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What is the cheapest way to build a swimming pool?

Answer...

Spending less money on pool supplies is not just beneficial for pool owners as well as those who love the enjoyable moments at the swimming pool. If a pool owner can save money on pool equipment and equipment, they may be able spend the savings on other things as well. supplies for the pool which are already bought.

Any additional material he buys for the pool will prove beneficial to anyone who is being in it. To maintain the health of the swimming pool, a variety of materials are required for its construction.

Everything from pool cleaning equipment typically include pool substances, solar blankets, covers for pools, pumps that are that are used to fill swimming pools, and on. The list of things needed for the pool area gets larger, so do the costs that will be caused by it.

But due to the sheer quantity of equipment that are needed and required, there is numerous suppliers to be accommodated. Think about when you will use your pool prior to when you plan it and if you will be using the pool at the same time on weekends or in the evenings think about installing an alarm on your heater to ensure you have a pool that is enough to allow you to take advantage of the water.

If they know that buyers will be saving money by focusing on these particular requirements, they usually provide rates that are less than their rivals. In reality, the customer will save money by buying an item that is less costly and is the same as a product sold at the higher cost.

Another way for saving money would be to buy essential pool equipment at a discount. This is a service which the majority, if certainly not all, sellers offer. It's up to the purchaser to select which brands to buy with a particular discount. 

(source: Quora)

How much do swimming pools cost?

Answer...

Several items to consider, this from a build in the San Francisco Bay Area:

• Automatic pool cover Coverage for automatic pool: $11,000
• Solar panels are priced at $10,000, but some systems cost cheaper. SunEarth panels helped to heat the pool during my daughter's birthday celebration in February. While it requires gas heating to get to 80 F The panels take care of most of the job.
• Extend gas line from the meter to heater for pool $8,000
• A new gas line is running from the street to the meter: $12,000. We noticed flickering on the gas stove after the heater for the pool was switched on. We needed to increase the size of the meters. PG&E insists that the pipe has to be bigger than the street. It was B.S. and the foreman of the crew who installed it agreed. The street provides gas at 60 PSI. It was a straight 60-foot stretch. The pressure drops to about 15 psi using the meters. The pressure drop from the street was just a few psi. The project was costly. The project required the removal of the slab and pour it back.

Here's the real kicker. A typical residential pool uses the pump of 1 Kilowatt for 8 hours a day, and for the remaining 4 hours each day. It's 6 hours a day per year, which is 2200 kWh per year. They are typically the most expensive as they are more expensive than all other home use. We pay around $0.40/kWh and $875 per year. Discount rates tend to rise almost as fast as electricity costs, so when you think you'll be running this pool for more than 20 years, it's... 

$17,000. It's the most expensive single item in the budget.

So make sure you spend $1300 on a super-efficient variable flow pump that will cut that power dissipation by a factor of three or more.

(source: Quora)