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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    Thanks - I will check with our insurer on the slide. Going after a 4th bid - I still think they all need to sharpen their pencils or kick in a nice feature. I expect a good value in this economy. The 3rd bidder said he uses all 2" plumbing - Am I supposed to be excited about this? What is the...
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    Holland was the vague bidder - when I pushed for specifics his response was ...so now you want me to be an engineer? I told him if he wanted me to consider his bid he should give me the specs. After reading the previous post with their sweet deal - makes me think I will bypass them if they...
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    Brentr - yes one of the bids is from Holland
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    Getting another bid today from a more local company - we will see. I'd like more info on a semi-automatic pool cover - any ideas?
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    Also lbridges - it was your pool that I saw on this forum that's most like what we want and I wanted to email and ask how much was your pool - so thanks very much for sharing. Your pool looks awesome. I also assumed from your postings on your build that the lighter interior you finish with the...
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    PB said 4-5 returns and then he said 15 - 19 in floor heads depending on what engineering dept. specifies. He never said zones and I am too much of a newbie to know to ask.
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    building new pool...what should i do to best plan for cleanr

    Have posted bids in the under construction section -- "quite pricey". Take a look if you have time. LD
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    The second bid salesperson just called while I was posting - he said the in-floor system would have 4-5 returns - depending on what their engineering dept. specified.
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    Yes, the pricing includes the automatic pool cover. And yes I typed the specs exactly from the 2 proposals. So I felt bid 1 was vague and bid 2 was specific. Now about that automatic pool cover. We don't have mosquitoes (we used to but don't anymore) go figure HOWEVER we have blind...
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    Pool bids are in - The bids seem quite pricey

    2 pool bids are in for a 15 x 40 rectangular in-ground - no spa - no heat - gunite - pebbletech - depths - 3'9'" to 6" - flowcrete decking (6 ft. on 3 sides and 8 ft. at pool entrance). Also Sunshelf (room for 2 loungers at 6" depth) and 4 deck jets. 1st bid wants to install a Paramount...
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    building new pool...what should i do to best plan for cleanr

    Location -central Florida - no plant debris (except for normal pollen) - thanks to Hurricane Charlie. Just several times a year we get incredible swarms of blind mosquitoes blowing in from the lake -hence the automatic pool cover - plus we hate screen enclosures. So which is it going to be for...
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    building new pool...what should i do to best plan for cleanr

    Seeking bids now and the different bidders have very different ideas about cleaning systems. We are proposing a 15x40 with automatic cover. One says Paramount in-floor with ozone filtration system and the other says salt system with the shark cleaning system. We are newbies to pools -we just...