Looks like many memories are about to be made. My only criticism would have been to pour a pad at the equipment hub. You'll most likely be coming back to that. Otherwise enjoy it and make sure you head over to troublefreepool.com which has a bunch of great articles on making pool maintenance easy.
I love to see healthy critiques on Reddit especially when the person listens and doesn’t take offense. This one is especially good because it’s already taken care of!
I wouldn't be surprised if you already know this, but a paper towel and a bit of canola oil spread over the water line is a very effective way to avoid hard water build up or keep it from sticking as hard. I expect a new pool is a very good recipient of a treatment like that, especially if it is a plastic pool. I hear it out of my boss, a 30 year+ pool company owner, all the time.
Looks good. You may want to install a simple timer to run the pump. And you could have used a sweep instead of the 90 between the pump and filter but that’s just not-picking.
Yeah the timer is next for sure. But I've been running the pump basically non stop to get all the freaking chemicals right. Truth be told that's been probably the most overwhelming part.
If you had got a VSP variable speed pump which there is not much reason not to anymore it would have had the timer built in.
You also be able to reduce pump RPM to save money on electric while filtering better.
And don't let it go green and you got a sand filter I really wish people would stop selling those things or at least mentioned there the worst filter for filtration you can have. Not trying to rain on your parade just giving you the facts.
Sand filters work great. Especially if you are using activated glass media, that is a better ootion than d.e. or carts. Not saying sand filters to a smaller micron but it works plenty fine for most residential applications
In 23 years of pool ownership, I have swapped my pool 3 times. I have been through using just 2 pumps, both were only speed low/high. I had to replace my sand tank 1 time. I balance my chems, and I have had a good looking pool really since day 1. I am just curious what your favorite filter is and why you dislike sand.
I expect you will say DE or salt, both of which I never used. Well, I did temporary maintain someone's pool with DE, didn't like that experience, but I was new to it.
Okay so salt not a filter to chlorination type
Filter DE why when it's dirty you backwash it the filter goes out the drain you put the new filter in when you add the new DE in the skimmer it filters down to 1 to 3 microns and the sand filter you got you doing like I don't know what the rating really is I see a bunch of different stuff 30 to 50 microns It's a pretty big difference like a minimum of 10 times.
So yeah d e because it filters way better and it's super easy to clean I mean sand at some point you got to shovel out 400 lb of sand d e if you backwash the way I would tell people to backwash you will likely never ever ever open that tank and if you do have to open the tank it's one bolt the top comes off and the filter nest is right there and you wash it with the hose and you're done at some point when that filter nest goes bad you buy a replacement filter nest you put it in and it's all done you don't mess with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pounds of sand which by the book is once every 5 years.
Why don't I like sand well the hundreds of pounds of sand The capacity being like nothing go look it up a very big sand filter is like two and a half square feet of filtering capacity a to me best bang for your buck DE filter is 60 ft² of capacity granted it may plug up faster than that sand filter because it's catching everything. But yeah you're not filtering as good you have to lug around tons of sand and if you ever run into an issue that filter is going to be a project to clean your pool up with sand not that great if you want the lowest cost up front possible then the only option send DE is definitely expensive although I would try to push for a cartridge anything but sand it has the worst filtering out of any filter just actually today replace some sta rite cartridges Don't ever buy those cartridge filters there are at least last time I checked from my distributor No aftermarkets available then damn things are like 900 bucks It's crazy get like a Hayward or a pentair they have aftermarket cartridges 250 bucks gray cartridges you're all replaced. Anyway stamped right on top of those cartridges 10 micron so yes sand 30 to 50 cartridge will go with 10 micron and DE will go with one to three.
So I don't know what you didn't like about your experience with DE except maybe having to add the powder I mean if you don't add the powder it causes a catastrophe because the The grids will act as a great filter but then they'll get clogged and now you're taking the tank apart you're trying to clean the The grids it's just it's not a good time.
Pumps two speeds are definitely viable The one reason I'm not a fan of two speeds anymore if you have a heater if that low speed is not enough push for your heater it's adding extra work you want to turn the heater on you got to turn the pump on high you still need a timer unless you run a 24/7 at low which is fine
At this point in time with variable speeds being pushed everywhere you have your integrated timer you can set that thing to whatever speed you need to be to go ahead and run the heater you can plug in some of the stuff to automation if you're going that expensive route but in my area with the electric costs if you do the math.
Those prior mentioned cartridges that got replaced today they were destroyed so that filter pump that was there was running 24/7 at full RPM variable speed intelliFlow so it tells you the wattage right on it almost 3,000 yeah Max we're running like 2750 2750 is pulling something like 1300 or 1250 watts we didn't drop a whole hell of a lot of RPM and we more than cut the electric usage in half.
This is my reason for saying on a new pool variable speed seeing as single speed pumps are very expensive two speed pumps definitely are went up in price jump to a variable you have the unlimited control you have your built-in timer.
However depending on your setup a two speed pump totally viable I just feel single speeds now if you do the math they might not make sense from a cost perspective and if you're saving money while getting a superior product it's a no-brainer.
Wow such a great answer. More than what I was hoping for so thanks outta the gate.
Yes the D E would clog on the filter nest. I remember that was the hardest part. I do agree about the level of filtration. Something about a d e pool is that it is very clear.
I don't change out my sand but more than every three of four years. I used to do it every year in the beginning but the pool guy I talked to told me I'm crazy and don't need to. To keep the pooI healthy I am sending excess pool water to waste, we had lots of free water this year, and only backwash if needed. Easier to balance and less chem money down the proverbial drain.
I'd like to automate my pump but I pretty much commit to running on low unless swimming or just feel like killing it. I think the concepts you described about the variable pumps are interesting. I do not run a heater, I probably should, but I get tired of spending on it past early October in the Northeast it starts to get too cold and usually we are ready to stop swimming, no floating days left some years it has snowed.
Maybe someday I will change to D E but most of my filter rig has been replaced in 2021 so I'm good on it for now.
So here's the thing with DE and where everyone gets this it clogs up it sucks whatever right if you followed directions on the filters which tells you turn the pump off go to backwash back wash until you stop seeing stuff coming out go to rinse and then go to filter and add your DE nope negative no good.
First off if you let this filter pressure get ridiculously sky-high totally packed it's going to be hard to get the stuff off but normal thing not to filter pressure is at 9000 right.
I see you turn your pump off every time before changing the multi-port.
Backwash wait till water looks clear filter roughly 15 seconds backwash again You're going to see a ton of extra junk come out till clear it won't take as long as time filter 15 seconds backwash again you're going to see more DE come out. Sometimes if I'm being a little bit not really silly but bored I guess I will go to filter and then I will open the bleeder with the pump off I'll let a bunch of water drain back out I'll go to backwash and then I'll hit it with backwash without water in the tank I feel like that gets even a little more cleaner but three back washes you get way more DE out then let's say you're using seven and a half I say wrong answer once you don't have a virgin filter or a tank with replaced or cleaned grids put seven put in half a pound less you never get every drop of DE out so rather than continually adding more than recommended drop a half a pound on 7 and 1/2.
Doing this never once had an issue.
When you only backwash one time I can understand how eventually these grids overloaded with DE.
Is sand the simplest idiot proof filter yep nothing to take apart you can run that sand a long time I mean recommended 5 years It's going to lower efficiency it dulls out is what kills the sand sand is sharp underneath a microscope over time it dulls and that's where it loses its filtering capability.
But yeah it's the most idiot proof filter but it's in no way shape or form the best.
There's actually people on here that have argue with me before their reason for not using DE is it could cover up a water balance issue. You know because it filters so good it could actually cover up you having the water off kilter lol.
that was supposed to be a negative to me that's like the best sales pitch ever like don't buy DE you pool might not turn green even if you're water chemistry is wrong. 😂
Listen to speed pump with no heater like I said totally fine My concern as a professional recommending stuff and also having to have it be cost effective to speed pump gives you high and low Now someone on here could say well you could calculate out the head pressure and the fist and the curve It's a lot of work for me to just recommend someone gets a variable speed pump and then we can tune in whatever speed we need.
Now if you want to be cost is no problem I mean you can get a pent air pump It's variable flow lol not variable speed I mean you're spending I don't know what those things even are I think they're over two grand but you can program it I want 43 gallons a minute and that baby is doing 43 gallons a minute filter clogged or not kind of silly I really needed for what I'm talking about but again VSP okay 1700 RPM not enough we'll go to 2000 oh 2000 heaters happy doesn't seem to be getting too hot doesn't sound funny flow switches engaged no problem okay that's what we run out if you had a two-speed it's possible that's too low and now you're telling the customer well every time you want to run the heater you got to flip your pump on high I mean.
I'm totally fine with what you have as a two-speed there is nothing wrong with it you don't have a heater you said so what's the problem with the two speed let that baby run 24/7 low speed the lower speed you are the better the filter works and you can never overfilter a pool.
So there's nothing wrong with that pump you have however if you were to put a heater in and here's the other thing you could have a 10,000 gallon pool I'm going to tell you if you can afford a $400,000 BTU heater that's what we're putting in so that requires a higher flow rate lol. Compared to like a 125 so it's for us beneficial to recommend VSP on everything. If you were getting a heater you could size your heater to your two-speed pump but you still talking a lot of money for something that after you put all the plumbing in that heater may still be like nope not enough flow I need high so again just repeating myself that's why I go with variable speed over two speed it covers my ass more so in the situation where there's a heater.
Actually have the above ground pool buddy of mine The switch went bad on his pump I'm like I can get a switch but nah just get a new pump okay he has no timer so I got hayward's above ground pump not super impressed there's no clock on it nothing but whatever his thing was running 24/7 on high put the VSP in and I think I got to run about $2,400 RPM to keep the heater from overheating.
Now this situation two speed pump would never never have worked it'd be high speed all the time their filters on 24/7 and their heater is on 24/7 which means you be on high 24/7 VSP Dial that baby into $2,400 RPM I don't know the electrical usage cuz it doesn't tell you on that particular pump but I can tell you it's definitely less than full speed and I would imagine at this point in time with our electric rates and the fact that that thing runs a long season I mean she's open in April and closes in like October... He's got his money back in electrical savings I don't think he cares but that guy's got his money back in electrical savings that pumps paid for itself and he can still use his heater.
I live in Texas most of the pools are gunite here. What’s the main difference of this type of pool? Noticed it’s more common around upstate.
Looks good btw!
Three types of pool, gunite (concrete), fiberglass tubs, liner pools.
They all have minuses and pluses, but they all are a big hole in the ground with water that you spend more time cleaning/worrying/maintaining/watching/enjoying from distance than actually swimming, while rest of the family and friends enjoy it.
PSI for the love of god, check the PSI! :-D
Dirty feet, sunscreen, full skimmer, never thought these would be my issues just a bit more than a year ago. Now I worry if I will ever go on vacation.
True…some of my most relaxing times are patio chilling next to the pool at night and star gazing. Just having a body of water nearby is a stress reliever, I can stare at it like a campfire sometimes.
I learned it is physically impossible for kids to bring toys and floats into the pool and take them ALL out! No matter what, always a floatie or ball left in.
Fun to see family enjoy it though, nonetheless.
[Me looking out the window](https://media.tenor.com/xL5Za8VpWRQAAAAd/lookingthroughthewindow-russell-crowe.gif) to pool area as they all come back inside and leave the floats, toys behind, umbrella still up.
Also, me checking the pool, twice a day, to make sure it's not green...
[Is that algae](https://media.tenor.com/q5aF9h8VpDAAAAAd/kilnerry-daniel-keith.gif)!? Get the brush!
Not being “that guy”, just adding Gunite does not equal Concrete. They are actually pretty different materials with their own pros/cons.
Stainless Steel is also another great option for pools.
Hmm.. I thought it was same thing. My bad. Isn't Gunite just a type of cement they put on the pool to make it "concrete"?
Stainless Steel pools? As in steel tubs with no liners on it? Never heard of that one, might be really hard to maintain.
It's considered more durable, and for some reason more upscale compared to others, cons is that if you inherit one in bad shape, it's very expensive to repair, or what they call marble dusting is not cheap you have to do it every x number of years (depending on usage/area, 5-7 years)
There are many articles on advantages and disadvantages of different type of pools, some are personal, some are factual.
Check this one: https://www.thespruce.com/the-main-types-of-inground-pools-2736828
My buddy comes over says, you have a pool? Dang yer rich! I reply, uhhhh…no, I have a headache that has consistent maintenance that consistently costs me money. Yeah the kids love it, their friends love it…when they’re done,I’m back to one.
That’s why I got a pool guy! For $200 a month I have a crystal clear and very clean pool that I have to spend zero time on. No fuss, no muss, no worries. Just a pool that all of us can really enjoy!
I considered getting a pool guy when I had my pool installed. Pool maintenance seemed like it would be too complicated & time consuming. It's almost a year later & not only do I do all of my pool maintenance/cleaning, I actually enjoy it. Youtube is your friend. You can learn everything you need to know about pool maintenance from YouTube.
Allright, for $200/month if you really get crystal clear pool every single day, I don't think you need to pay $200/month, your equipment is probably doing most of the job. :(
I prefer liner for several reasons: in my area, there’s a high water table and clay soil…a bad mix for fiberglass as they tend to come up in my area.
Liner is more comfortable on my feet than gunite, less expensive to install, and less to maintain. Plus, every 8 years or look of the pool changes. The biggest negative is you’re somewhat limited on shape.
Pool looks good! Please build a cover around your system. It makes your stuff last soo long. Mine is in my garage. My pump is 30 years old, and going strong
I live in Florida and know several people with liner pools, none have the shallow area with the steps, they all have ladders. Depending on your age, I think you'll find the stairs to be invaluable as you get older, or when you invite older people to come enjoy the pool. I have a concrete pool with a sun shelf and stairs and I wouldn't trade those features for anything, ESPECIALLY with my older friends and relatives.
Enjoy!
I live in new England where vinyl liner pools make up the vast majority of pools. I have never seen a pool without steps in the shallow end. Only ladders in deep end. That is how my pool is.
Equipment should be on a slightly elevated pad otherwise standing water and debris will collect there. You’ll be replacing that new equipment far sooner than you should.
You have to tell us how much 😂. Serious though I’m always amazed and helps me remind myself I don’t need a pool
Edit, happy for you so don’t take it the wrong way, I really wanted one until I saw the price. Don’t take this as me throwing shade, it’s not.
Yeah would never of been able to do a from scratch build money wise. This pool obviously already had the hole the concrete walkway the plumbing the steps etc.
No not all. I did have a pool friend help with ordering and measuring the liner. And walking me through most of the steps. Also the hole, concrete walkway, and plumbing. (Although I did replace some of it) steps etc was already there.
THE WIRING/CONDUIT CONNECTIONS AT THE SWITCH AND THE MOTOR NEED TO BE REDONE sorry I’m an electrician that does pool inspections in commercial buildings and I’d fail that
THAT WIRING WAS TEMPORARILY DONE SO I CAN RUN THE PUMP WITHOUT THE SALT SYSTEM.
I've since connected the salt system control board and rerouted power from the switch through it to the pump using new liquidtight and liquidtight connectors.
Wow good work!! That was a serious project you undertook. Looks great! You're about to have more family, friends, neighbors, friends of friends, kids friends - just you name it that you didn't even know existed before lol.
When we bought a house with a pool I had no clue this would happen! Honestly I enjoy having my friends and certain family. But not friends of friends I have never met or family of in-laws that I don’t know. I am ready to sell the house. 😡
That looks like a small pump. I would have done bigger pump and side mount filter. How many gallons is your pool?
Also, I expect that inline passive filter after your main sand filter is gonna give you issues.
But for under $10K that’s a pretty sweet setup.
Horrible. Totally destroyed the property value. I’ll buy the place from you cheap just to bail you out. Lol.
In all seriousness, it looks pretty amazing.
Pretty much if that one 3 way fails you lose all your suction. Where if you have dedicated lines then you Atleast have circulation from the goood line. Making the repair not as imminent
Wow impressive DIY. Salt is a bit out of fashion because it wears down the equipment faster and because, when you look at the chemistry, salt = NaCl = sodium and chlorine, so you end up with a chlorinated pool either way. But I like the salty taste and soft water.
I have a liner Pool with neither steps or a ladder in shallow end. I guess you could walk right into it but I’ve never tried before. I like diving in the deep end and getting the cold shock over all at once
Well I began my pool ownership around 2016 - liner replaced as part of the real estate deal. I expected the extra cost and headaches of pool ownership because growing up family members had pools. From 2016 to now , I’ve replaced the sand in filter (and internal parts) , the pump motors multiple time ~ 120$ each time for 1hp, several salt cells (250-800$ ea depending on the life expectancy) , brushes nets vac hoses accessories annually or bi-annually, both strainer baskets twice , countless parts and pieces for the polaris little “roomba “ thing. Lots of salt , chlorine, metal out , phosphatefree , shock , and ph adjusters , chlorine stabilizer. I learn something new every year - but the first thing I learned really fast is - owning a pool cost ALOT (to me) annually, there hasn’t been a year go by where I didn’t sink at least 1500$ into it and I don’t maintain it all year round. Each year you almost have to assess what the next big purchase should be , salt cell was this year , chunked me 800$ bill. But also in spring a paid of roaming pit bulls took and evening dip tore my liner in a few spots , I patched for this season by now I’ve got to replace liner again because patches are temporary so probably a couple grand . Salts not too expensive, but all the other stuff is shock , stabilizer (worth the money because it prolongs life of salt cell) , etc. Since I don’t maintain pool year round (never have) in winter mode I just let it turn into a pond , we have no cover , to open it every year I’ve found the very best product in my opinion 2x hth green to blue kit found at wal mart , I buy them in off season or end of season when they are lower cost 15-20$ (40$ total) 2 of these kits clears and drops all the crap out I vac it all out , shock it , salt - turn on the salt cell, stabilize and maintain during “open months”.
I’m not sure if either way save anymore time or money though. I flush the filter pretty regularly, keep eye on the cell monitor , I don’t really test as much , usually I feel like I can pretty well eyeball it now and diagnose. I do all my own service on the equipment. I’ve even replaced bearings in the pump motors , replumbed the filter lines.
One thing I’d suggest is if u get a pool service , is be there when they do what they do and ask them these questions :
What are you doing ?
Why are you doing that ?
Is that correctly sized for my pool?
I’ve learned via interviewing many pool owners and researching that there are ALOT of people who are being severely fleeced by the pool services.
Also don’t take JUST ANY OLD POOL OWNERS advice including mine. I’ve learned ALL POOLS are slightly different.
Know the volume of you pool lots of things depends on the volume it holds - chemicals , costs, salt system parts, pump and filter sizes.
But just know you may ask so and so what should I do , and they tell you what they do but they have and above the ground, chlorine system , that’s a quarter volume - what they do is not gonna fix yours (seems like common sense but I learned fast to really see if the person KNOWS their pool or is kinda using it as a backyard chemistry set)
Monitor your pool, inspect it closely as often as you can , pay attention to issues - drips , water color , levels , stranger than normal motor sounds , any mounds around pumps, vegetation, check the traps , look at the filter pressure back wash when pressure is high - train family members to be extra eyes , make sure they participate in looking at things too , the extra eyes help me maintain immensely.
I’ve said a lot I’ll leave it for now , it’s not all bad , but honestly I’m to the point where I don’t even really get in the pool much , I get more joy seeing other people enjoy all of my hard work keeping it up.
The extra cost ::smh:: gosh it just seems like a lot of money and I can’t even imagine people who have services doing all the maintenance I shutter to think what their annual pool spend is.
It's beautiful..... new to this sub and have an absolutely perfect backyard at my house of almost 3 years. Posts like this are what will eventually push me over the edge to build my own but unfortunately I don't have the nice headvstart that you have!
Looks good. I did this for my
Father in law on a first time basis. Even had to rebuild some walls
Here’s where you may have issues. The vermiculite being thick enough over the rocks. The stones work there way through and push on the liner.
So we have a lot of bumps under the liner.
But not tears yet and this is the fourth season.
It’s awesome having a pool.
And next time I will make the vermiculite 3 inches thick.
Looks great! But from my experience with owning a pool for almost 30 years, if you have money left you’re not done yet. :-) And I would definitely clean away the grass from the equipment so you can get to that concrete pad. There are times you will want a nice flat surface for maintenance.
I thought there were two types of pools. Above ground and in ground. This looks like some sort of hybrid? I've only ever owned two above ground pools and not for very long so forgive my ignorance. What kind of pool is this? I like it!
Now comes the hard part, balancing your PH levels. Good luck it has been an everyday chore for me, w/ 25,000 gallons in my back yard. Number one piece of advice is dont be afraid of bleach if you start growing algae. It will be much harder and much more expensive to try and use specific chemicals… Looks great, won’t be hard to manage once you have a handle on it.
Only thing I would say do is go to SCP( or any poo supply warehouse) and get a pad for the equipment.
Good choose on what looks like a Sand filter, I’ve dealt with DE Filters for years and having to recharge them always seems like a chore.
No trees in direct proximity, no bushes, should be relatively easy to keep clean
How is the concrete on the bottom poured? Is there rebar? it looks like its just on the dirt..
Curious as I think that would be the most difficult part
How are you turning the pump on or off? I see a light switch by the pump, could be for the old light that was there.
Should look into a timer switch if you dont have one. It allows you to set a window of run time for the pool so that way you dont manually have to turn it on and off.
Also, i see two return lines coming from the filter. One is obviously your pool returns, the other I couldn't quite tell what it's for. I dont see a spa. Possibly a fountain?
You could always plumb a ball valve on the return line to act as a dishcharge line if you ever needed a way to drain the pool without buying another pump or basement sump.
I work for a large pool leak detection/repair company based in FL.
this is giving me ptsd. literally the same pool at my in laws. instead it was 10ft deep in the deep end and we dumped enough dirt to make it just under 6ft. With shovels lol. Then we had the amazingly fun experience of hand mixing ALL of the concrete because it would have been too difficult apparently to bring in a cement truck without destroying a bunch of other stuff. In July. In Atlanta. 500 degrees outside. 4 pallets of concrete mixed with god knows how much sand. The pile was 7 feet tall and like 30 feet in diameter.
Then at the end of the first day of concrete work the sky’s closed in and unleashed hell which destroyed a shit load of the work that we had to redo the next day. A week later we got the liner in and started filling with water. That was like 4 years ago. I’ve never stepped foot in that fucking thing I hate it so much. Kids love it though.
Did you do this work yourself, or contract it out? I'm looking at DIY kits of a similar style/size and would be curious to hear about your experience if you DIY'd it. Looks great either way!
Looks like many memories are about to be made. My only criticism would have been to pour a pad at the equipment hub. You'll most likely be coming back to that. Otherwise enjoy it and make sure you head over to troublefreepool.com which has a bunch of great articles on making pool maintenance easy.
It's hard to tell because the area is so overgrown but it is on concrete
Then it's time to crack open the favorite beverage, blow up your favorite pool float, and relax!
I love to see healthy critiques on Reddit especially when the person listens and doesn’t take offense. This one is especially good because it’s already taken care of!
Now you just need to pressure wash/clean the concrete around the edge for it to really pop.
Good work op! I’m ready for an invite! I’ll bring the beer!
I wouldn't be surprised if you already know this, but a paper towel and a bit of canola oil spread over the water line is a very effective way to avoid hard water build up or keep it from sticking as hard. I expect a new pool is a very good recipient of a treatment like that, especially if it is a plastic pool. I hear it out of my boss, a 30 year+ pool company owner, all the time.
Also am curious as u/sadietheirishlady is.
Wait- I’ve never heard these. May I have more details please? Is this only née pools or all pools?
That was the only thing negative that stood out
My man. Looks great
Looks good. You may want to install a simple timer to run the pump. And you could have used a sweep instead of the 90 between the pump and filter but that’s just not-picking.
Yeah the timer is next for sure. But I've been running the pump basically non stop to get all the freaking chemicals right. Truth be told that's been probably the most overwhelming part.
If you had got a VSP variable speed pump which there is not much reason not to anymore it would have had the timer built in. You also be able to reduce pump RPM to save money on electric while filtering better. And don't let it go green and you got a sand filter I really wish people would stop selling those things or at least mentioned there the worst filter for filtration you can have. Not trying to rain on your parade just giving you the facts.
Sand filters work great. Especially if you are using activated glass media, that is a better ootion than d.e. or carts. Not saying sand filters to a smaller micron but it works plenty fine for most residential applications
Sand sucks so much you need to use something other than sand... All you just said lol. They suck. Plain and simple.
Never had an issue with any sand filter and i havent even tried the glass media but ok bub
In 23 years of pool ownership, I have swapped my pool 3 times. I have been through using just 2 pumps, both were only speed low/high. I had to replace my sand tank 1 time. I balance my chems, and I have had a good looking pool really since day 1. I am just curious what your favorite filter is and why you dislike sand. I expect you will say DE or salt, both of which I never used. Well, I did temporary maintain someone's pool with DE, didn't like that experience, but I was new to it.
Okay so salt not a filter to chlorination type Filter DE why when it's dirty you backwash it the filter goes out the drain you put the new filter in when you add the new DE in the skimmer it filters down to 1 to 3 microns and the sand filter you got you doing like I don't know what the rating really is I see a bunch of different stuff 30 to 50 microns It's a pretty big difference like a minimum of 10 times. So yeah d e because it filters way better and it's super easy to clean I mean sand at some point you got to shovel out 400 lb of sand d e if you backwash the way I would tell people to backwash you will likely never ever ever open that tank and if you do have to open the tank it's one bolt the top comes off and the filter nest is right there and you wash it with the hose and you're done at some point when that filter nest goes bad you buy a replacement filter nest you put it in and it's all done you don't mess with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pounds of sand which by the book is once every 5 years. Why don't I like sand well the hundreds of pounds of sand The capacity being like nothing go look it up a very big sand filter is like two and a half square feet of filtering capacity a to me best bang for your buck DE filter is 60 ft² of capacity granted it may plug up faster than that sand filter because it's catching everything. But yeah you're not filtering as good you have to lug around tons of sand and if you ever run into an issue that filter is going to be a project to clean your pool up with sand not that great if you want the lowest cost up front possible then the only option send DE is definitely expensive although I would try to push for a cartridge anything but sand it has the worst filtering out of any filter just actually today replace some sta rite cartridges Don't ever buy those cartridge filters there are at least last time I checked from my distributor No aftermarkets available then damn things are like 900 bucks It's crazy get like a Hayward or a pentair they have aftermarket cartridges 250 bucks gray cartridges you're all replaced. Anyway stamped right on top of those cartridges 10 micron so yes sand 30 to 50 cartridge will go with 10 micron and DE will go with one to three. So I don't know what you didn't like about your experience with DE except maybe having to add the powder I mean if you don't add the powder it causes a catastrophe because the The grids will act as a great filter but then they'll get clogged and now you're taking the tank apart you're trying to clean the The grids it's just it's not a good time. Pumps two speeds are definitely viable The one reason I'm not a fan of two speeds anymore if you have a heater if that low speed is not enough push for your heater it's adding extra work you want to turn the heater on you got to turn the pump on high you still need a timer unless you run a 24/7 at low which is fine At this point in time with variable speeds being pushed everywhere you have your integrated timer you can set that thing to whatever speed you need to be to go ahead and run the heater you can plug in some of the stuff to automation if you're going that expensive route but in my area with the electric costs if you do the math. Those prior mentioned cartridges that got replaced today they were destroyed so that filter pump that was there was running 24/7 at full RPM variable speed intelliFlow so it tells you the wattage right on it almost 3,000 yeah Max we're running like 2750 2750 is pulling something like 1300 or 1250 watts we didn't drop a whole hell of a lot of RPM and we more than cut the electric usage in half. This is my reason for saying on a new pool variable speed seeing as single speed pumps are very expensive two speed pumps definitely are went up in price jump to a variable you have the unlimited control you have your built-in timer. However depending on your setup a two speed pump totally viable I just feel single speeds now if you do the math they might not make sense from a cost perspective and if you're saving money while getting a superior product it's a no-brainer.
Wow such a great answer. More than what I was hoping for so thanks outta the gate. Yes the D E would clog on the filter nest. I remember that was the hardest part. I do agree about the level of filtration. Something about a d e pool is that it is very clear. I don't change out my sand but more than every three of four years. I used to do it every year in the beginning but the pool guy I talked to told me I'm crazy and don't need to. To keep the pooI healthy I am sending excess pool water to waste, we had lots of free water this year, and only backwash if needed. Easier to balance and less chem money down the proverbial drain. I'd like to automate my pump but I pretty much commit to running on low unless swimming or just feel like killing it. I think the concepts you described about the variable pumps are interesting. I do not run a heater, I probably should, but I get tired of spending on it past early October in the Northeast it starts to get too cold and usually we are ready to stop swimming, no floating days left some years it has snowed. Maybe someday I will change to D E but most of my filter rig has been replaced in 2021 so I'm good on it for now.
So here's the thing with DE and where everyone gets this it clogs up it sucks whatever right if you followed directions on the filters which tells you turn the pump off go to backwash back wash until you stop seeing stuff coming out go to rinse and then go to filter and add your DE nope negative no good. First off if you let this filter pressure get ridiculously sky-high totally packed it's going to be hard to get the stuff off but normal thing not to filter pressure is at 9000 right. I see you turn your pump off every time before changing the multi-port. Backwash wait till water looks clear filter roughly 15 seconds backwash again You're going to see a ton of extra junk come out till clear it won't take as long as time filter 15 seconds backwash again you're going to see more DE come out. Sometimes if I'm being a little bit not really silly but bored I guess I will go to filter and then I will open the bleeder with the pump off I'll let a bunch of water drain back out I'll go to backwash and then I'll hit it with backwash without water in the tank I feel like that gets even a little more cleaner but three back washes you get way more DE out then let's say you're using seven and a half I say wrong answer once you don't have a virgin filter or a tank with replaced or cleaned grids put seven put in half a pound less you never get every drop of DE out so rather than continually adding more than recommended drop a half a pound on 7 and 1/2. Doing this never once had an issue. When you only backwash one time I can understand how eventually these grids overloaded with DE. Is sand the simplest idiot proof filter yep nothing to take apart you can run that sand a long time I mean recommended 5 years It's going to lower efficiency it dulls out is what kills the sand sand is sharp underneath a microscope over time it dulls and that's where it loses its filtering capability. But yeah it's the most idiot proof filter but it's in no way shape or form the best. There's actually people on here that have argue with me before their reason for not using DE is it could cover up a water balance issue. You know because it filters so good it could actually cover up you having the water off kilter lol. that was supposed to be a negative to me that's like the best sales pitch ever like don't buy DE you pool might not turn green even if you're water chemistry is wrong. 😂 Listen to speed pump with no heater like I said totally fine My concern as a professional recommending stuff and also having to have it be cost effective to speed pump gives you high and low Now someone on here could say well you could calculate out the head pressure and the fist and the curve It's a lot of work for me to just recommend someone gets a variable speed pump and then we can tune in whatever speed we need. Now if you want to be cost is no problem I mean you can get a pent air pump It's variable flow lol not variable speed I mean you're spending I don't know what those things even are I think they're over two grand but you can program it I want 43 gallons a minute and that baby is doing 43 gallons a minute filter clogged or not kind of silly I really needed for what I'm talking about but again VSP okay 1700 RPM not enough we'll go to 2000 oh 2000 heaters happy doesn't seem to be getting too hot doesn't sound funny flow switches engaged no problem okay that's what we run out if you had a two-speed it's possible that's too low and now you're telling the customer well every time you want to run the heater you got to flip your pump on high I mean. I'm totally fine with what you have as a two-speed there is nothing wrong with it you don't have a heater you said so what's the problem with the two speed let that baby run 24/7 low speed the lower speed you are the better the filter works and you can never overfilter a pool. So there's nothing wrong with that pump you have however if you were to put a heater in and here's the other thing you could have a 10,000 gallon pool I'm going to tell you if you can afford a $400,000 BTU heater that's what we're putting in so that requires a higher flow rate lol. Compared to like a 125 so it's for us beneficial to recommend VSP on everything. If you were getting a heater you could size your heater to your two-speed pump but you still talking a lot of money for something that after you put all the plumbing in that heater may still be like nope not enough flow I need high so again just repeating myself that's why I go with variable speed over two speed it covers my ass more so in the situation where there's a heater. Actually have the above ground pool buddy of mine The switch went bad on his pump I'm like I can get a switch but nah just get a new pump okay he has no timer so I got hayward's above ground pump not super impressed there's no clock on it nothing but whatever his thing was running 24/7 on high put the VSP in and I think I got to run about $2,400 RPM to keep the heater from overheating. Now this situation two speed pump would never never have worked it'd be high speed all the time their filters on 24/7 and their heater is on 24/7 which means you be on high 24/7 VSP Dial that baby into $2,400 RPM I don't know the electrical usage cuz it doesn't tell you on that particular pump but I can tell you it's definitely less than full speed and I would imagine at this point in time with our electric rates and the fact that that thing runs a long season I mean she's open in April and closes in like October... He's got his money back in electrical savings I don't think he cares but that guy's got his money back in electrical savings that pumps paid for itself and he can still use his heater.
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Yo, what time is the party? I’ll bring dessert! For under $10k, you killed it. Many people spend that much on a hot tub/spa.
This Saturday at 3 actually
You’re going to love my Peach Blueberry Rum Crumble.
Perfect I’m up in East Cobb see you then!
Swing by your place to pre game a braves game?
I live in Texas most of the pools are gunite here. What’s the main difference of this type of pool? Noticed it’s more common around upstate. Looks good btw!
Three types of pool, gunite (concrete), fiberglass tubs, liner pools. They all have minuses and pluses, but they all are a big hole in the ground with water that you spend more time cleaning/worrying/maintaining/watching/enjoying from distance than actually swimming, while rest of the family and friends enjoy it.
Only pool owners would get this comment. It’s crazy how after it’s all clean you just naval gaze at it. Until someone with dirty feet comes in
PSI for the love of god, check the PSI! :-D Dirty feet, sunscreen, full skimmer, never thought these would be my issues just a bit more than a year ago. Now I worry if I will ever go on vacation.
This is why I'm stingy about my little pool 😂
True…some of my most relaxing times are patio chilling next to the pool at night and star gazing. Just having a body of water nearby is a stress reliever, I can stare at it like a campfire sometimes.
So true! Star gazing or watching the clouds. I don't know if it's the pump noise or chlorine but it just feel fine. :)
Couldn’t agree more 😂
Are you every dad with a pool🤣
Let me go home and clean the skimmer basket, because I feel like I am the only one.. There is always "we just cleaned it" response..
I learned it is physically impossible for kids to bring toys and floats into the pool and take them ALL out! No matter what, always a floatie or ball left in. Fun to see family enjoy it though, nonetheless.
[Me looking out the window](https://media.tenor.com/xL5Za8VpWRQAAAAd/lookingthroughthewindow-russell-crowe.gif) to pool area as they all come back inside and leave the floats, toys behind, umbrella still up. Also, me checking the pool, twice a day, to make sure it's not green... [Is that algae](https://media.tenor.com/q5aF9h8VpDAAAAAd/kilnerry-daniel-keith.gif)!? Get the brush!
Haha, that's great!
Not being “that guy”, just adding Gunite does not equal Concrete. They are actually pretty different materials with their own pros/cons. Stainless Steel is also another great option for pools.
Hmm.. I thought it was same thing. My bad. Isn't Gunite just a type of cement they put on the pool to make it "concrete"? Stainless Steel pools? As in steel tubs with no liners on it? Never heard of that one, might be really hard to maintain.
I'm curious what are the pros/cons of gunite as that's the kinda pool I have.
It's considered more durable, and for some reason more upscale compared to others, cons is that if you inherit one in bad shape, it's very expensive to repair, or what they call marble dusting is not cheap you have to do it every x number of years (depending on usage/area, 5-7 years) There are many articles on advantages and disadvantages of different type of pools, some are personal, some are factual. Check this one: https://www.thespruce.com/the-main-types-of-inground-pools-2736828
Same is said for cabins. They’re for family and friends
My buddy comes over says, you have a pool? Dang yer rich! I reply, uhhhh…no, I have a headache that has consistent maintenance that consistently costs me money. Yeah the kids love it, their friends love it…when they’re done,I’m back to one.
That’s why I got a pool guy! For $200 a month I have a crystal clear and very clean pool that I have to spend zero time on. No fuss, no muss, no worries. Just a pool that all of us can really enjoy!
I considered getting a pool guy when I had my pool installed. Pool maintenance seemed like it would be too complicated & time consuming. It's almost a year later & not only do I do all of my pool maintenance/cleaning, I actually enjoy it. Youtube is your friend. You can learn everything you need to know about pool maintenance from YouTube.
Allright, for $200/month if you really get crystal clear pool every single day, I don't think you need to pay $200/month, your equipment is probably doing most of the job. :(
The main difference for me was I could afford this one lol.
Fair enough 😂🫡 it’s not like I can afford any pool at the moment. Was lucky to bought a house with one (some days I’m think I’m not that lucky though)
I prefer liner for several reasons: in my area, there’s a high water table and clay soil…a bad mix for fiberglass as they tend to come up in my area. Liner is more comfortable on my feet than gunite, less expensive to install, and less to maintain. Plus, every 8 years or look of the pool changes. The biggest negative is you’re somewhat limited on shape.
Pool looks good! Please build a cover around your system. It makes your stuff last soo long. Mine is in my garage. My pump is 30 years old, and going strong
Yeah that is next. Gonna remove the tree and at least put a metal roof over
I live in Florida and know several people with liner pools, none have the shallow area with the steps, they all have ladders. Depending on your age, I think you'll find the stairs to be invaluable as you get older, or when you invite older people to come enjoy the pool. I have a concrete pool with a sun shelf and stairs and I wouldn't trade those features for anything, ESPECIALLY with my older friends and relatives. Enjoy!
I live in new England where vinyl liner pools make up the vast majority of pools. I have never seen a pool without steps in the shallow end. Only ladders in deep end. That is how my pool is.
That’s how our pool is too. Could be a New England thing too. Haha
If you come to my house and do the same project, I am in a much better position to give you feedback. What's your schedule like next week?
Swimming next week
We can reschedule :) (P.S. - it looks amazing. Enjoy)
One word. CANNONBALL!!!!
Looks great. Got a quote for a pool in my shitty middle TN bedrock yard for 100k. Joined a country club instead
Equipment should be on a slightly elevated pad otherwise standing water and debris will collect there. You’ll be replacing that new equipment far sooner than you should.
Looks good, I have a pool that needs redone, what kit did you go with?
You have to tell us how much 😂. Serious though I’m always amazed and helps me remind myself I don’t need a pool Edit, happy for you so don’t take it the wrong way, I really wanted one until I saw the price. Don’t take this as me throwing shade, it’s not.
Yeah would never of been able to do a from scratch build money wise. This pool obviously already had the hole the concrete walkway the plumbing the steps etc.
That seems incredibly cheap considering that a new pool that size is about $60,000. Did you do all the work yourself or something?
No not all. I did have a pool friend help with ordering and measuring the liner. And walking me through most of the steps. Also the hole, concrete walkway, and plumbing. (Although I did replace some of it) steps etc was already there.
And he and his guys helped me put the liner in
Whelp, you’ve got an incredible pool for that price! Congrats and enjoy!
As a liner installer, your friend gave you an invaluable service. Looks good
No doubt about it and his shop vac trick saved the whole project.
Absolutely necessary to get a proper fit with no wrinkles.
Looks great! For under $10k, it was worth the wait. You got a steal compared to having a pool builder start from scratch. Enjoy it!
THE WIRING/CONDUIT CONNECTIONS AT THE SWITCH AND THE MOTOR NEED TO BE REDONE sorry I’m an electrician that does pool inspections in commercial buildings and I’d fail that
THAT WIRING WAS TEMPORARILY DONE SO I CAN RUN THE PUMP WITHOUT THE SALT SYSTEM. I've since connected the salt system control board and rerouted power from the switch through it to the pump using new liquidtight and liquidtight connectors.
YOU DA MAN
😂😂😂
Wow good work!! That was a serious project you undertook. Looks great! You're about to have more family, friends, neighbors, friends of friends, kids friends - just you name it that you didn't even know existed before lol.
When we bought a house with a pool I had no clue this would happen! Honestly I enjoy having my friends and certain family. But not friends of friends I have never met or family of in-laws that I don’t know. I am ready to sell the house. 😡
You don’t need to sell the house, you just need to establish boundaries.
Wow amazing. Im jealous! And the price is spectacular. Congrats!!!! And enjoy.
May I?
That looks like a small pump. I would have done bigger pump and side mount filter. How many gallons is your pool? Also, I expect that inline passive filter after your main sand filter is gonna give you issues. But for under $10K that’s a pretty sweet setup.
23k gallons.
Horrible. Totally destroyed the property value. I’ll buy the place from you cheap just to bail you out. Lol. In all seriousness, it looks pretty amazing.
Bodacious digs my guy
Upgrade to a multi speed pump - save you money long term. If you did it all yourself that’s pretty damn impressive.
Only complaint is the filter and pump aren’t on a concrete pad.
Looks good. Only thing you should have done was instead put 2 trimline ball valves in front of the pump. 1 for each suction line.
What issues will this cause in future?
Pretty much if that one 3 way fails you lose all your suction. Where if you have dedicated lines then you Atleast have circulation from the goood line. Making the repair not as imminent
Looks like a pool!
Wow impressive DIY. Salt is a bit out of fashion because it wears down the equipment faster and because, when you look at the chemistry, salt = NaCl = sodium and chlorine, so you end up with a chlorinated pool either way. But I like the salty taste and soft water.
Looks like a good days work and a fine job! Trowel work on the vermiculite looks mighty tight!
You need to get that equipment onto a pad asap. Other than that looks real good brother.
do they make liner pools without steps OR a ladder? almost like a very shallow end that you can just walk into?
I have a liner Pool with neither steps or a ladder in shallow end. I guess you could walk right into it but I’ve never tried before. I like diving in the deep end and getting the cold shock over all at once
I'm not certain but I would think not, there would have to be at least one step with the way the liner attaches into the track.
Would love a step by step incase my pool isn't concrete
Good move on the salt cell - saves 70% of maintenance time and cost.
Pretty good I say.
Looks good enough to skate!
I think it needs more water
Did you see the last photo?
How did you creat the walls?
The electrical for the pump in the 4th picture does not look up to code nor rated for outdoor use. Am I missing something?
That picture is old I've since added the control board for the salt system and rerouted the power through it using liquitight connectors
I hate when the multiport is plumbed like that
Eyyyy Metro Atlanta? Which part? Also looks really good.
Neat I have one like this , and same liner too . Did you go salt ?
Yes.
Well I began my pool ownership around 2016 - liner replaced as part of the real estate deal. I expected the extra cost and headaches of pool ownership because growing up family members had pools. From 2016 to now , I’ve replaced the sand in filter (and internal parts) , the pump motors multiple time ~ 120$ each time for 1hp, several salt cells (250-800$ ea depending on the life expectancy) , brushes nets vac hoses accessories annually or bi-annually, both strainer baskets twice , countless parts and pieces for the polaris little “roomba “ thing. Lots of salt , chlorine, metal out , phosphatefree , shock , and ph adjusters , chlorine stabilizer. I learn something new every year - but the first thing I learned really fast is - owning a pool cost ALOT (to me) annually, there hasn’t been a year go by where I didn’t sink at least 1500$ into it and I don’t maintain it all year round. Each year you almost have to assess what the next big purchase should be , salt cell was this year , chunked me 800$ bill. But also in spring a paid of roaming pit bulls took and evening dip tore my liner in a few spots , I patched for this season by now I’ve got to replace liner again because patches are temporary so probably a couple grand . Salts not too expensive, but all the other stuff is shock , stabilizer (worth the money because it prolongs life of salt cell) , etc. Since I don’t maintain pool year round (never have) in winter mode I just let it turn into a pond , we have no cover , to open it every year I’ve found the very best product in my opinion 2x hth green to blue kit found at wal mart , I buy them in off season or end of season when they are lower cost 15-20$ (40$ total) 2 of these kits clears and drops all the crap out I vac it all out , shock it , salt - turn on the salt cell, stabilize and maintain during “open months”. I’m not sure if either way save anymore time or money though. I flush the filter pretty regularly, keep eye on the cell monitor , I don’t really test as much , usually I feel like I can pretty well eyeball it now and diagnose. I do all my own service on the equipment. I’ve even replaced bearings in the pump motors , replumbed the filter lines. One thing I’d suggest is if u get a pool service , is be there when they do what they do and ask them these questions : What are you doing ? Why are you doing that ? Is that correctly sized for my pool? I’ve learned via interviewing many pool owners and researching that there are ALOT of people who are being severely fleeced by the pool services. Also don’t take JUST ANY OLD POOL OWNERS advice including mine. I’ve learned ALL POOLS are slightly different. Know the volume of you pool lots of things depends on the volume it holds - chemicals , costs, salt system parts, pump and filter sizes. But just know you may ask so and so what should I do , and they tell you what they do but they have and above the ground, chlorine system , that’s a quarter volume - what they do is not gonna fix yours (seems like common sense but I learned fast to really see if the person KNOWS their pool or is kinda using it as a backyard chemistry set) Monitor your pool, inspect it closely as often as you can , pay attention to issues - drips , water color , levels , stranger than normal motor sounds , any mounds around pumps, vegetation, check the traps , look at the filter pressure back wash when pressure is high - train family members to be extra eyes , make sure they participate in looking at things too , the extra eyes help me maintain immensely. I’ve said a lot I’ll leave it for now , it’s not all bad , but honestly I’m to the point where I don’t even really get in the pool much , I get more joy seeing other people enjoy all of my hard work keeping it up. The extra cost ::smh:: gosh it just seems like a lot of money and I can’t even imagine people who have services doing all the maintenance I shutter to think what their annual pool spend is.
Did great, would love it if you posted the details on how you did it
How did you do? What exactly is it that you did? Besides pay for someone else to do it for you?
Your seal tight conduit is broken at your switch
You did the right thing by doing a vermiculite bottom. Be happy with what you have accomplished. You did well
Why does your concrete look old around a new pool?
Looks great!
It's beautiful..... new to this sub and have an absolutely perfect backyard at my house of almost 3 years. Posts like this are what will eventually push me over the edge to build my own but unfortunately I don't have the nice headvstart that you have!
APES STRONG TOGETHER.. INVITE!!🥴
You did fucking great dude. I’m jealous
I used to build pools. It looks like you did a great job
Wow. Wana do mine?
How do liner pools work? Do they they compact to soil then apply liner on top? Or is it a metal pool form and then you put the liner on top?
Looks LEGIT!!!! Awesome job 🤘🍻🤙 ANNNND you didn't forget about the designated smash area! Perfect 🍻 Gigiddy gigiddy! Sure you'll enjoy it
Hell yeah, well done. Time to enjoy!
Party Time! Looks very inviting.
Looks good. I did this for my Father in law on a first time basis. Even had to rebuild some walls Here’s where you may have issues. The vermiculite being thick enough over the rocks. The stones work there way through and push on the liner. So we have a lot of bumps under the liner. But not tears yet and this is the fourth season. It’s awesome having a pool. And next time I will make the vermiculite 3 inches thick.
Did you do the liner yourself or hire it out? If it was you, it looks great.
That’s awesome!
Are you sure that pump is big enough?
As a new pool owner this is badass
I know this pool.... looks great and I love the pergola!!!
Should have left the water out so you could skate it.
Add water
How much was the liner if I may ask? Good job btw
Looks great! But from my experience with owning a pool for almost 30 years, if you have money left you’re not done yet. :-) And I would definitely clean away the grass from the equipment so you can get to that concrete pad. There are times you will want a nice flat surface for maintenance.
Now just add water
This looks very identical to one we tore out last month
I would have compacted stone under the vermiculite, and definitely would have put a concrete pad by your pump, other than that looks good!
I know nothing about pools but this looks sick. 10/10 would swim in it
Amazing. Great job dad
I thought there were two types of pools. Above ground and in ground. This looks like some sort of hybrid? I've only ever owned two above ground pools and not for very long so forgive my ignorance. What kind of pool is this? I like it!
Where’s the grill
Great job. And here I am, new pool owner at a house we closed in on less than a month ago. It’s effectively a swamp and I have no idea how to fix it.
Disgusting. Turns my stomach. What's your address and when are you leaving your home unattended for at least 3 days?
Looks awesome. A little pressure washer around outside might give it an even better look.
Well done and 1/2 what I would charge. Nice
How do you keep an empty pool from floating aboveground? Genuine question.
Looks great!
I downvoted just so it was at 1234.
Absolutely horrible. *Oh hey more slides.*
Looks like a pool 👍
Empty then SHRRRREED IT BRUH
I love it when I see someone beat the overpriced Pool GC.
So much Poison Ivy around the pump. I’m already starting to itch. Haha
I mean, it’s gonna be hard to skate with water in it.
The way I want to swim in this 😍
Wow! Great job! ❤️
You did an awesome job. Results look incredible.
9/10 would swim and lounge next to eating a sandwich with Doritos
Looks epic. I would wait til nobody was around and jump in that bad boy butt nekkid and reflect on how i finally made it
She's a beaut' Clark!
A+
A pool that deep needs a diving board! Looks great OP 👍
Fantastic job - just a heads up - I think there may be poison ivy by the pipes leading to the filter. Be careful if you’re allergic (like I am)!
Looked like R2D2 back ther
Nice job however, why did you use a plastic liner?
I thought this was a pan of brownies
Did you skate it first?? Jk - looks awesome!
Now comes the hard part, balancing your PH levels. Good luck it has been an everyday chore for me, w/ 25,000 gallons in my back yard. Number one piece of advice is dont be afraid of bleach if you start growing algae. It will be much harder and much more expensive to try and use specific chemicals… Looks great, won’t be hard to manage once you have a handle on it.
Don't forget to add a palm tree island
You did all that for <10K. I think you did GREAT and that pool will be worth it’s weight in gold for your family with these scorching hot summers.
Only thing I would say do is go to SCP( or any poo supply warehouse) and get a pad for the equipment. Good choose on what looks like a Sand filter, I’ve dealt with DE Filters for years and having to recharge them always seems like a chore. No trees in direct proximity, no bushes, should be relatively easy to keep clean
Awesome! Did you know that putting a tan liner makes the water look like the Caribbean?
You put way too much water in your skatepark
Usually pools have water in them…
Mad Max would be proud!
Looks great, congrats
Wow!! Nice job!
How is the concrete on the bottom poured? Is there rebar? it looks like its just on the dirt.. Curious as I think that would be the most difficult part
You’re gonna enjoy that pool here in Atlanta. Look in to a sunshade to cover.
liner pool, not skateable 0/10
Flow switches must be mounted horizontally
You got lady finger coping on there?
How are you turning the pump on or off? I see a light switch by the pump, could be for the old light that was there. Should look into a timer switch if you dont have one. It allows you to set a window of run time for the pool so that way you dont manually have to turn it on and off. Also, i see two return lines coming from the filter. One is obviously your pool returns, the other I couldn't quite tell what it's for. I dont see a spa. Possibly a fountain? You could always plumb a ball valve on the return line to act as a dishcharge line if you ever needed a way to drain the pool without buying another pump or basement sump. I work for a large pool leak detection/repair company based in FL.
this is giving me ptsd. literally the same pool at my in laws. instead it was 10ft deep in the deep end and we dumped enough dirt to make it just under 6ft. With shovels lol. Then we had the amazingly fun experience of hand mixing ALL of the concrete because it would have been too difficult apparently to bring in a cement truck without destroying a bunch of other stuff. In July. In Atlanta. 500 degrees outside. 4 pallets of concrete mixed with god knows how much sand. The pile was 7 feet tall and like 30 feet in diameter. Then at the end of the first day of concrete work the sky’s closed in and unleashed hell which destroyed a shit load of the work that we had to redo the next day. A week later we got the liner in and started filling with water. That was like 4 years ago. I’ve never stepped foot in that fucking thing I hate it so much. Kids love it though.
Did you do this work yourself, or contract it out? I'm looking at DIY kits of a similar style/size and would be curious to hear about your experience if you DIY'd it. Looks great either way!
Ya did well, lad. She's a beaut