First time poster here, so far this site has proven to be very useful! I'm working on a plan for a backyard pool project which is going to happen in August. Attached is the current plan for the backyard. My question is on our three planned deck jets. The patio with the fire pit is about 18" higher than the rest of the stuff with a set up steps down on either side. The boulders on the "south east" side of the fire pit patio would be flush with the paver patio, and 18" down to the concrete apron. We thought it would be cool to have 2 of our deck jets at the upper level right between the pavers and the boulders, shooting over the concrete apron, and into the pool. The lower deck jet would be between the boulder and the start of the concrete apron.
I talked to my pool installer about this and they had some concerns.
First, he was concerned about having the deck jets come from the landscaping area, because in that case they are not set in the concrete to hold them perfectly in place. Is that a valid concern?
Second, he said it wouldn't work well to have 2 jets 18" higher than the other one due to the additional working against gravity, and it would result in the upper jets not reaching as far, when those two actually need to reach further. I asked about the plumbing and he said that when they do jets they just have one shutoff valve and plumb them in a line with a cap on the end. They're concerned that with one adjustment valve it wouldn't be possible to get them all reaching the appropriate distance.
I did some reading on here and I've seen people recommend having individual adjustment valves, or using a continuous equalization loop to balance the pressure, but it sounds like the installer doesn't do this typically. (This area doesn't have a great pool market) I gotta imagine that something like this is not unreasonable to do, but like I said, I'm new to this. What do the experts here think?
I talked to my pool installer about this and they had some concerns.
First, he was concerned about having the deck jets come from the landscaping area, because in that case they are not set in the concrete to hold them perfectly in place. Is that a valid concern?
Second, he said it wouldn't work well to have 2 jets 18" higher than the other one due to the additional working against gravity, and it would result in the upper jets not reaching as far, when those two actually need to reach further. I asked about the plumbing and he said that when they do jets they just have one shutoff valve and plumb them in a line with a cap on the end. They're concerned that with one adjustment valve it wouldn't be possible to get them all reaching the appropriate distance.
I did some reading on here and I've seen people recommend having individual adjustment valves, or using a continuous equalization loop to balance the pressure, but it sounds like the installer doesn't do this typically. (This area doesn't have a great pool market) I gotta imagine that something like this is not unreasonable to do, but like I said, I'm new to this. What do the experts here think?
