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So we are trying to figure out what we want to do with our pool. Tahoe Blue looks grey when outside the pool and looks pretty dark when in the pool. We aren't sure how it will look at night with lights on. Does anyone have this in their pool?

Thanks. Figured if you used them you would know it was a pool builder, but I guess I should have been more specific. Who did you get quotes from and who are you using. We got quotes from 4 PBs and All Seasons was the cheapest and more knowledgeable one. One seemed to also know what he was...

Thanks. I didn't dig into looking at the individual kits that much. I just was starting to read the stuff on here and saw they recommended 3 kits. When we get closer to build and finishing I will research and order one of the kits.

Sounds like in Texas it may not work as well as it will here in Florida. We have higher humidity in Florida and I don't think our nights get as cold in the winter. We do not have a lot of natural gas neighborhoods in central Florida, so that also may be the reason people go more with heat...

Why is a heat pump not the best? That is what we are thinking about doing for heating our pool/spa. Is it the chill part that makes it not good or heat pump in general?

Yes, we were told when spa mode is on (we will do this via our smart phone) it would not over flow. However, we probably will only do that a couple times a week. So most of the time we will have it circulating with the pool. So I would think an ozonator would not be cost effective for us. Or...

Thanks guys. Talked to husband and read off what you guys said and we are going to remove this from our proposal. We are trying to stay under 50k and removing this should help us since we seem to keep making the pool larger and larger :) Trying to only put equipment in we need. On a side...

Thanks. We will have a spa, but I don't think it is going thru any different filters/systems. It will overflow into the pool when we have that part turned on. Do you think we should keep it in the proposal because of that? I don't think there is a way to put it only on that. I think we will...

We are going to be building a SWG pool. Is the ClearO3 recommended by this forum or is this something not needed. We had it in our last pool, but we also had a chlorine feeder. So I know it goes against a lot of what is on here. We did struggle with chemistry at times, so thinking about...

Thanks. This is helpful. Since all the PBs we talked to one except 1 uses Jandy, we are stuck with Jandy. But this will help us compare products within Jandy like the different SWGs.

Looking for opinions on them. The two people who had them done recently around us seem to like them, but wanted to get some other opinions if anyone on here has used them.

Gotcha, so they don't have the chiller part. Yes, I didn't know this was an option until now and I do think this is something I want to talk to our PB about. I agree, in Florida the pools get too hot at times. We are looking at Jandy equipment as that is what our PB uses.

Do you know what they have now in the way of heating (or none) and why they wish they would have gone with a heat pump?

Wow Randy! Thank you so much. This is the information I am looking for. We probably live in similar climates. Our pool will probably be around 13,000 gallons so also not that far off. But we are looking at 140k BTU Jandy Heater, so I am thinking the extra BTU should make up for the extra...

Trying to figure out if we should go thru the trouble of burying a propane tank to do gas for our pool/spa. We are looking to heat the pool in the winter for weekends that are in the 80s. So let's say the temps have been in the high 60s to mid 70s and the upcoming weekend is in the 80s. We...

I am wondering about this too. I was just going to post something about this.

I will double check. wonder which people prefer, electric is cheaper.

That is what one pool guy said, but not sure. The issue is that there is only 10 feet between the houses, so we have to be clear of our windows and their windows.

It would have been propane. We can bury the tank in the front yard, but I guess the heaters have to be 10 feet from any window. I don't want to run the heat pump 24/7 if I am not going to be using it for the two weeks it is in the 70s. I also know there is no chance I am using a solar...

So we are looking to build a pool and spa. Last time we only had a pool and had solar heating. I was a little unimpressed with solar heating to be honest with you. In the summer when the pool was hot anyways it was hot, but about the end of October it was useless. We would have 80 degree...

That stuff we are already looking at. All of them are using comparable sizes and stuff. Like we have requested variable speed from all vendors. All of them normally do VS except one who likes 2 speed. We pretty much have already eliminated that guy from the list though. It was more the...

No, the equipment has to go on the other side or we would lose access to our backyard for larger lawn mowers. Their pool just got built, it passed inspection this week. Yes, having the additional land in the back that we can "use" allows us to build a pool and still have yard for the kids to...

got pictures of yard... Where the gardens begin and beyond we do not own, an HOA owns in (not the HOA we are a part of) and is not maintained. So we can do small things on it (gardens), but can't build on it.

We have, but we decided in the end to not make something we can't move. Plus we have a fire pit that can be moved now and no point in spending money on something we have. When this one breaks down we will consider our options then.

Interesting. All the PBs I talked to would put everything together and seem to recommend it because then your pull gets heated better since the water is coming out from the floor. It is also interesting because their pamphlet talks about how having this makes your heater bill less and saves on...

Yes, we have talked about the mowing of the grass. We plan to outline the pool in hose in our yard once we get the right design and also outline the patio so we can see if mowing would be a pain. We had a pool before and our stairs were right when you came out the door, but we always went over...

Thanks. That is my thing, I don't know anything different because the one and only pool I owned had this in it. My husband had a pool growing up, but they have nothing but a hand vacuum and his mom spent a ton of time cleaning the pool he said. No one in his family wanted a pool because of...

That is a good idea. I know we have two local pool stores and one is more knowledgeable than the other. The one guy has been there forever or at least since we owned a pool. So I will try that. Never thought to ask about equipment since we already had our equipment the first time I went to...

Thank you, this was awesome! I think the other pool builders I am using must use A&A because they are doing one variable speed pump. The guys who stated Paramount wanted us to get 2 speed pumps instead of variable. I have no clue what I had last time. We had dead zones, but now I know a lot...

Thanks. I got scared because I read some bad things about Jandy, but I don't think I should pick my pool company based on what equipment they use either. I also read bad things about Jandy heaters too.