Hi all... I'm in the middle of our first pool build here in Southern AZ (details in the sig) and I specified in our contract the Pentair Intelliflow 4x160 pump. Well the PB delivered and installed a Sta-Rite IntelliPRO pump instead. In their defence they are VERY similar. Pentair bought Sta-Rite recently I'm told and they started putting out a Intelliflow pump under the Sta-Rite name... it's essentially a Pentair Intelliflow motor and electronics on a Sta-Rite wet-end. I told the construction manager however that I'm insisting on the IntelliFLOW pump that I detailed in the contract. Apparently last night he told my wife that they talked with the Sta-Rite techs and they claim that the Sta-Rite pump will work better with my setup and the Pentair won't work as good (he didn't give specifics)
I haven't spoken with him yet but I think he's feeding us a line of bull since he doesn't want to swap pumps and they sell entirely Sta-Rite products and probably get bigger discounts on them and have a smaller profit margin on a Pentair Intelliflow pump. What do you all think??? I'd really appreciate some advice here. I posted a question about the Sta-Rite pump over on the Gardenweb forums and was told they are noisier than the Pentair's and have some sealing issues (don't know details).
Any thoughts???
Thanks!
I haven't spoken with him yet but I think he's feeding us a line of bull since he doesn't want to swap pumps and they sell entirely Sta-Rite products and probably get bigger discounts on them and have a smaller profit margin on a Pentair Intelliflow pump. What do you all think??? I'd really appreciate some advice here. I posted a question about the Sta-Rite pump over on the Gardenweb forums and was told they are noisier than the Pentair's and have some sealing issues (don't know details).
Any thoughts???
Thanks!