poolnerd

One part of a swimming pool that no one talks about much is one of its most important: the structure. If people come over to your place for a pool party, they’re not going to comment on its guts. In fact, they’ll never know anything about the innards of your pool. So why spend extra money on it?

In short: so you won’t have to spend even more later.

You see, a pool with structural problems can be very difficult– which here means “expensive”– to repair. And I’ve seen some spectacular pools that have failed. That means they’re not holding water; that they have a structural crack. And that in turn means that there are some major upcoming expenses for that homeowner. I guess it boils down to spend a little now, save a whole bunch later.

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