Well, we are building a pool. After years of popping up and taking down Intex pools, we figured this pool obsession isn’t going away. The bids are coming in. Slowly!
We live on 10 acres and have plenty of room to do just about anything we want. Our back yard area is a complete blank slate. We go back and forth between nice pool and backyard destination. We feel lost and torn.
Because we have lots of years swimming at our own house, we know this is going to be something we use and love. We are wanting to extend our swimming capabilities (i.e. heater and more off season swimming, bigger to accommodate us and guests easier, and more features as in diving and playing and things that aren’t possible with a pop up pool). And, we have waited to landscape the backyard knowing we have been tossing around the idea of getting an in ground pool.
The PB we are leaning towards has done pools for several people we know and who love their pool.We are looking at a 50 foot long pool anywhere from 17-25 foot wide (rough estimate). We are looking at 42 feet long and 17-25 feet wide as it is a blob shape. It will have a tanning shelf. It will have an 8 foot tall waterfall that runs about 24 feet that will also serve as a diving platform. It will have about 20 feet of rock waterfalls. That is basically the basics. There will be a little bit more but that will get us started as a jumping off point if we go with them. We talked equipment some. He uses Jandy. He thinks it will have 5 pumps and so on. I will get more specific if we choose them.
There are a couple of things that I am unsure of. They do not do salt water as he says long term it doesn’t work well with the rocks for the water fall. He wants to do the trichlor pucks. I know all about the CYA and why it is generally not recommended. We had our mind set on Salt Water as that is how we run the Intex. I am so torn. Second, because of the high diving platform we have to do a 12 foot deep pool. I didn’t want a pool that deep. I was thinking 8 foot. I get why. I can do the physics of jumping from 6-7 feet in the air. I am really thinking maybe we should lower it so I can go back to 8 feet. Thoughts on that? My last big hesitation is just going so grand on the water fall. Will we regret this? We absolutely want something a little spicier than a flat pool. But I am concerned that this could be biting off quite a bit . . . not so much initial cost but expense to run and time to maintain.
We LOVE his ideas. He is also very willing to forego the waterfalls and go more simple. He isn’t pushing us either way. We obviously called him because we are familiar with his work and love the finished product.
I would appreciate your help, thoughts, and input on our initial three hesitations: no salt water, 12 foot deep pool, and going so big. Thanks!
We live on 10 acres and have plenty of room to do just about anything we want. Our back yard area is a complete blank slate. We go back and forth between nice pool and backyard destination. We feel lost and torn.
Because we have lots of years swimming at our own house, we know this is going to be something we use and love. We are wanting to extend our swimming capabilities (i.e. heater and more off season swimming, bigger to accommodate us and guests easier, and more features as in diving and playing and things that aren’t possible with a pop up pool). And, we have waited to landscape the backyard knowing we have been tossing around the idea of getting an in ground pool.
The PB we are leaning towards has done pools for several people we know and who love their pool.
There are a couple of things that I am unsure of. They do not do salt water as he says long term it doesn’t work well with the rocks for the water fall. He wants to do the trichlor pucks. I know all about the CYA and why it is generally not recommended. We had our mind set on Salt Water as that is how we run the Intex. I am so torn. Second, because of the high diving platform we have to do a 12 foot deep pool. I didn’t want a pool that deep. I was thinking 8 foot. I get why. I can do the physics of jumping from 6-7 feet in the air. I am really thinking maybe we should lower it so I can go back to 8 feet. Thoughts on that? My last big hesitation is just going so grand on the water fall. Will we regret this? We absolutely want something a little spicier than a flat pool. But I am concerned that this could be biting off quite a bit . . . not so much initial cost but expense to run and time to maintain.
We LOVE his ideas. He is also very willing to forego the waterfalls and go more simple. He isn’t pushing us either way. We obviously called him because we are familiar with his work and love the finished product.
I would appreciate your help, thoughts, and input on our initial three hesitations: no salt water, 12 foot deep pool, and going so big. Thanks!
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