Hello all.
My parents (mid-70's) are buying a place that has a 15x30x5 inground pool. My dad is mechanically savvy in just about anything, but not too computer savvy, so I am here to help them a bit as a proxy. I am also pretty mechanically savvy, so hopefully I don't ask too many dumb questions, but neither of us really know much about pools. The pool is currently setup for chlorine, but we are planning to convert it over to saltwater. We had it inspected and the pool company made a couple of recommendations (mostly around replacing some plumbing and valves in the equipment shed, but they seem to be taking advantage in their pricing thinking my parents are new owners and probably don't know any different. As mentioned, we can basically fix anything mechanical so we are planning to "redo" the plumbing of the equipment to make it a cleaner install while at the same time updating/upgrading any components necessary. Right now, there are some things that look a bit thrown together from a plumbing perspective so we will clean that up a bit as we are pretty fanatical about things being designed to make sense as related to layout, etc.
One key point for us is the liner is being replaced as part of the sale. Right now the pool is pretty dirty and the water level is very low so nothing is actually running. I am guessing the company replacing the liner will make sure to get all of the muck out as part of replacing the liner. My main question to start is related to if we should wait to add the SWG after they install the liner and the pool is filled and basically back to working order or if we should just plumb it in before the liner install and upon refill, just start with salt and all. I figure the second option makes the most sense, but we don't know what we don't know.
It has a cartridge filter setup and we will plumb in the SWG as it should as the last component inline of the plumbing before the water goes back to the pool. Is there any good reason to wait until later to install the SWG. We can plumb in an extended pipe where it will go if needed ,so not a problem, but as always it is typically easier to just plumb things in as we rebuild the plumbing in the equipment shed.
Open to any suggestions and thanks in advance for any insight.
PS: I realize this maybe should have been made in the "Just Getting Started" forum, so please move by all means if needed.
My parents (mid-70's) are buying a place that has a 15x30x5 inground pool. My dad is mechanically savvy in just about anything, but not too computer savvy, so I am here to help them a bit as a proxy. I am also pretty mechanically savvy, so hopefully I don't ask too many dumb questions, but neither of us really know much about pools. The pool is currently setup for chlorine, but we are planning to convert it over to saltwater. We had it inspected and the pool company made a couple of recommendations (mostly around replacing some plumbing and valves in the equipment shed, but they seem to be taking advantage in their pricing thinking my parents are new owners and probably don't know any different. As mentioned, we can basically fix anything mechanical so we are planning to "redo" the plumbing of the equipment to make it a cleaner install while at the same time updating/upgrading any components necessary. Right now, there are some things that look a bit thrown together from a plumbing perspective so we will clean that up a bit as we are pretty fanatical about things being designed to make sense as related to layout, etc.
One key point for us is the liner is being replaced as part of the sale. Right now the pool is pretty dirty and the water level is very low so nothing is actually running. I am guessing the company replacing the liner will make sure to get all of the muck out as part of replacing the liner. My main question to start is related to if we should wait to add the SWG after they install the liner and the pool is filled and basically back to working order or if we should just plumb it in before the liner install and upon refill, just start with salt and all. I figure the second option makes the most sense, but we don't know what we don't know.
It has a cartridge filter setup and we will plumb in the SWG as it should as the last component inline of the plumbing before the water goes back to the pool. Is there any good reason to wait until later to install the SWG. We can plumb in an extended pipe where it will go if needed ,so not a problem, but as always it is typically easier to just plumb things in as we rebuild the plumbing in the equipment shed.
Open to any suggestions and thanks in advance for any insight.
PS: I realize this maybe should have been made in the "Just Getting Started" forum, so please move by all means if needed.
and to thank those that are already stepping up to help you help your parents!
