Fun with inspectors
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blackeagle603
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Re: Fun with inspectors
We're going for the traditional look with a white pebble finish and a (TBD style) blue tile at the water line.
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SoupOrMan
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Re: Fun with inspectors
You did this intentionally, right?blackeagle603 wrote:With minimal camo netting I can sit in the hottub and call 'yotes up from the creek bottom and arrow them. It lines up perfectly in one of my few safe shooting lanes.
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blackeagle603
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Re: Fun with inspectors
Umm, gee honey, uh, no.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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postmanone
Re: Fun with inspectors
I have been an Inspector for over 28 years and I agree, the few bad ones make our job difficult. We just fired one due to over 18 months coming to work drunk. He finally got a DUI and if you can believe this, the Human Resource Director, wanted someone to drive this drunk around!!!! Not making this up. I gave a picture of a cannabis plant on his desk, and that didn't even raise an eyebrow.
The day he came back for his termination papers,( he didn't know this at the time), he had a few and it was 8:00am in the morning.
The day he came back for his termination papers,( he didn't know this at the time), he had a few and it was 8:00am in the morning.
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Thomas
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Re: Fun with inspectors
Please don't take this as being too nosyblackeagle603 wrote:We're going for the traditional look with a white pebble finish and a (TBD style) blue tile at the water line.
,in round numbers what does a setup like that run, I have always wanted an in ground pool, but I am afraid of the cost 
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HTRN
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Re: Fun with inspectors
Alot of new tech has made pools much less $$$ and labor intensive to maintain - saline dosing systems and UV sterilizers make keeping them clean, add in solar heaters extending seasons...
I did notice they didn't use forms - I'm guessing they used a super stiff mix and blew it into place and then hand trowled for the final shape and finish?
HTRN
I did notice they didn't use forms - I'm guessing they used a super stiff mix and blew it into place and then hand trowled for the final shape and finish?
HTRN
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rightisright
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Re: Fun with inspectors
Thomas, here in NJ, a concrete in-ground pool will start at 30K. Liner pools will start at 20K. Get fancy options like spas, waterfalls, etc. and you can easily hit 40-50K. That's for a standard shape, "normal" size. A few years ago, I worked on a house where the home owner had just installed a pool that looked like a large natural pond with an 8' waterfall. It was over 150K.
A concrete/gunite pool is going to be more to maintain than a liner pool. A fiberglass pool will be even less than a liner type. But fiberglass has it's drawbacks.
HTRN is right. Maintenance on pools it not nearly as arduous a task as it was 10-15 years ago. There are even cool little robot-type cleaners that will scale the walls and crawl along the floor while you sleep at night.
A concrete/gunite pool is going to be more to maintain than a liner pool. A fiberglass pool will be even less than a liner type. But fiberglass has it's drawbacks.
HTRN is right. Maintenance on pools it not nearly as arduous a task as it was 10-15 years ago. There are even cool little robot-type cleaners that will scale the walls and crawl along the floor while you sleep at night.
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blackeagle603
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Re: Fun with inspectors
Rats! Lost a fairly substantial response to my internet connection timeout. grrrrr Cox Cable.
Here's the short version...
Maintenance? No kidding Chris.
I've never wanted to own a pool.
I still don't want to own a pool.
I've resigned myself to owning a pool.
It makes sense for our specific property, lifestyle and extended family/church family.
Cost? To quote Bing Crosby in White Christmas, "Somewhere between 'Ouch' and 'BOING'!"
Easily hit 40-50K? Hah, the first design and quote submitted to me was s$158K just for the pool. The hardscape and landscape was another $80K. Yep, total quote was over $230K.
Says I, "Buh-bye mister contractor! Back to the drawing board. I can do this myself."
Turnkey quotes for just the finished pool and equipment set (less deck/hardscape, fencing and landscaping) ran from $36-80K for the final design and site. You'd be hard pressed to do any in ground concrete pool for less than $30k. Pool contractors around here will get as much as 30-40% markup. One of the nicest houses in our neighborhood is a pool contractor. He just put it on the market for over $1.2M. He'll get it too. That's after it losing 25% in value this past year.
I cut out the pool contractor and permitted it as an owner/builder. Running all the sub's and inspections myself. Just the simplest equipment set can run close to $10k. I had over $10K in shotcrete alone for this pool (52.5 yds at wholesale rate of $196/yd vs retail of over $200/yd).
I've got almost $14K just in the shell's steel and concrete.
Here's the short version...
Maintenance? No kidding Chris.
I've never wanted to own a pool.
I still don't want to own a pool.
I've resigned myself to owning a pool.
It makes sense for our specific property, lifestyle and extended family/church family.
Cost? To quote Bing Crosby in White Christmas, "Somewhere between 'Ouch' and 'BOING'!"
Easily hit 40-50K? Hah, the first design and quote submitted to me was s$158K just for the pool. The hardscape and landscape was another $80K. Yep, total quote was over $230K.
Says I, "Buh-bye mister contractor! Back to the drawing board. I can do this myself."
Turnkey quotes for just the finished pool and equipment set (less deck/hardscape, fencing and landscaping) ran from $36-80K for the final design and site. You'd be hard pressed to do any in ground concrete pool for less than $30k. Pool contractors around here will get as much as 30-40% markup. One of the nicest houses in our neighborhood is a pool contractor. He just put it on the market for over $1.2M. He'll get it too. That's after it losing 25% in value this past year.
I cut out the pool contractor and permitted it as an owner/builder. Running all the sub's and inspections myself. Just the simplest equipment set can run close to $10k. I had over $10K in shotcrete alone for this pool (52.5 yds at wholesale rate of $196/yd vs retail of over $200/yd).
I've got almost $14K just in the shell's steel and concrete.
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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blackeagle603
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Re: Fun with inspectors
Oh and Tom...
Of course you'll be welcome here. Just be sure to rinse the Kroil off yerself before getting wet.
Of course you'll be welcome here. Just be sure to rinse the Kroil off yerself before getting wet.
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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rightisright
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Re: Fun with inspectors
BE, I was referring to a basic ~16'x30' pool.Easily hit 40-50K?
Me thinks yours is a little beyond basic
