My wife and I have been discussing getting a pool for quite some time and are finally in a place to make that happen. We are located in southern Wisconsin btw. As with many others I have reached out to PB's in the area and either the quotes are insanely high or they are just so busy they cannot get to me for a year or more. I am quite handy so have been doing research for weeks and I am pretty confident I can do the majority of the work myself and so have decided to go down the DIY path. I am leaning heavily towards poolwarehouse.com for the inground kit. They appear to have good reviews and their prices are pretty reasonable from what I can tell. We are looking to build a pretty large pool and spend quite a lot of money, so I really want to make sure I make the right decisions regarding equipment in particular. So here is the plan:
Looking at a 24x54 rectangular pool with 48in walls and a 9ft deep end. This will put the pool somewhere around 60K gallons which I know is big. We really want to be able to both dive and have plenty of space for things like water volleyball and basketball hence the chosen size. I plan to higher a professionals for the excavation, landscaping (will need a retaining wall due to slope) and I have a master electrician FIL who has agreed to do that part of things for me.
Pool warehouse carries primarily Hayward products it appears. Below is what I was tentatively selecting for the equipment. My biggest concern is the equipment isn't really designed for that big of a pool and I will have problems. To be clear I have not spoken directly with pool warehouse yet, I plan to in the coming days, however I wanted to get all of your expert opinions before I do so I can go in with some knowledge rather than just let them sell me something that isn't going to work well for me.
Chlorination - Hayward OmniLogic Cat5 Smart Phone Controlled 40k Salt System
Pump - Variable Speed Hayward Tristar 2.7THP Vs950 Pump
Filter - Hayward C7030 SwimClear Cartridge Filter, 150 GPM, 2"
Skimmer - 3 Grey Aqua Genie Skimmers, 2 Grey Main Drains & 1 Grey return
Light - 6 Grey Trim Nicheless 1.5" Color LED Lights 50' CORDS 12V
Heater - Hayward Universal H-Series 400k btu digital propane
Deck Jets - 4 Laminar LED Deck Jets Programed for Hayward Lighting Systems
Step Returns & Step Jets - 2 Grey Step Returns With Eyeballs For Steel Steps
I would like to go salt, but I know that with a pool that size the one listed is not going to be near enough. It appears none of the residential systems are really big enough. Any suggestions there? I have read about putting cells in parallel, but not sure if that is truly a reasonable option. I like the idea of the Omnilogic system to automate everything (lights, chlorinator, pumps, actuator valves), but should I look at something else?
Sorry for the long first post. I am super excited to get started with my pool project and I great appreciate any and all advice and guidance you can provide. Thanks!!
Nate
Looking at a 24x54 rectangular pool with 48in walls and a 9ft deep end. This will put the pool somewhere around 60K gallons which I know is big. We really want to be able to both dive and have plenty of space for things like water volleyball and basketball hence the chosen size. I plan to higher a professionals for the excavation, landscaping (will need a retaining wall due to slope) and I have a master electrician FIL who has agreed to do that part of things for me.
Pool warehouse carries primarily Hayward products it appears. Below is what I was tentatively selecting for the equipment. My biggest concern is the equipment isn't really designed for that big of a pool and I will have problems. To be clear I have not spoken directly with pool warehouse yet, I plan to in the coming days, however I wanted to get all of your expert opinions before I do so I can go in with some knowledge rather than just let them sell me something that isn't going to work well for me.
Chlorination - Hayward OmniLogic Cat5 Smart Phone Controlled 40k Salt System
Pump - Variable Speed Hayward Tristar 2.7THP Vs950 Pump
Filter - Hayward C7030 SwimClear Cartridge Filter, 150 GPM, 2"
Skimmer - 3 Grey Aqua Genie Skimmers, 2 Grey Main Drains & 1 Grey return
Light - 6 Grey Trim Nicheless 1.5" Color LED Lights 50' CORDS 12V
Heater - Hayward Universal H-Series 400k btu digital propane
Deck Jets - 4 Laminar LED Deck Jets Programed for Hayward Lighting Systems
Step Returns & Step Jets - 2 Grey Step Returns With Eyeballs For Steel Steps
I would like to go salt, but I know that with a pool that size the one listed is not going to be near enough. It appears none of the residential systems are really big enough. Any suggestions there? I have read about putting cells in parallel, but not sure if that is truly a reasonable option. I like the idea of the Omnilogic system to automate everything (lights, chlorinator, pumps, actuator valves), but should I look at something else?
Sorry for the long first post. I am super excited to get started with my pool project and I great appreciate any and all advice and guidance you can provide. Thanks!!
Nate