I talked to a different pool builder yesterday and this guy says he uses pressure treated wood side for vinyl liner pool. Does anyone have experience with using this type of construction???
Wood sides for vinyl liner pool walls???
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My pool is built this way. I have had no problems thus far, but had I known it was built this way before I bought the house I may not have bought the house. The pool was built in 2007 and as far as I know, all is fine. I hope to either be gone by the time the thing rots out, but if not I'll probably replace the walls with something else.
Mine is built using 2"x6" pressure treated lumber stacked flat to build the walls of the pool. My pool is in a diamond shape, and at the corners I assume they did kind of a cross hatch joint. I've gone to visit the builder's storefront since I bought the house. I showed up at 9am when the store opens, and no one was there. I had driven quite a distance, so I waited, and at nearly 10am someone finally showed up. It was co-owner/son of the owner, and he wreaked of booze. Needless to say the encounter did not inspire confidence in the way my pool was built.
In the end, if they used properly treated wood, it could last a long time. But I would bet my pool builder used junk from Home Depot. If it was me, I'd insist on either polymer or steel walls. Anyone building with wood is being cheap in my opinion.
In the old days, some people used to build wood in ground pools by simply digging a hole and building framed walls with plywood faces, backfill with dirt, line the pool, and fill with water. DON'T LET ANYONE DO THAT in your yard. It is really a poor structure and won't last long at all.
Mine is built using 2"x6" pressure treated lumber stacked flat to build the walls of the pool. My pool is in a diamond shape, and at the corners I assume they did kind of a cross hatch joint. I've gone to visit the builder's storefront since I bought the house. I showed up at 9am when the store opens, and no one was there. I had driven quite a distance, so I waited, and at nearly 10am someone finally showed up. It was co-owner/son of the owner, and he wreaked of booze. Needless to say the encounter did not inspire confidence in the way my pool was built.
In the end, if they used properly treated wood, it could last a long time. But I would bet my pool builder used junk from Home Depot. If it was me, I'd insist on either polymer or steel walls. Anyone building with wood is being cheap in my opinion.
In the old days, some people used to build wood in ground pools by simply digging a hole and building framed walls with plywood faces, backfill with dirt, line the pool, and fill with water. DON'T LET ANYONE DO THAT in your yard. It is really a poor structure and won't last long at all.
There is a company near me that have very beautiful all wood pools. Top notch quality. They have had some on display since I was very young so the they must last a long time (I asume the liners need replaced sme as any other) I wish I could afford them though.
http://sunburstpool.com/wooden-pools.html
http://sunburstpool.com/wooden-pools.html
Interesting. The pools that company builds are using plywood specifically the way I said I would not want my pool built.
If you do decide to go with wood make sure it is 0.6 grade foundation rated treated lumber. And stainless steel fasteners are mandatory. Even 0.4 ground contact rated lumber won't last long enough.
He did say that it would be .6 grade lumber, he also mentioned that it had to be special ordered because nobody stocks it. He did tell me that he would do galv sided pool for same price but he prefers using wood, he threw out a few reasons but I think it is because he is just old school.
I seriously considered building a wooden walled pool... I did some research and if you use the .6 pcf (preservative per cubic foot) lumber, depending on where you live, it might be fine. It was definitely going to satisfy me here in Canada... further South you will have additional challenges (like termites).
Search for "PWF" (Permanent Wood Foundations) and you will find lots of detail on how and why it's ok to bury wood that is properly treated and expect it to last. And, as mentioned above, the wood requires stainless fasteners everywhere, it is esentially loaded with copper, so no other metal can come in contact with the wood other than stainless.
This doc has a map showing zones in the US for suitability of wood foundations.
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjNsJe3rJzQAhUJ6oMKHTDVDYcQFggtMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwpinstitute.org%2Fdocuments%2FRevisedSpecGuideJan2012_000.pdf&usg=AFQjCNE_XGQcsyLEnPlDDeEzk4_gDhVKqw&sig2=7bR7IhruO3xM6EuV8PbE8Q
Search for "PWF" (Permanent Wood Foundations) and you will find lots of detail on how and why it's ok to bury wood that is properly treated and expect it to last. And, as mentioned above, the wood requires stainless fasteners everywhere, it is esentially loaded with copper, so no other metal can come in contact with the wood other than stainless.
This doc has a map showing zones in the US for suitability of wood foundations.
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjNsJe3rJzQAhUJ6oMKHTDVDYcQFggtMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwpinstitute.org%2Fdocuments%2FRevisedSpecGuideJan2012_000.pdf&usg=AFQjCNE_XGQcsyLEnPlDDeEzk4_gDhVKqw&sig2=7bR7IhruO3xM6EuV8PbE8Q
A neighbor with a pool purchased some used equipment from a guy who had a wood pool. The wood pool was over 40 years old and had finally started to rot. He didn't want to replace it, hence my neighbor's cheap equipment haul.
If done right 40 years is a long time for a pool. I don't know how long steel will last, but in theory concrete should be decades, if not forever if properly maintained.
If done right 40 years is a long time for a pool. I don't know how long steel will last, but in theory concrete should be decades, if not forever if properly maintained.
Wooden wall kits being sold commercially:
Wood Wall Inground Pool Kits | Wood Wall Pool Kits DIY | Precision Pools
Wood Wall Inground Pool Kits | Wood Wall Pool Kits DIY | Precision Pools
Just had my plaster sandblasted down to gunite last summer as part of a replaster. The gunite, poured in 1973, was as perfect as the day it was applied.
In Ohio I would not use a concrete deck. They frost heave with weather. Fiberglass pools need that to hold the pool in, but wood is more forgiving in my opinion
