New Pool Central FL - First Time Pool Owner

[allidb85]

Hi everyone! I posted awhile back and did more research and since then I have received several quotes and now I have finally found the PB I am going with. Let me know your thoughts on this. *Note I had the PB increase the sun shelf size as you will see on the last pictures:

488 SF pool/17,338 gal
3.5 – 6 ft depth
Deck area 750

Filter Pentair CCRP 200 160353
Pentair Intelliflo VS 011028
Aquatherm AT150WH 138,000
SWG: IC40
Water feature Sheer Descent 36"

Spa 39 SF, 4 jets, 1 Globrite

3 Globrites (multicolor LED Lights)

Standard 6x6 waterline tile
Concrete pavers panoramic demi
Concrete coping
Spillway tiled 1x1
Standard Quartz finish

Easy Touch 4 with salt and Screen logic

70 LF of 4' high 2 rail aluminum fence (no gates), plus 77 LF of 6' high white vinyl fence with 2 gates ( we backup to a conservation the aluminum fence will go along the conservation line)

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Everything looks good to me!

Maddie

 

[mknauss]

Tiny filter. Unless this is in a screen enclosure, I suggest a 400 SF minimum cartridge filter.

 

[allidb85]

Tiny filter. Unless this is in a screen enclosure, I suggest a 400 SF minimum cartridge filter.

No i'm not getting a screen so I will request a big filter I was worried about that. Thank you

 

[allidb85]

Tiny filter. Unless this is in a screen enclosure, I suggest a 400 SF minimum cartridge filter.

PB is recommending two 200 cartridges over the the 420 cartridge. Thoughts?

 

[mknauss]

Two filter housings? That is silly. Get the Pentair CCP420. It is four cartridges. One filter housing.

 

[Tegguy]

We just switched to the aquacal heat/cool pump and it's super quiet with an awesome warranty.

I think the easytouch is old the intellicenter is the new one.

Just a couple thoughts

 

[usfbull]

Tiny filter. Unless this is in a screen enclosure, I suggest a 400 SF minimum cartridge filter.

FWIW, similar sized pool and everyone keeps saying even with a screen a 200 is too small and should upgrade to the 420

 

[allidb85]

Two filter housings? That is silly. Get the Pentair CCP420. It is four cartridges. One filter housing.

The PB is insisting on two CCRP200. But I am insisting on the CCP420, below is what he said:

In order to clean the filter, You have to remove a large clamp, lift the top off , remove a large 4 filter manifold, take the manifold apart, clean the filters, put the manifold back together. All this takes about 45 minutes, for a pool service company to do. Most service companies will charge about $150.00 to do this. (and most will not want to do it.) When you need to replace the filers, they cost about $500. . On the other hand, the CCRP 200 filters take about 10 minutes to clean and it’s much easier. They cost 250.00 to replace two filters. (See attached picture)

I told him I want the bigger filter, I watched YouTube videos and it looks easy to change and the filter are not too expensive.

 

[allidb85]

We just switched to the aquacal heat/cool pump and it's super quiet with an awesome warranty.

I think the easytouch is old the intellicenter is the new one.

Just a couple thoughts

Do you have the intellicenter? Can you tell me more about it I don’t much about either

 

[mknauss]

I told him I want the bigger filter, I watched YouTube videos and it looks easy to change and the filter are not too expensive.

Good plan. It is not that difficult. And the filters from Amazon are not that expensive.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Your pool is not oversized in any way that it warrants TWO filters. No poster in my memory has had a builder push two filters on them for your sized pool and conditions.

I believe the Pentair VS pump and Intellicenter automation are ideal for you. The Easy Touch 4 is more limited in what it can do and I'm thinking lights, spa, etc. I may be wrong here though and the Easytouch will be enough?? @mknauss what do you think?

Don't let this builder push you around- its your money and you are in charge of how its spent.

Maddie

 

[mknauss]

As long as all the lights will be controlled as a group, the ET4 is fine. But an ET8 or definitely the new Intellicenter gives much more flexibility.

 

[Tegguy]

Do you have the intellicenter? Can you tell me more about it I don’t much about either

I don't have it yet but will be getting it when it comes in. I think with the easy touch there is a separate module you need for cell phone control (could be wrong on this)

 

[allidb85]

My PB finally started yesterday after several delays. Was supposed to start after Thanksgiving but that didn’t happen. Early today while doing excavation the Bobcat broke down ☹

 

[Slapulator]

GloBrites use a proprietary niche, which makes many people dislike them. It locks you into those lights or a pretty intense retrofit for something else. IntelliBrite or MicroBrite give you more flexibility down the road. Each has pros and cons I am personally going the MicroBrite route for flexibility.