Im currently refurbishing a pool and have started a bit on the fencing. My original plan was to just fence in the pool deck. But the the more I got to thinking the more I didn't like the idea. I live on 8 acres and have plenty of room to work with. If I just fence in the deck it will be a pretty tight space and wouldn't be great if I ever had a group of people over.
So I was thinking I would extend the fence out and create about a 500 square foot beach area and bring in some white sand. At face value it seems like a no brainer since I would now have all the space I would need and could now do all sorts of projects with that space. But I wanted to get peoples opinion. Especially people that may have done something similar.
Am I going to just be fighting sand in the pool non stop? I have a cartridge filter, will the sand make it to where I have to constantly replace the filters? The obvious answer to me would be to get a sand filter but I have a feeling it would build up with way too much sand over time and have to be emptied every other month. That doesn't sound like too bad of a trade off I would just like to not have to buy a new filter. Also what will that do to my pump over time? And I of course would have something like a foot bath for when I go from the sand to pool but sand will inevitably get in.
Anyones 2 cents would be appreciated.
So I was thinking I would extend the fence out and create about a 500 square foot beach area and bring in some white sand. At face value it seems like a no brainer since I would now have all the space I would need and could now do all sorts of projects with that space. But I wanted to get peoples opinion. Especially people that may have done something similar.
Am I going to just be fighting sand in the pool non stop? I have a cartridge filter, will the sand make it to where I have to constantly replace the filters? The obvious answer to me would be to get a sand filter but I have a feeling it would build up with way too much sand over time and have to be emptied every other month. That doesn't sound like too bad of a trade off I would just like to not have to buy a new filter. Also what will that do to my pump over time? And I of course would have something like a foot bath for when I go from the sand to pool but sand will inevitably get in.
Anyones 2 cents would be appreciated.