Thank you Gprit - very useful info
So nothing much has changed, 3 guys on ā¬1800 per day each. If you stretched it a bit for a second day for maybe two guys thats ā¬1300 per day per each. Might need a few euros more to cover fitting that have seized and a new skimmer. Strip out of an old liner is a piece of easily passed urine.
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Significantly less when accounting for the secretary who dealt with the initial enquiry, who then organised a surveyor to visit the customer to take measurements etc and calculate/produce a devis not forgetting the running costs of vehicle needed to transport the surveyor to the site.
Clerical office work ordering and taking delivery of the liner and arranging a time slot with the customer for work to bw carried out,all done from an office/HQ that requires upkeep in addition to the business tax obligations it is responsible for each year.
The 2/3 operatives needed to carry out the work then arrive in a suitably equipped vehicle full of specialised tools to carry out the work satisfactorily.
This type of work may well require the company to provide decinal insurance or at least some sort of client/company protection.
The list goes on!
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Yes appreciated, hence my response, thanks for clearing that up. It should only be part of a larger amount of work for at least a year, running costs being offset against tax and vans suitably equipped is just part of running a company which I am well aquainted with.
That size of pool 3 operatives 8x4m 2 operatives. Specialists equipment a large air moving vacuum, shop vac will do but is slower. Cans of spray glue for the felt
We had our 17x6m pool liner replaced in 2018 - high quality, best available and done by a very reputable firm specialising only in pool liners in Dept 17 - 13,000 E
Two specialists - the firm owners - did the work, and usual decinal insurance etc
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Thatās way more realistic pricing than mentioned previously and for a much larger liner you need more hands on the job.
We too are within 500m of a listed historic church falling within the jurisdiction of Paris.
However no-one has ever bothered about the colour of the pool liner - the original was blue and the replacement a variation thereof
The only issue weāve had is with installing an all weather cover. We saw one we liked but as soon as the rep from the firm arrived he said ānonā, you are too close to the church (thereās a great view down to the church from the pool).
We can put one in without permission but the retractable canopy isnāt very high. That idea is still under consideration in case we can find an alternative design
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Saw a pool cover recently which was disguised as a wooden patio. Worth a look.
I think ours will need replacing soon. How much did yours eventually cost?
I know Iām nine months late answering this one, but thought you might like to knowā¦
The colour of water depends on a) any gunk thatās in it (e.g. silt, mud etc. in the case of a river or the ocean) and b) the colour of the sky that itās reflecting!
In the case of nice clear swimming pool water it will mostly be your blue sky that makes it look turquoise - the colour of the liner has some effect but mainly itās reflected light.
Hence the ocean looks turquoise on tropical beaches where there is little silt (no big rivers), a light-coloured sandy seabed, and lots of blue sky!
(an excuse for me to post another Turks & Caicos picture)! click to enlarge
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They are popular as the deck can be utilised for something else when pool is not in use. If you have the space.
Weāve still not bothered about a pool cover. The small version (in height) was around 18,000 E.
The idea of a wooden one would not work with us - we are talking about a large rectangular pool.
I once went on a mountain bike ride from Jasper that passed several lakes. Each one was a different colour because of that.
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Interesting. I rest my case, mālud. 
I grew up near where to the āWhite Riverā entered the sea. It was white because it was carrying particles of China clay and mica from the mines inland. We were used to the bay it entered having a completely different appearance from the others nearby but after environmental measures cleaned up the act and over a period of many years the colour of the sea returned to normal. The change of water had a big effect on the marine environment, the minute particles carried in suspension by the fast flowing river settled onto the sea bed killing off a lot of the flora and fauna. That too has returned to normal as time has gone by. The locals are now worried by a seawater processing plant being planned there as it will release the salt removed from the saline solution back into the bay multiplying the salt content of the local area. If it gets constructed the local sea life will suffer yet again.
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