Looking for Pool Equipment Installation Help on Long Island

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NewPoolLI

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Jul 11, 2022
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New York
Hi everyone,
(not sure if this is the correct place to post this) I'm looking for recommendations for a reliable pool professional to help me with several equipment upgrades and installations. I live on Long Island and need assistance with:
  • Relocating and installing a new pool pump
  • Installing a new filter
  • Installing a salt water generator
  • Installing a pool heater
My questions:
  1. Where is the best place to find a reliable pool equipment installer in the Long Island area? Any specific companies or professionals you'd recommend?
  2. I'm planning to redo my patio around the pool. The patio contractors are telling me it's not necessary to replace the PVC pipes under/around the pool area since they're not exposed to direct sunlight, claiming they'll last over 100 years. Is this accurate advice? Should I take this opportunity to replace the pipes while the patio is being redone?
  3. The earliest documentation I can find for my pool dates back to 2006, so I'm not entirely sure how old the current plumbing actually is. Given this timeline, would you recommend replacing the pipes regardless of what the patio contractors say?
  4. Any other advice for someone upgrading several pool equipment components at once?
Thanks in advance for your help and recommendations!
 
Long Island is a big place. Service companies on the East end don’t go to the West end. Can you be more specific?
 
It can take 4 hours to cross both counties as you know. :ROFLMAO:

What town are you in ?


NewPoolLI said:
The patio contractors are telling me it's not necessary to replace the PVC pipes under/around the pool area since they're not exposed to direct sunlight, claiming they'll last over 100 years. Is this accurate advice?
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I wouldn't blink at expecting 50 years trouble free. If i was replacing the patio expecting 25 years from it on years 40+, I'd consider replacing the plumbing.
NewPoolLI said:
Any other advice for someone upgrading several pool equipment components at once?
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Stick with one brand if automation is ever going to be in the works. They'll need to 'talk to each other' like your TV / DVD player.

Compare equal levels of equipment if you get bids from different brands. They all have a budget, medium and high end. You cannot compare a Corvette to a Ford Focus on price alone.
 
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If the patio is being replaced, I would do some digging to see what the lines look like and to make sure they are rigid PVC pipe and not something else. If they are not rigid PVC pipe I would replace them, it's really not that bad to do other than the digging and working in a trench.

Also consider fixing light niche conduit/fitting if needed. If you need to replace skimmers or returns you make be in for a liner replacement too. Also check the condition of the liner track (if the coping is also being replaced), if that need fixing a liner may be needed as well.

Find the bonding wire if concrete and rebar are going to be installed so it can be bonded.

Run sprinkler lines, water lines, additional electrical conduit, drainage lines, backwash line etc. If you don't have a heater run gas or more electric for one.

Also get some new ladder cups if the existing ones are encased in concrete. You make also need a new diving board support.

Also don't be surprised if it turns in to an entire backyard renovation. Mine expanded to redoing all the lawn and most of the plantings and a new irrigation system.

Do you have a safety cover? try to save the anchor or get new ones and measure they need to go back.

It's a slippery slope.
 
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