Pool Fencing

[JaneLiddiard]

I am looking to find a fence for my pool. Does anyone know of any manufacturers/suppliers in Bali?

[spicyayam]

I think it might be difficult to find a specific company that makes pool fences in Bali. I would suggest going to a place that makes steel gates and fences. There seem to be many of those kinds of workshops around.

[leandra]

I am looking to find a fence for my pool. Does anyone know of any manufacturers/suppliers in Bali?

any good wood worker can do, and its not expensive.

you just have to decide if you want a thick fence( like our western garden fences or a normal one, looks like a terrasse fence).
you can choose the wood, the quality and the color( white looks nice).


just go to one wood furniture carpenter and ask for a quotation( show a drawing of you or a photo of a fence you like). go to another one and then choose the cheaper one....


would not recommend metal as it gets very hot , dangerous for the little ones who maybe likes to touch at the fence.....

cheers
leandra

[JaneLiddiard]

Thanks for the tip Leandra. I think you are right about metal it would heat up too much in this climate.

[Rob]

A bit off topic, but what does it cost to put in a pool in Bali?

[ronb]

A bit off topic, but what does it cost to put in a pool in Bali?

There is a thread on that: cost of building a swimming pool ?

The prices are a couple of years ago - so allow for inflation.

[hermit]

A bit off topic, but what does it cost to put in a pool in Bali?

I had a pool build in januari 2007.It was a contracted job,10x 4 meters plus space with stairs and underwaterbenches on the side.Inclusive of all equipment ,pump,filter(both hayward),salt chlorinator(Poolrite Enduro),vacuum cleaner set and underwaterlight,the price was 79 million.The finishing of the pool is simple tiles,no natural stone ,concrete rim,and there was already some kind of big hole in the ground,first meant to be pool,later fishpond,so there was less excavating to do.That is anyhow not the expensive part of a pool,so i find a lot of the quotations in the poolbuilding thread very expensive,surely when for smaller pools.if you really want to swim,build a pool of at least 12 meters long.Besides that i spend around 12 million for an ironwood pooldeck.Expensive,but the only wood that really holds up well in wet and salty conditions.
The contractor,whose name i will reveal to you if you like,made up a real nice specified contract,stating the pool would be built in three months.They used two different teams of subcontractors,one for the doublewired concrete base,and one for the ceramic finishing.Their own tecnicians installed all the pipes and machines.The base was ready in three weeks,the tiling and finishing took the rest of the three month,mainly because the mandur,the leading subcontractor was almost never there and secondly because the main contractor did not provide enough material to finish quickly and was weak in coordinating the different teams.As i was already living in the house,i could everyday see things going wrong,like five steps that had all different heights.When i said something about that there was first a discussion,them stating there would be tiles on the shorter steps,so it would be all right in the end.when i inquired if there would be no tiles on the taller steps they were very puzzled.Of course there would be!It took half an hour of arguing to convince them that if all steps were to be covered with the same thickness of tiles,the difference in height would stay the same.Just one example of many.In the end everything is more or less all right,but if i had not been on top of it everyday,i might have had some nasty surprises.The contractor installed a complete unneccesary tank to dilute the salt,that also did not work properly.(the director of the branch can not read a manual in english)Just throw the salt in the pool,preferebly in the bag to keep impurities out of the pool.
When the three month were over and not everything working properly,i phoned them daily to remind them of the contractual penalty if they would exceed the three months.They never managed to make everything work properly,so two weeks later i asked them to consider the pool finished and calculated the contractual fine for them.The manager of the firm and the only boy from the office that spoke english that came to my house to claim the last payment,looked at each other bewildered when i mentioned the fine,and then started to tawar it down.I chose to forget what the outcome was,probably a compromise.
If you have workers installing poolmachines,make sure they can read the instructions or have a translation.My contractor did not think that was neccesary.
In short:have a good contract ,stating all materials and machinery,make sure thete will always be a responsible headman on the works and do not go away expecting to find your dreampool ready when you come back.This specialized poolfirm has a lot of branches in Bali.Headoffice is in Jakarta.I am sure there should be a better organized one to find.

[Rob]

There is a thread on that: cost of building a swimming pool ?

The prices are a couple of years ago - so allow for inflation.

Thanks, ronb. I appreciate the link.

[mobilemama]

is your pump etc fitted down in a hole like ours we have no end of problems with water getting into machinery have just had pump replaced as it has rusted, we cannot get thru to them that this is a bad ideas, there is always 3 ins of water in the bottom, but they insist it must be like that, its so dangerous we wont even venture down in it.
everyone we know has the same set up and like us were told it must be!!

No it must not be!! you can hide the pump nicely other ways, anyone has there pool equipment above ground? Who built it please?

[mat]

is your pump etc fitted down in a hole like ours we have no end of problems with water getting into machinery have just had pump replaced as it has rusted, we cannot get thru to them that this is a bad ideas, there is always 3 ins of water in the bottom, but they insist it must be like that, its so dangerous we wont even venture down in it.
everyone we know has the same set up and like us were told it must be!!

No it must not be!! you can hide the pump nicely other ways, anyone has there pool equipment above ground? Who built it please?

This probably isn't very helpfull but, I have seen a pamphlet in Bali showing a new filtration system that sits on the side of the pool, [quite inobtrusive, cheap to run and looked a clever system by the figures they gave.]. But can not remember the firms name. I will be able to find out in 5 weeks when I'm back in Bali if your'e interested.