Recent content by Billrush

7000 gal small (10x23) with 6x6 integrated spa in SW Florida. Spoke to a guy at Pentair today. He says this unit will heat a 6x6 500 gal spa in an hour or less in our climate. If so, I end my quest for a LP heater because that would be fast enough. He also suggested this model as it also has...

Pool is planned to be 10x 23 with 6x6 integrated spa. I had planned 500 gal LP buried tank for gas range, grill and pool heater. It’s about $8-10k to install tank and lines. No natural gas in our area. pros: wife wants gas stove. And I’m told spa will heat in minutes. But expensive to run...

if my pool is 7000 gallons and the smaller Nano handles 22k gallons, why do I need a bigger filter? How big? Thanks all.

I used a pool volume calculator for a 10 x 23’ pool with deep end at 5’ and shallow at 3’ and got 6900 gallons. That sound about right?

This is a 10x23’ pool/spa in SW Florida. proposal I just got last night 1. Filter: Pentair Clean&Clear 150 2. Pump: Intelliflow VSF 3HP 3. Salt System: Autopilot Digital NANO 220V 4. Heater: A/Q HEAT 143,000 BTU 5. Lighting: Pentair Globrite LED (Color) (3) 6. Touch System: Pentair Easy...

Brian, i agree with you. Part of the problem is we don’t know what we don’t know. We have submitted photos of pools we like. It’s an iterative process. We are not starting from scratch each time.

Jim, im really glad you asked the question. Totally agree and it has caused us to slow down a bit

This adds a shelf in the shallow end to sit on and eliminates the stupid fountain. Adds a hand rail too. Pool is about 10’ X 25’. Thoughts?

Makes total sense.

In another thread, I posted a concept drawing with a small pool and integrated spa. One guy replied by asking me if I have ever sat in a concrete spa and how less comfortable they are than a separate molded spa. Several people chimed in saying saying they agreed that theirs was not that...

We are talking to two pool builders. We have never owned or built a pool. I think we need a designer who listens to us but makes active suggestions based upon their experience. In both cases, the software they use to show designs seems fairly unsophisticated. I've attached a recent drawing...

I think Pool Gate has nailed it. PB said the architect was for pool design but didn’t name a fee. Today we talked to him by phone and said we wanted a bid first and he stopped talking about the architect.

I know this is a newbie question. We are in SW Florida. First pool company asked what we wanted, did conceptual drawings and gave us a detailed bid. We want a second quote and got a recommendation. He has sent concept drawings and says next step is architect and we pay the fee (don’t know how...