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Yes each drain will be connected to their own pump and it will be in the deep end about a foot or 2 off the bottom.

Thanks for the input. Its good to know that it will help. There were 2 main drains in the floor already figured into to the project then they added three more for the three water feature that we are doing. The additional 3 will be put into a bench that we are putting in it. The additional 3...

My pool builder is telling me that I need 3 additional main drains on for each water feature that we will be installing. So he is saying that each feature pulls the water from a main drain. I feel like I am trying to be up sold???

Great discussion thanks guys. For us finance was not an issue as we are selling our motorhome ( our portable vacation) to pay for our back yard vacation. So after meeting we are PB today I think we have finally decided to go with shotcrete. He was able to tent the project so he could work...

As some of you may have seen earlier post about my family doing a vinyl liner pool. I was dead set on vinyl due to the over all value of the pool. I have talk to a local pool builder that says the you cant go wrong with a shotcrete pool. However it is a hard pill for me to swallow because it is...

Man that sure is a lot of wood. I wouldn't think that you would need the much wood in texas... oh wait I forgot that 65 is cold in Texas. In March for me here in Ohio 55 degrees is the shirt weather, but in September it's cold. I guess it's what you body gets used to. One thing I don't like for...

Bath water in my house doesn't stay 75+ for that long. Inside house temp is set at 67.

Ahhh I see it now that's great.

Here is an Example of the other forum I am on with the same format. Just an idea.

I think this forum is very helpful, the one thing I think would help everyone to see who is talk is a new post column on the right side of the forum page. I also frequent another forum that has this exact format and they use a new post section on the right of the main forum page. I always scan...

Man I feel terrible for you!! LOL

Re: Does anyone have anything bad to say about saltwater pools????? I think Joyful just explained it, may have to read it four times, or get an interpreter. That is alot for me to take in. lol

I do not see that as a shot and completely agree however the first PB I talked to I did not know what I was looking for (because I haven't found TFP yet) and he gave me a list of stuff that he said I needed and wasn't to far off with the equipment that I needed, but his price was about $15000...

Wow, thanks for all of the great insight. It was my assumption the this PB was just an old school character. He did also recommend not using a robot and just using a vac on the side. Another thing I thought to be suspicious is the pump size. I feel like it was going to be under powered he...

We are just starting into our pool build and we found a new pool builder. The new pool builder is much more knowledgeable, he is the pool builder the owner of the company him and his son do all of the service. I much prefer talking to someone who knows what they are talking about, over a shiny...

He did say that it would be .6 grade lumber, he also mentioned that it had to be special ordered because nobody stocks it. He did tell me that he would do galv sided pool for same price but he prefers using wood, he threw out a few reasons but I think it is because he is just old school.

I talked to a different pool builder yesterday and this guy says he uses pressure treated wood side for vinyl liner pool. Does anyone have experience with using this type of construction???

Thank you. As far as the fire pit, the CAD program we use kinda limits us to getting a good visual. The fire pit is actually like a 360 degree fire place/chiminea it will be integrated with the pavilion and will have a chimney top going through the roof of the fire place/pit. so you can sit...

Here are a few cad drawings. Also just talked to a buddy of mine who sells central boilers, wood burning boilers. I think we are going to use that for pool heat as well as to heat my pole barn with as well. Anybody ever hear any pros and cons of this?

This forum is great, after reading a little more about pools here I am learning more and more questions. Not sure if that is a good thing or not. LOL. Another question was about the autofill and overflow. I read in you first post pooldv the you have an autofill and overflow, I am not familiar...

Awesome info thanks alot. I think I will tell salesman to up the heater size to 400,000 and I think it is a 480 filter is the next step up. Definitely going with SWG so what is the thoughts on the largest Jandy? Is 2 a better option? If I did 2 SWG would I have to go with 2 pumps? Should I go...

I-O!!! The circles where bar stools. it was part of our original plan to have a swim up bar, but we are changing the now and going to a little hut about 10' off the pool with a bar in it.

I was a little concerned originally and the ledge as well but I think in the end it will be nice. It will be a 12" wide ledge 3'4" deep. I was also concerned with the heater, my salesman told me the it would be plenty big enough, but I am up for anybody else who may have experience with the size...

We are doing 8' deep with a 12" ledge all the way around the pool here are some prelim drawings. It will be a 2 hp pump and a 340 sq ft filter. The heater that was quoted was a 260,000 btu Jandy gas heater. The local pool house will be doing the plumbing and we have not discussed anything yet...

Just signed into this forum. What a great place for info. We live in north east O-H-I-O, (wierd thing Ohio people do with the caps and dashes) and am putting in a pool this fall and want to get it right the first time because it is going to be very costly. We are going with a 20 x 50 rectangle...