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    Picked our PB, now to sign contract. Help requested to assure it's all compatable

    They broke it down to 8 pmts. with the last 5% due at completion of equip install. Didn't look unreasonable. Basically 10, 15, 20% due after completion of a portion of job.
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    Picked our PB, now to sign contract. Help requested to assure it's all compatable

    Finally narrowed the proposals down and are ready to sign a contract. First though, I wanted to ask for ya'll to check and see if we missed anything that will be a problem later. We went with a 15x30' custom freeform because it was $6300 cheaper than a 15'x30' retangular. 360sf, 78' linear...
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    Single vs variable speed

    Not sure what you mean by pump line. It's a 2" pc if that answes it. Yes, typo. It should be Hayward. No, other features just a simple pool. Would it make a differnce if we added an additional skimmer? He's recommending one large but we have a lot of oak trees and were thinking 2 might...
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    Single vs variable speed

    The PB we are leaning toward building our pool with said we only needed a 1.5 single speed motor. Since we want a simple 15x30 3.5' x 6' x 5' without any other features or spa it wasn't necessary to have a variable speed. I keep reading on the sight how variable speeds save on energy bills...
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    New construction: Retaining wall on slope or not/ circulation questions

    I'm so glad I found this site! We are getting bids for a new in ground pool nort of Austin ,TX and I have construction differences on 2 bids. First, our property has a 1' slope difference. PB1 has 24' of retaining walls while PB2 is bidding 8-10" walls and floor with 12" where out of ground...