We have the salt system on ours and it's been great - The number one problem
most people have is they put to much salt in - (same with chlorine based
system) Ours is a concrete pool, no liner, so I don't know how much
difference that would make. We run the pump about 4 hrs a day, to keep the
pool clean and generate the chlorine form the salt. At first I used the
Hobart skimmer that sucked all the debris into the filter system, but a
couple of years ago I bought one of the turbobots that has it's own bag, and
it really is a lot easier, I just pitch it in once or twice a week
(depending on if there is stuff in the bottom) and it's done in about 3
hours, and the bag is much easier to clean than the filter on the pump, plus
it keeps all the really fine stuff from going into the DE filter.
We have a heater also, but use mainly in the winter.
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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:03 PM
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Subject: [Shop-talk] completely unrelated swimming pool questions...
but if I get this taken care of, I can move on to building the garage
mahal...
new house has pool. we have never had pool. I know how to swim...and
that's it. and if it isn't known on this list, it isn't knowable.
pertinent facts: called nearly all pool companies in book, went to two local
pool-stuff stores. the contractors are scary--one seemed drunk on phone and
cursed me out for calling (the number in the yellow pages, at 2 p.m.) in
retrospect, he wasn't far from the mean. these people are like roofing
contractors after a bender. what gives? the stores only want me to buy
what they have in stock, all else is total crap.
so...:
1) the in-pool light is out (in-ground, vinyl liner). seems to have a
screwed-in glass cover over the bulb? are these all the same, and if so
anybody know how to change it? I assume it'd be stupid to pull the cover
off an electric bulb base while submerged to my neck in water. there must
be a trick, and I doubt I'm intended to drain the pool, no?
2) the pump runs continuously. seems expensive. does it need to, or can I
shut it off for hours/days at a time?
3) if not, can/should I buy a setup that doesn't require continuous pumping?
perhaps a variable-speed pump?
4) wife is sensitive to chlorine. salt system--worth it? quoted $1500 to
retrofit. cheap if it delivers what he promised.
5) (we're in north florida--never *cold* a few months of 'cool', maybe one
or two months that you wouldn't want to be outside wet and mostly naked)
pool heaters? solar? worth it?
6) there are leaves in it. I assume I can buy a pool-roomba-type thing. if
I can, which? or save the money and do it by hand? if no robot, how do you
get the crud off the bottom of the pool? are there two separate
systems--one floating and one mucking around on the floor?
7) friend says to use about 1/4 to 1/3 the recommended chlorine (because the
guy doing the recommending is the guy selling the chlorine). after the hard
sell(s) I got, I'd be inclined to believe it. sound reasonable?
8) (and the biggie). our friends have a brick-coped vinyl pool. I'd like
to do this to mine. I'm at least as capable as the drunk guy. I assume
there is cutting into the pool deck, etc., and I'm fine with this (it'll be
after the garage anyway). what I'd really like is a diy book on building an
in-ground pool, installing liners, etc. maybe shotcreting it when it's time
to r&r the liner if I can rent the equipment. I mean, in essence, this is a
large garbage-bag-lined hole filled with water. how (conceptually) hard can
it be, really?
thanks guys. wife and kid love pool. I see large pit which I am supposed
to fill with money. the insurance premium spike alone...
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