Plumbing crew brought over the equipment and installed the pipes yesterday.
I finally received most of the equipment part numbers last week:
Main Hayward VS pump: Tristar SP32950VSP
Water Feature pump: Tristar SP3210EE
Silencer 1.5HP blower: AIR-85-8412
Omni Logic 8 function with 40,000 gal. Salt Cell: ?
Cartridge filter: C5030
Hayward 40K BTU filter: H400
Upon inspecting the equipment, I found some issues immediately... they brought over a UV and ozonator that I canceled while back. They also brought a pool cleaner booster pump, which I also canceled since I am planning on buying a robot cleaner. Last kicker was that they brought over a used inline puck dispenser instead of a SWCG!
I called PB to inquire about the equipment issues, and he says there was a breakdown of communication between the owner of the plumbing company and the employees (Of course it wasn't PB's fault... LOL).
Moving on to the plumbing... I asked the foreman how many return lines are going from the equipment pad to the pool, and he said one 2" pipe runs about 40 feet from the equipment pad towards the pool. Then it splits into two 2", which connects to five return eyeballs. Separate 2" return pipe runs from the equipment pad to the spa returns. I wasn't too happy about only having two 2" return pipes compared to having three 2" suction pipes pulling water from the pool (2 skimmers and 1 main drain). Without doing any hydraulic math it seemed more logical to have the equal number of pipes returning and pulling water to and from the pool. After a quick call to the plumbing sub owner, foreman agreed to add another 2" return pipe going from the equipment pad to the pool.
Moving on to the equipment pad... After placing 2 pumps and a filter about 12 inches apart from one another there wasn't enough space for the gas heater, which is about 3 feet wide... Crew agreed that pad isn't big enough. So now, I have to wait until my PB comes by and add more concrete to the pad... I am very tempted to go buy a bag of concrete and do it on my own...
Why do I feel like I am the general contractor/PB???
