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OT Pool Owners- Questions
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:36 am
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:36 am
specifically looking for people who have a pool thats around 10 years old or less.
Kicking the tires of getting an inground pool for our backyard in the next 4-5 months. it makes my head hurt doing the research and figuring out different types, so im curious what you recommend and advice.
salt/no salt?
concrete/fiberglass, etc
we have a great backyard setup and not much space, so it will be a smaller lagoon style pool. thinking 5-6 feet max.
my big deal is i want easy and low maintenance, even it means paying more.
Kicking the tires of getting an inground pool for our backyard in the next 4-5 months. it makes my head hurt doing the research and figuring out different types, so im curious what you recommend and advice.
salt/no salt?
concrete/fiberglass, etc
we have a great backyard setup and not much space, so it will be a smaller lagoon style pool. thinking 5-6 feet max.
my big deal is i want easy and low maintenance, even it means paying more.
This post was edited on 8/30/16 at 11:45 am
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Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:38 am to dallastiger55
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my big deal is i want easy and low maintenance, even it means paying more.
Bend over.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:39 am to dallastiger55
We have a big salt pool and love it. Fairly maintenance free depending on how much rain/sun you get.
Get the automatic cleaner (polaris or pentair). It takes most of the work out in keeping it clean.
Get the automatic cleaner (polaris or pentair). It takes most of the work out in keeping it clean.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:39 am to dallastiger55
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Kicking the tires of getting an indoor pool for our backyard
Wut?
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:40 am to dallastiger55
Salt. Gunite.
Smaller one should be much easier to maintain.
Smaller one should be much easier to maintain.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:43 am to dallastiger55
quote:
salt/no salt?
no salt. the salt-water craze has played itself out and if you do the research, there's very little to no savings over traditional chlorine.
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concrete/fiberglass, etc
people seem to love gunnite. mine is a liner pool (came with the house) and we put a new liner on and its fine. it seems no matter what, budget for replacing/repairing the surface every 10 years.
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my big deal is i want easy and low maintenance, even it means paying more.
my only experience is my simple grecian style liner pool with a single stage 3/4 pump. it takes probably 6 months or more to get the 'hang' of water testing and knowing when to backwash the sand filter, when the pump basket is full, how much to run the pump, what chemicals you need to add and how often, and everyone should go through at least one algae bloom so you will be diligent about the maintenance.
i spend maybe 15-20 minutes a day on my pool...EVERY SINGLE DAY..and its no problem at all.
if i skip 1-2 days, then everything starts to go sideways.
learn to do it yourself, avoid pool store scam.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:43 am to dallastiger55
We've had our pool for 16 years. 6 feet at the deepest. No salt. At 13 years, we had to have it refinished and some repairs on concrete deck and a few other things. 8K. The chemicals are not expensive and the electricity runs around 50 per month in summer. You have to run motor on high longer during the hot months. I swim almost every day and I would always have a pool when living in the south. When kids lived at home, they loved it and it was good for entertainment.
We have to clean the filters about 4 times a year using a hose with a power nozzle on it. I buy 100.00 of chlorine every 8 momths.
We have to clean the filters about 4 times a year using a hose with a power nozzle on it. I buy 100.00 of chlorine every 8 momths.
This post was edited on 8/30/16 at 11:46 am
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:44 am to dallastiger55
Salt and fiberglass. So easy.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:45 am to bamarep
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Get the automatic cleaner (polaris or pentair). It takes most of the work out in keeping it clean.
agree here. if you don't pay for a dedicated system, you will end up having to use the strainer drain to attach the hose for a vacuum, which means if you leave a kreepy crawler in the pool to get the debris off the bottom, no leaves will be caught by the normal strainer so they eventually sink to the bottom and you have a bigger mess.
catch 22. pay for a dedicated polaris inlet and allow your strainer to work in concert with the vac.
eta and a hose basket is worth its weight in gold!! far easier to empty a hose basket than opening the pump strainer every time..plus you have an extra layer of protection keeping pebbles from reaching your impeller.
This post was edited on 8/30/16 at 11:48 am
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:46 am to mach316
sorry i meant IN GROUND pool. lol
im intrigued by fiberglass, but ive heard its slippery and also hard to shape for a lagoon style. True?
im intrigued by fiberglass, but ive heard its slippery and also hard to shape for a lagoon style. True?
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:49 am to dallastiger55
hit troublefreepool.com and check out some of the designs people have done there..some insane pools.
also they have the best advice on the web for maintaining a pool.
also they have the best advice on the web for maintaining a pool.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:49 am to dallastiger55
Get a cartridge filter instead of a sand filter for sure. Really easy to clean. I am not big on maintaining salt pools. Im more old school and prefer chlorine. They are cheaper to maintain as well and easier to keep balanced. Your plaster will last 2-3 years longer in a chlorine pool versus a salt pool as well.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:51 am to adamb2151
so on average, how much work do you spend maintaining the pool weekly? also what would you say your monthly costs are?
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:55 am to adamb2151
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Get a cartridge filter instead of a sand filter for sure. Really easy to clean
why go this route when you basically fill a sand filter up once and then never touch it again for 30 years? lol
you do have to backwash a sand filter to remove the dirt about 2-3x a mo but that takes all of 2 minutes
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Im more old school and prefer chlorine. They are cheaper to maintain as well and easier to keep balanced. Your plaster will last 2-3 years longer in a chlorine pool versus a salt pool as well.
looked hard at converting to salt but everyone is going away from that now after the initial hype has died down.
This post was edited on 8/30/16 at 11:56 am
Posted on 8/30/16 at 11:58 am to CAD703X
You are recommended to change your sand every 3-5 years. Your sand will turn to stone after 5 years and it wont filter anything. If you are finding sand in your pool, this has likely happened.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 12:01 pm to CAD703X
Sand filters are great for large commercial style pools. Cleaning the filters for those would be rough. But for what I think the OP is looking for, cartridge is def the way to go.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 12:03 pm to adamb2151
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You are recommended to change your sand every 3-5 years.
so a $5 bag of sand every 5 years?
still less hassle than constantly removing and pressure washing a cartridge no?
maybe i'm jaded by how quickly the little screen filters on my hot tub get super nasty and how they never really seem to get clean.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 12:09 pm to dallastiger55
We have a gunnite pool with a pebbletec finish. It was installed last year.
It lives under an oak tree so certain times a year I have to hand skim it every day. The Polaris and the deck skimmers usually take care of anything else. I check and empty the deck skimmers pretty much every day.
I pay a service to come in once a week to clean and check chemicals and that same service does motor and filter service 2x a year.
The construction of the pool was a complete mess and a pain in the arse most of the time but the end product was well worth it.
I have 2 small kids and they love it.
Mine is a rectangle with a spa outside of one of the corners.
The spa heater will also heat the pool.
If you are in the DFW area, I'm in Frisco and used Riverbend Sandler.
It lives under an oak tree so certain times a year I have to hand skim it every day. The Polaris and the deck skimmers usually take care of anything else. I check and empty the deck skimmers pretty much every day.
I pay a service to come in once a week to clean and check chemicals and that same service does motor and filter service 2x a year.
The construction of the pool was a complete mess and a pain in the arse most of the time but the end product was well worth it.
I have 2 small kids and they love it.
Mine is a rectangle with a spa outside of one of the corners.
The spa heater will also heat the pool.
If you are in the DFW area, I'm in Frisco and used Riverbend Sandler.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 12:10 pm to dallastiger55
Best advise you'll get: DON'T
Join a community pool or country club, save thousands and no headaches. Had a pool for 14 years. Not worth the troubles and expense.
Join a community pool or country club, save thousands and no headaches. Had a pool for 14 years. Not worth the troubles and expense.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 12:11 pm to CAD703X
Imo, a sand filter would be an upgrade from a cartridge filter. I tried the salt chlorinator, I found it more troublesome than an automatic chlorinator. So simple to just fill that up with chlorine tablets once a week.
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