have you made up your mind as to what kind of pool you want?
gunite, vinyl or tile. and above ground or in ground then as to what kind of filtering system or bio-active system.
you might study that on this forum. I lived near Cambrian ad just moved to Tn in Dec.
the pool home I bought had a un-utilized SWG/SWCG or salt water chlorine generator unused for about 10 years.
it was in disrepair but I fixed it.
salt is 3500 PPM so study the SWG section, it is barely noticeable when swimming.....my recent guest last week
had never tried a salt pool ad were very surprised they could swim with their eyes open and no burning or stinging.
not to mention when they got out they had not feeling or immediate desire to shower chemicals off.
just had to mention that. also I have hardly done any thing to the pool in 3 weeks now. other than to brush it down.
no chemicals added or shocked so cost was low using BBB method found on this forum;
the-bbb-method-f54.html
until SWG was working.
the only pool builder I really talked with was at Bascom and Camden next to the gas station. you may have been there.
he had a filtering system that ran off a few solar cells installed. he also has a high voltage ultraviolet bio cleaner installed
there too if I remember right. but my research on those was the lamps had to be replaced about every two years and were
very expensive. figure out what you want in a pool before you buy..get what you want not what they are selling.
PS. check with your insurance company too. I have read here that some charge $800 extra for a diving board and maybe
even just as much more for a slide. if those are in your plans. you might want to change carriers first.
as for vinyl pool I believe you can get any shape you want and they can make it. one pool home I looked at had
a vinyl pool that looked like Oklahoma with the pan handle being striped for laps.
most vinyl is warranted for about 20 years I think.