We have checked with a number of contractors who

have built swimming pools, and we find there is only
about one or two things to do in your case. One is:
get the old tile out of there and see what kind of
backing you have both on the floor and on the walls.
if this cement basin is not too badly cracked, it
could probably be water-proofed and made very satis-
factory, and the tile could be installed on the pre-
sent wall. If it is too badly deteriorated, of course
it would be absolutely necessary to get a new basin.

Then, besides that, to make this pool of standard
regulation it should be extended to 60 ft. in length,
‘Which you could do very easily by adding 3 ft. on

the east end and 7 ft. on the west end. Of course,
if that is done, there will have to be a basin built
on both those ends, and it is pretty hard to join
concrete with the old concrete and make an absolutely
water-proof job.

As to the cost of construction, we are not in a posi-
tion to give you anything definite at all on what
the cost might be, since we do not know what is
behind the present tile. We believe the tile could
be installed, after proper backing is installed, for
a sum around $5,000. However, this is only an
approximate estimate, and we have no way of knowing
and were not able to get anyone else to commit them-
selves on what the other cost might be. If you
decide to go into this matter further and let us
know, we Will be glad to bring a general contractor
over and go into the matter and get an approximate
cost for the entire job.

Thanking you for this inquiry and hoping to hear
further from you, we remain

Yours very truly

SLATER TILE & MANTEL CO. .

Wd, SIE

W. S. Shatto

WSS: LP