My wife and I will be building a new home this winter and I wanted to check in here for recommendations to make it easier when we have our pool built. We live in Las Vegas and the last two homes we've lived in have had pools already built, so I will definitely be putting in a pool and spa.
First thoughts: I want to make sure that there's a gas line installed near where our pool heater will end up. I am also thinking that (due to the extreme water hardness), we will want the pool to be refilled with soft water so we'll want a line for soft water that will be tapped for the pool. ... I know that the pool will initially need calcium hardness so my plan is to partially fill the pool with unsoftened water and mix in some softened water to keep the pool's CH level at reasonable levels. Once the pool's filled, any replacement water can be soft water so that the CH doesn't go up too much.
That's all of the thoughts I've come up with so far - gas line + soft water for the pool.
And of course, no stinkin' landscaping that will shed a bunch of debris, which invariably ends up in the pool.
Any other considerations/ideas would be much appreciated. No rush; I don't expect to start pool construction until fall 2018. Home construction starts late 2017.
Thanks in advance.
First thoughts: I want to make sure that there's a gas line installed near where our pool heater will end up. I am also thinking that (due to the extreme water hardness), we will want the pool to be refilled with soft water so we'll want a line for soft water that will be tapped for the pool. ... I know that the pool will initially need calcium hardness so my plan is to partially fill the pool with unsoftened water and mix in some softened water to keep the pool's CH level at reasonable levels. Once the pool's filled, any replacement water can be soft water so that the CH doesn't go up too much.
That's all of the thoughts I've come up with so far - gas line + soft water for the pool.
And of course, no stinkin' landscaping that will shed a bunch of debris, which invariably ends up in the pool.
Any other considerations/ideas would be much appreciated. No rush; I don't expect to start pool construction until fall 2018. Home construction starts late 2017.
Thanks in advance.