When we bought the house, the pool was not in the best condition. We knew at some point we were going to have to have it re surfaced. Matt and Dana have had quotes over $10k to do the job. Since we have a long list of priorities over something like that, I thought I would give painting the pool a try.
About a month prior to doing this job I thought it would be smart to turn off the pool pump rather than pay for the electricity to circulate water I was going to drain in a short time. Pool pumps use quite a bit of electricity.
Anyway, it turns out this was a terrible decision. In part because the algae grew out of control without the pump circulating the water. This made draining the pool and cleaning it significantly more difficult.
We had a swamp in the backyard.
But with 7 gallons of pool paint, we finally have an improvement. This foto is from yesterday.
We are hopeful that this will last a few years. It looks really nice.