Is Peter Pool Thailand any good?

[dagling]

Anyone having knowledge of the quality and service of the products they sell?

Or is it better to build my own pool? Salt water or fresh water? Where can you buy pumps and equipment?

The cost of construction per square meter even with tiles?

http://www.peterpoolthailand.com/

[Chaichara]

PeterPool is not a pool constructor per se.

Operates from a private house in Udon Thani. Specialised in distribution of imported pool products - mainly DIY vinyl pool kitsbut offers an assembly service for some of the larger models. Offers some branded products and accessories from Emaux and Hayward, and other garden products.

As this is mainly an importer/distributor/retailer there is no reason to doubt that their products do not live up to the manufacturers' claims.

I would not think building one's own vinyl pool from scratch to be particularly easy. A DIY in-ground fully tiled concrete pool would be more expensive on materials and fairly labour intensive but probably easier to construct.

Depending on location and and type of pool, regular constructors offer complete tiled concrete pools prices at anything from Baht 12,500.00 to 28,000.00 baht per square metre of surface area; prices do not necessarily reflect quality and/or professionalism. Some kinds of tiles and finishes, and automated systems such as salt water chlorination, would add to the cost.

[IMHO]

You can install these pools in one day and have them up and running by evening time. The vinyl liner though is very delicate and it is easy to punch a hole in it (as we found out soon after installation!). So take of any sharp ornaments as watches, rings and the like.

A 4.60M diameter pool will cost you around 30K baht, including pump, filter, skimmer, and lots of other necessities. The same size build by a Thai contractor will cost you around 200K. And seeing the quality of Thai build pools, I rather take my chances on a vinyl pool than having a Thai contractor becoming a regular visitor to repair, fix and fumble on my pool. That is, IF he is a serious contractor! Otherwise your 200K goes down the skimmer and the filter.

Keep your cats and dogs away of vinyl pools or you're soon about to get a new liner!

A similar sized Intex style inflatable pool with filter/pump costs around 4K Baht