Need Guidance on Equipment Layout

[mfgriffin]

I'm a fairly new pool owner, we bought a house with a Kayak on-ground pool. It's dug into the ground to 6 feet on the deep end and has a deck surrounding it. The previous owners took the pool heater with them when they moved so we paid a company to come out and install a new heat pump. Now we're getting ready to tear out the deck and replace it with composite. The equipment is in a small box to the side of the deck and it is terrible to get to. Demolition on the deck will likely start in about 2 months and I feel a bit more confident in regards to how a pool works so I'm planning to redo the pad and enclosure to make it more accessible and was hoping I could get another set of eyes on it to see if I'm missing anything or making any stupid mistakes since I have little to no experience in such things, but I'm pretty confident in my plumbing skills so I think we'll be OK.

The equipment:

• The System:2 Mod Media PLM Series Aboveground System (Pump and Cartridge Filter)
  • Pentair Optiflo 1HP 2 speed pump with horizontal discharge
  • Sta Rite PLM 100 Cartridge Filter
  • Mounting Base
• Frog Chlorinator
• Jacuzzi JHX85 Heat Pump

This is the current layout. The enclosure has a hatch on the top that opens on the side of heat pump and on the opposite side is a door so you can crawl underneath.



I intend to either put a large paver/gravel base or possibly pour two small pads since it's on a slope, one for the heat pump, one for the equipment and then the enclosure will have two gate openings in front as well as the top hinging up so I can just walk up and access everything. For the same reasons I figured flipping the pump and filter around so I can have the valves be more accessible would be a good idea. I also added in a bypass for the heat pump and a check valve since we don't use if for almost half of the season. We haven't used the frog so I could remove it, but I just left it in the sketch because I was unsure. Am I missing something or is there a reason this would be a bad idea?





Thanks in advance!

 

[ajw22]

Welcome to TFP.

Remove the Frog.

How do you chlorinate your pool?

Add a SWG.

The problem with two pads is one can sink more than the other and put stress on the pipes causing a leak. I prefer all equipment be on one pad.

 

[mfgriffin]

We just put tablets in floating dispenser. I have done zero research on an SWG, assuming that plumbing-wise it would pipe in where the frog currently is, how big are they and how much access do I need to it? As for making one large pad, I could probably do that, but it's also on a pretty big slope so that adds to the challenge. I'll start reading all those articles about salt that I've been skipping over, is there a or model that comes highly recommended?

 

[ajw22]

Look at the Circupool RJ Series.

If you don’t put it in now leave enough straight pipe to easily cut it in later.

Circupool SWG - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[mfgriffin]

So it looks like that wouldn't take up much space at all and I could probably just put it where I have the frog in that illustration if I'm reading everything correctly. I can easily remove the frog while I'm moving everything around, but it doesn't look like I'll be putting a swg in this summer with what the new deck is going to cost. I will absolutely be sure to leave space for one and appreciate the heads up on thinking ahead. I'll try my best to see if I can do one pad. Thanks!