Consider building a pool?

Sydney temperature soared during the last summer. The prediction is that it will only get warmer in the upcoming season. Have you ever thought of having a pool in your backyard? Getting a pool is not only great for the family to enjoy the outdoors but it’s also an excellent way to entertain the kids. However, before jumping right into building a pool, you’d need to consider a few important points and options available.

Your Budget

Pool building can be a costly exercise. Like any construction process, be prepared for the extra costs. Also, please don’t start a pool project thinking you just build the basics now and will add more options later. Because chances are, that will never happen. Even if it does, it will be much more expensive.

Time Frame

How long will it take to construct your pool? Generally, allow 4-6 months. This includes submitting the plan to your local council, the construction process and the final touch of landscaping. The time frame depends on how effective your local council is or if there’s any problem incur during the construction process.

DIY or No DIY

Unless you know exactly what you’re doing or have experience in building and construction, the advice is, leave it to the expert.
Pool options: After knowing your budget and an estimated time frame for your pool project, now you can choose from a range of pool options available. If you have a lower budget, maybe opt for the smaller fiberglass pool or a premade pool. If you’re comfortable financially, you can select to build a larger pool, a concrete pool or a pool with extra added features such as spa jets, heater, and better lightings.

Safety Regulations

In Australia, pool fencing is a requirement for council approval. Sydney Water permit is also needed before you can fill up the water in your pool. When designing your pool, remember to take into account these regulations. Otherwise, once the pool gets completed, you might have to spend extra to fix or redo to comply with the regulations.

Pool Landscaping

Landscaping is important to complete the look of your pool. Having a pool with great landscapes would be more inviting to you and the family to enjoy swimming more. When budgeting for pool construction, please ensure to reserve some financial allowance for the landscaping around the pool.
Pool maintenance and ongoing cost: After building a pool, there will be ongoing costs such as chemicals (chlorine, acid, buffer, pool water sunscreen, and the list go on…..) and salt (for salt chlorinator pool). Evaluate if you should build saltwater for freshwater pool. Salt chlorinated water pool system may be more expensive to set up, but it’ll cheaper to run than the freshwater pool. Your pool water will have to be regularly tested to ensure the water is safe and healthy to swim in.

Concrete Pool Construction Process Step By Step

1) Choose a pool builder in your state, draw out your pool design, go through the contract, etc. (Read the contract carefully: ask lots of questions and get them to include any extra point you discuss in the contract)
2) Marking out your pool: a supervisor from your pool building company would come and mark the position of your pool design.
3) A temporary fence will need to be set up around the area reserve for your pool construction: Be careful to ask your pool builder if this is included in your package price. For some pool builders, this is the homeowner’s responsibility.
4) Excavation: Excavator, bobcat, skip bins and tipper need to be on-site to carve out the shape of your pool and remove the dirt (lots of it).
5) Once the hole has been carved out, it’s time for the formwork. Your builder would need to have all formwork in place before pouring concrete. Steel will be fixed as the skeleton structure for your concrete pool.
6) It’s time to spray the concrete.
7) After the concrete is done, the waiting period is approximately 4-6 weeks, so the concrete can set, allowing for any expansion or contraction.
8) In the meanwhile, the coping can be fixed onto the edges of your pool and the plumping can be done as well.
9) The interior is the next step after the concrete is set. There is a range of interior finish, including pebble-crete, mosaic tiles.
10) Next is the clean-up step: a thorough acid wash will be performed.
11) Finally, have your pool fence, landscape, etc. done, getting ready for council inspection. Once your pool passed the inspections, you are ready to fill up the water and SWIM.

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