Getting Real (Estate)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Radar

I'm with you guys on the hot tub. I'd rather have a big patio and a nice hot tub, than a wall-to-wall pool in the backyard.

If you decide it's going to make you nervous, couldn't you drain it and deck it over until the kid is older? Cheaper than demolishing and replacing in a few years.

[Radar]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If you decide it's going to make you nervous, couldn't you drain it and deck it over until the kid is older? Cheaper than demolishing and replacing in a few years.

That hadn't occurred to me. It might get ugly down in the pool during the years we have a deck over it, but we could worry about cleaning that up later I guess. I'd be scared an animal might crawl down there and die. The smell would be awful. But if it's tight enough to the ground, I doubt anything big would get down there.

[limey]

keep the pool
fit some door locks
buy a pool cover
maintain it yourself
get the extra insurance

that's my advice (well, you did ask :p )

When can I come and visit?

[lookout123]

if you build a deck over a dry pool you'll have a few problems.
1) plaster and concrete will dry out and crack
2) pipes and seals will dry out and crack
3) rainwater will gather in pool and then here come the skeeters
4) you will inevitably watch as your wife drops her wedding ring through the crack and you have to tear up your deck to retrieve it.

[Radar]

Originally Posted by lookout123

if you build a deck over a dry pool you'll have a few problems.
1) plaster and concrete will dry out and crack
2) pipes and seals will dry out and crack
3) rainwater will gather in pool and then here come the skeeters
4) you will inevitably watch as your wife drops her wedding ring through the crack and you have to tear up your deck to retrieve it.

I wasn't aware concrete cracked when it was dry. And if rain water was gathering, wouldn't that keep it from drying and cracking?

I'm not a fan of "skeeters", but my wife might feel at home with 'em. My wife doesn't wear her wedding ring. Neither do I. She doesn't wear it because she works with harsh chemicals doing nails, and I got too damned fat for mine.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by Radar

I wasn't aware concrete cracked when it was dry. And if rain water was gathering, wouldn't that keep it from drying and cracking?

I'm not a fan of "skeeters", but my wife might feel at home with 'em. My wife doesn't wear her wedding ring. Neither do I. She doesn't wear it because she works with harsh chemicals doing nails, and I got too damned fat for mine.

That's good advice about the pool cracking if it's left empty for too long. The pressure of the water is what stops the soil movement from cracking the concrete moreso than the actual concrete cracking as in deteriorating although it's my understanding that concrete being a porus(sp?) material would change if it were all of a sudden dried out.