Hello All,
After two years of watching youtube videos and planning/researching/designing we pulled the trigger on a kit from Royal. Have a big backyard so we are going 20x40 w/8'6" deep/dive end. Autocover, corner under vinyl steps with a few feet of bench on either side. Planning on DIYing nearly the entire thing except for patio/pool deck and electrical/gas hookups. Kit should arrive in about 3 weeks so preparing what I can in advance to hit the ground running at that point.
After two years of watching youtube videos and planning/researching/designing we pulled the trigger on a kit from Royal. Have a big backyard so we are going 20x40 w/8'6" deep/dive end. Autocover, corner under vinyl steps with a few feet of bench on either side. Planning on DIYing nearly the entire thing except for patio/pool deck and electrical/gas hookups. Kit should arrive in about 3 weeks so preparing what I can in advance to hit the ground running at that point.
- Plumbing:
- 2 skimmers + main drains,
- 4 returns + two returns near the steps/bench.
- Planning on all runs to be 2" plumbing
- Hayward TriStar VS 900 (1.85HP) Variable Speed pump
- 30" Sand Filter
- Standard Chlorine pool
- Hayward inline auto-chlorinator for now with plans to switch to salt in future years. I know I need to read up on the TFP methods yet but hoping I can tackle that part a bit later on after I complete designing and prepping for construction
- Heat: 350k BTU Hayward Natural Gas Heater
- Flexible PVC or Rigid? No termites in our area but we do get hard winter freezes in Minnesota. I've heard Flexible might be better through freeze thaw cycles but perhaps susceptible to crimping?
- Main Drains... Cutting the liner this deep in the pool seems scary from a leak standpoint. Should I push forward with the Main Drains and it isn't as scary as it sounds?
- I think'll have some flexibility with equipment pad placement.
- One spot is adjacent the house under our 9ft high deck - about 20 feet from corner of deep end. This would leave ~35 foot gas line run and about 100 foot electrical run.
- Second spot would be out in the yard away from the house on far side of the pool - about 10 feet from corner of shallow end. This would leave about a 120 foot gas run and 75 foot electrical.
- Thoughts? I'm not sure which to choose...