Hello all! I hope to get your thoughts since I am a brand new pool owner and -- surprise -- in way over my head.
I'm sure this story is familiar to you all. I bought a house with a pool that was probably not as well maintained as I was told? It's a vinyl liner inground pool. I knew the liner would need to be replaced soon-ish. But now I'm being told that I also need a new pump and filter, and all will likely cost me around $8-10k.
So I'm considering what my other options are. Which would you choose?
1. Demo the pool completely, but it'll be expensive to do it right (city requires permits and inspections)).
2. Demo the pool completely, skip the permits and deal with the repercussions if/when I sell the house.
3. Drain the pool to decommission it for now.... Is this possible? Could I remove the liner and leave it empty until some point in the future?
4. Buy all new equipment, new liner, and open the pool. Lifestyle-wise, this is my least favorite option since I won't get much use out of it.
In your opinion, which is my best option?
I'm sure this story is familiar to you all. I bought a house with a pool that was probably not as well maintained as I was told? It's a vinyl liner inground pool. I knew the liner would need to be replaced soon-ish. But now I'm being told that I also need a new pump and filter, and all will likely cost me around $8-10k.
So I'm considering what my other options are. Which would you choose?
1. Demo the pool completely, but it'll be expensive to do it right (city requires permits and inspections)).
2. Demo the pool completely, skip the permits and deal with the repercussions if/when I sell the house.
3. Drain the pool to decommission it for now.... Is this possible? Could I remove the liner and leave it empty until some point in the future?
4. Buy all new equipment, new liner, and open the pool. Lifestyle-wise, this is my least favorite option since I won't get much use out of it.
In your opinion, which is my best option?