Hi Everyone,
I'm in Austin, TX and am pursuing an owner build. I just submitted for HOA approval and expect it to get approved quickly.
My plans include a 35x21 geometric pool with 13x6.5ft sun deck. It will also have a raised 7x7 spa with spillover into the pool below. Depths 3.5-7 ft and approximately 27.5K gallons. I'm going SWG with travertine coping. The construction plans say leuder but it's being fixed as coping is travertine.
Below is my initial equipment list. I would love any feedback or recommendations:
Pump: Pentair Intelliflo VS Pump
Water Feature Pump: Pentair 1.5HP Whisperflo
Heater: Pentair Mastertemp 400K BTU Natural Gas ()
Heater: Pentair Heatpump chiller 140K BTU
Sanitization: Pentair IC60
Filter: Pentair 420 Cartridge is listed but I'm going to push this to the 520
Lights: Pentair IntelliBrite (2) pool (1) spa
Automation: IntelliCenter I10 PS (the document attached also shows a screen logic. Am I correct that this is not needed with IntelliCenter)
Blower: (1) Pentair 1.5 HP
Here are some specific questions:
Chris
I'm in Austin, TX and am pursuing an owner build. I just submitted for HOA approval and expect it to get approved quickly.
My plans include a 35x21 geometric pool with 13x6.5ft sun deck. It will also have a raised 7x7 spa with spillover into the pool below. Depths 3.5-7 ft and approximately 27.5K gallons. I'm going SWG with travertine coping. The construction plans say leuder but it's being fixed as coping is travertine.
Below is my initial equipment list. I would love any feedback or recommendations:
Pump: Pentair Intelliflo VS Pump
Water Feature Pump: Pentair 1.5HP Whisperflo
Heater: Pentair Mastertemp 400K BTU Natural Gas ()
Heater: Pentair Heatpump chiller 140K BTU
Sanitization: Pentair IC60
Filter: Pentair 420 Cartridge is listed but I'm going to push this to the 520
Lights: Pentair IntelliBrite (2) pool (1) spa
Automation: IntelliCenter I10 PS (the document attached also shows a screen logic. Am I correct that this is not needed with IntelliCenter)
Blower: (1) Pentair 1.5 HP
Here are some specific questions:
- Any benefit to having the 2nd pump a Whisperflo or should I go with another Intelliflo VS? I'm 99% about changing this to an Intelliflo VS
- My document shows a 400K BTU heater and a separate heatpump chiller. Is this a best practice to have both units or go with a combined unit that's a heater/chiller?
- My document shows a "Pentair Screen logic modem". I thought this was only needed with an Easy Touch system and not with the newer IntelliCenter systems? Am I off base here?
- Are there any specific blowers that are recommended? This is an area I haven't researched yet and would love any feedback.
- Any feedback on skimmer/returns location and/or qty?
Chris