's basically a series of black tubes that sit on the roof with a temperature sensor in the pool. If it's not warm enough water is directed through the tubes during the day to pick up heat from the sun. If the pool is too warm water is directed through the solar panel during the night to radiate heat away.

We are not using these guys but their website has a pretty good explanation of how it all works http://www.zane.com.au/html/home.htm

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Smart, innit!

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Not a lot has happened lately, partly down to the lovely sunshine coast weather we have had lately and partly just waiting for the concrete to cure. It was about 700mm deep on monday from the rain.

The next steps include some tiling to do around the pool, rendering to the retaining wall, getting the fencing up, pebbling and filling with water.

The solar heating is in place which you might see in the photos.

MenAtWork

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looking fab mate :D

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I'm getting quotes for fibreglass pools. What are your reason[s] for having a concrete pool?

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Hi OH,

The Pool is out of the ground by 8-18" on one side. You cant do that with fibreglass.

We could have raised / lowered the ground to accomodate a fibre glass pool but we wanted to tie the design into the house so that the pool was at the level of the bedroom and the steps lined up with the patio. The Pool is 12M and there aren't many fibreglass choices to accomodate that size.

If we could have had what we wanted in fibreglass we would have done as its cheaper and comes with some pretty good guarantees.

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Thank you, your pool does tie in very well with the design of your house.
When do you expect to dip your toes in the water?:thumbup:

What type of pool fencing have you decided on? Have you looked at the glass ones?