1. Cost — figure minimum $80,000, possibly more.
2. Ground water — we are perilously close to the water table, and it didn’t seem like a good idea to tempt fate by digging a huge hole.
Her brother builds decks but is always super busy. But! He was waiting for a big project to start. We got lucky.
CLARIFICATION: THAT IS NOT THE NEW POOL.
(Although around here it would definitely fill with water.)
It’s *heavy*.
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The outside posts are 6’-0” on center (183 cm in non-freedom-units). The inside is carefully measured off the centerpoint to follow outside the outer wall of the pool.
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“Salty.”