This is such a hot topic. PB came out on friday to talk about everything before the dig in February. We talked about salt vs chlorine. It's him & his wife's company but his wife is the pool chemical expert. I mentioned that there was salt in chlorine pools. I got mocked, not in a crazy, cruel way, definitely much lighter but still... he basically looked at me and said, "where? Where is the salt coming from?" And I sort of clammed up. Because seriously, I'm just someone trying to do research to get the best product and life of our pool.
Anyway he said he has a saltwater pool and he wouldn't do it again. He said the salt eats away at a part of the auto cover and then the drum blows. He said it will cost $2k to fix.
He advises to go with chlorine but will do whatever we want. He builds great pools. I live in a small town and know several that are very happy customers.
He calls me up several days later, said he talked to his wife, yeah there is salt in chlorine pools but it's coming from the liquid chlorine.
Our saga continues... Let me just say this, if we go with chlorine I will use the products he says and I will test for salt. If I find any substantial salt ppm he's totally getting a phone call from me... lol.
He's a great builder, I'm not burning any bridges over this, I will be happy swimming chlorine or salt.