Getting a in-ground pool.

[bard]

Who did your's goofygrin?

[goofygrin]

Medallion Pools in McKinney http://www.medallionpooldesign.com/ Their website is shittastic, but that's ok IMO... rather spend money where needed lol.

They also worked well with our fence builder http://billjohnsonfences.com/. We leveled the yard (about 2.5' raised up from the alley level) and put a powered gate across the driveway.

[bard]

Bill does good work. Kind of hard to get in touch with at times, but solid, fair priced work. Thanks for sharing.

[goofygrin]

my wife is... persistent (and it was the slow season) so we really haven't had the typical bill j experience. But his rep does proceed him.

[musclestang89]

karbo bros pools

You must have met them at Mike's

[svauto-erotic855]

1. Go with a salt system
2. Go with a Vinyl liner

Salt water chlorinating systems have a HUGE down side. The cell has a finite service life (about 8000 hours of chlorine production) and it cost a little $800 to replace. The total dissolved solids in the water goes through the roof when you load up the water with the necessary amount of salt. The PH climbs very quickly eith a salt system and you should add acid to the pool twice per week to keep it in line. The salt also eats any natural stone that is used in or around the pool.

Hayward has a super nice salt system that measures the active chlorine in the water and only produces extra if it is needed. It also uses a system that will feed in acid to keep the PH in check if it measures the PH being out of range. It is expensive but well worth it.

The up side to a salt systems is that the water feels nice and you will never turn the pool green if you maintain your own pool.

Vinyl liner pools are not needed/not popular in this part of the country and you should only do one if your local soil conditions mandate using one.

[Redd]

I wouldn't be surprised if you have trouble getting a permit to build it with the drought/water restrictions. If you do get a permit, they won't let you fill it up. Assuming you are on the same restrictions we are on, and I think you are.

I'm only allowed to maintain my pool water level. If I drain it, I can't fill it back up.

my mom had no problem getting one last year.. and when you fill a pool you call the water department and tell them your filling a pool. If you dont they think you are using that much water and creating waste water. It will save you a few green backs...

[grove rat]

i know if i ever wanted a pool(above or in ground), i would only go with salt. after swimming in them in vegas and a few peoples houses i know, i hate swimming in chlorine pools. of course i still will, i'm not a snob or anything, i just really dislike the chlorine feeling afterwards. hell i'd rather swim in a lake or river personally

[svauto-erotic855]

i know if i ever wanted a pool(above or in ground), i would only go with salt. after swimming in them in vegas and a few peoples houses i know, i hate swimming in chlorine pools. of course i still will, i'm not a snob or anything, i just really dislike the chlorine feeling afterwards. hell i'd rather swim in a lake or river personally

A salt pool IS a chlorine pool. Let me say that again so I can be clear. A SALT POOL IS A CHLORINE POOL.

The chlorine level is maintained at the exact same level in a salt pool as in a pool where the chlorine comes from tabs.

[grove rat]

whatever, you know what i mean lol

[svauto-erotic855]

The "Chlorine" pools that you have swam in were not being properly maintained IF you could feel or smell something odd after you got out of them.

[stinginstang]

Salt water chlorinating systems have a HUGE down side. The cell has a finite service life (about 8000 hours of chlorine production) and it cost a little $800 to replace. The total dissolved solids in the water goes through the roof when you load up the water with the necessary amount of salt. The PH climbs very quickly eith a salt system and you should add acid to the pool twice per week to keep it in line. The salt also eats any natural stone that is used in or around the pool.

Hayward has a super nice salt system that measures the active chlorine in the water and only produces extra if it is needed. It also uses a system that will feed in acid to keep the PH in check if it measures the PH being out of range. It is expensive but well worth it.

The up side to a salt systems is that the water feels nice and you will never turn the pool green if you maintain your own pool.

Vinyl liner pools are not needed/not popular in this part of the country and you should only do one if your local soil conditions mandate using one.

I don't know that I would say cost is a huge downside. The replacement cost on my cell is a bout 500 and it's been working for over 5 years now. I expect it to go out this summer. If I were to add up the cost of chlorinating the pool with some other means (pucks, etc...) I'm sure in 5 years it would have cost more than that. Salt is relatively cheap and you only lose it from splash out.

[svauto-erotic855]

I don't know that I would say cost is a huge downside. The replacement cost on my cell is a bout 500 and it's been working for over 5 years now. I expect it to go out this summer. If I were to add up the cost of chlorinating the pool with some other means (pucks, etc...) I'm sure in 5 years it would have cost more than that. Salt is relatively cheap and you only lose it from splash out.

Because of how the salt cell produces chlorine you will need to use about 3 gallons of acid per month that a pool sanitized with chlorine tabs would not need. You also have to add a phosphate remover to the water that a normal pool would not need and because of the very high TDS you also have to run a sequestrant of some sort. The salt also ruins the coping around the pool in as little as 3 years. Over the long haul a salt water chlorinating system cost much more then keeping the exact same pool sanitized with chlorine tabs.

I am not talking out of my ass here. I own a pool service company and I am responsible for about 350 pools.

[grove rat]

how many of those pools that you service are salt?


you might prefer non-salt pools, but every single person i know that has one loves them and would never go back to non-salt pool. i know it's a loose comparison but using tiny airsoft bb's in your motorcycle or car tires helps out tremendously! they balance perfectly which leads to longer lasting tires, smoother ride, no cupping, etc. but every ''tire shop'' guy i have talked to says it doesn't work and to not even bother with it. gee i wonder why..

and i'm not trying to start shit or anything(hell i dont even have a house much less my own pool lol), just saying 98% of the people i talked to who have salt pools say they would never go back. anyways hope business is good and i'm sure you are about to get busy with summer coming up!

[ceyko]

Funny, we're looking at in-grounds too but have just started. The only recommendation we've gotten so far are these guys...

http://www.claritypools.com/

...we'll check out the ones mentioned too.