My wife and I have been talking about having an in-ground pool kit installed in our backyard. The web-site we've been looking at states that other than the excavation, homeowners can do the work themselves. Has anyone done this before? If so, how hard was it? What advice/tips can you give to someone who's never attempted anything like this before? Really hoping to get some good guidance on what to expect/avoid if we try this ourselves. Thanks.
Sorry I've been away for so long, but as you can imagine from my last post, I've been a bit busy. We decided to move forward with the project and it's been a grind for about a month. We should be finishing up this weekend, so I'm hoping to post pictures and testimonial soon.
Bottom line, this was the toughest thing I've ever worked on, but it was not impossible. We did a lot of the work ourselves, but also hired contractors for certain materials/services when we needed to. We ended up saving ourselves about half what it would have cost us to hire a company to do the entire project ourselves though, so I think that the frustration, scars, fights and exhaustion was worth it. More info to come...