We live in the Houston area and we are looking at getting a pool. We currently have had four PB here over the past three weeks. I have read that the PB in this area do not advise to getting a salt water pool and all four downplayed a salt pool. Anyway we are still getting everything together but here is where we are at:
PB1: Main office is right down the road and 20 years in the business. Pool looks good, just need to relocate the spa. It has a 99' perimeter and just under 16k gallons. Here is the list...FILTER: 60Sq. Ft. Pentair DE Filter - Multiport valve - Backwash line to P-trap
POOL PUMP: Pentair Intellflo Variable Speed Pump
FEATURE PUMP: Pentair Whisper-flo 1.5 HP
VALVES: Never Lube Valves
SKIMMERS: 2- Tan Skimmers
POOL LIGHTS: (2) -Pentair LED Color Intelibrite - GFCI Protected Light
MAIN DRAINS: Dual Anti-Vortex
RETURNS: 6 ea. (5 in Pool and 1 in spa)
CLEANER: Pentair Racer LS with 3/4 HP Booster Pump
AUTOMATION: Pentair Easytouch 8 W/Screenlogic
CHLORINATOR: Rainbow 320 Inline Chlorinator
SANITIZER: Pentair IC-40 Salt Generator and Power Pack
HEATER: Pentair 400,000 BTU Heater (Requires a larger gas meter)
AIR BLOWER: Silencer 2 HP Air Blower
SPA LIGHT: (1) Pentair LED Color Intelibrite - GFCI Protected Light
SPA JETS: 6- Paramount Par-A-Jets Jets
This is about $10k above our price we wanted to stay within. But looks to be salt water and the nice looking plaster.
PB2: Another local builder with 15 years experience who did our next door neighbors pool. This build was our favorite from the beginning. I emailed the owner to basically change the color of the wall. Never heard back from them.
PB3: National company and the salesman was great to work with. He came to our house and showed us some of the differences between their equipment (Jandy) and other quality build differences. This was a 93' pool and the design would really work for us. He didn't get into exact model of the equipment, but knew it was have at least a VS pump with robot cleaner. This was a chlorine pool, basic plaster and was $13k above what we wanted.
PB4: Texas company and is a top builder. They just came out this past Sunday and the salesman was very nice and informative. We have an appointment this Friday to view the design and get pricing.
I just can't believe how expensive these pools are. We purposely waited until this time to get that "savings", but IDK. Maybe we have to bump our budget :rambo:
PB1: Main office is right down the road and 20 years in the business. Pool looks good, just need to relocate the spa. It has a 99' perimeter and just under 16k gallons. Here is the list...FILTER: 60Sq. Ft. Pentair DE Filter - Multiport valve - Backwash line to P-trap
POOL PUMP: Pentair Intellflo Variable Speed Pump
FEATURE PUMP: Pentair Whisper-flo 1.5 HP
VALVES: Never Lube Valves
SKIMMERS: 2- Tan Skimmers
POOL LIGHTS: (2) -Pentair LED Color Intelibrite - GFCI Protected Light
MAIN DRAINS: Dual Anti-Vortex
RETURNS: 6 ea. (5 in Pool and 1 in spa)
CLEANER: Pentair Racer LS with 3/4 HP Booster Pump
AUTOMATION: Pentair Easytouch 8 W/Screenlogic
CHLORINATOR: Rainbow 320 Inline Chlorinator
SANITIZER: Pentair IC-40 Salt Generator and Power Pack
HEATER: Pentair 400,000 BTU Heater (Requires a larger gas meter)
AIR BLOWER: Silencer 2 HP Air Blower
SPA LIGHT: (1) Pentair LED Color Intelibrite - GFCI Protected Light
SPA JETS: 6- Paramount Par-A-Jets Jets
This is about $10k above our price we wanted to stay within. But looks to be salt water and the nice looking plaster.
PB2: Another local builder with 15 years experience who did our next door neighbors pool. This build was our favorite from the beginning. I emailed the owner to basically change the color of the wall. Never heard back from them.
PB3: National company and the salesman was great to work with. He came to our house and showed us some of the differences between their equipment (Jandy) and other quality build differences. This was a 93' pool and the design would really work for us. He didn't get into exact model of the equipment, but knew it was have at least a VS pump with robot cleaner. This was a chlorine pool, basic plaster and was $13k above what we wanted.
PB4: Texas company and is a top builder. They just came out this past Sunday and the salesman was very nice and informative. We have an appointment this Friday to view the design and get pricing.
I just can't believe how expensive these pools are. We purposely waited until this time to get that "savings", but IDK. Maybe we have to bump our budget :rambo: