Our Intex lasted us only 3 seasons. By the time we opened it up last season we knew it would be the last due to the amount of rust and corrosion. We feel we got our moneys worth and wanted to test the waters of being pool owners. We took it down last season and are now ready to purchase a more permanent above ground pool.
Over the weekend I went to a pool show. To be up front, I am not looking for a pool to last a lifetime. I would be happy with something lasting 5-10 years. This is simply because our family is not in our forever home. In fact, we are currently searching for a new home but I am extremely picky and have found nothing I loved. I decided that we cant put 'living" on hold and we want to put up a pool because well, maybe we just make our current house work. I will add...I have no desire to ever move a pool after installation. We will be contracting a pool installer and have no desire to do the work after doing our intex install, lol.
So, here are our options:
Doughboy Autumn Breeze (Resin) OR Doughboy Copper Canyon (Steel) - Both are pricing the same
The store is including a 20MIL liner as well as 13" 1hp pump that has a 5 year warranty. They also offer additional packages that include ladders, chemical startups, covers and skimmer/return packages. All items included with this pool would be doughboy branded. We upgraded some things on our intex that I am hoping to re use with our new pool like our resin ladder and solar cover. This pool package would cost about $2625 with instal being about another $1k
Sharkline Grenada (Resin/steel) This is the most cost effective option. It too comes with a pool package, but here are where my questions arise. They are including a 125sg ft filter pump (2hp 2 speed pump), ladder, skimmer, vacuum, brush etc. They were very much for the filter VS sand pump which is what we are used to with our intex (actually never had a filter pump with the intex). They said the filter replacements are $65.00 and you would probably go through 2 per season ( I am in Michigan) This pool plus package runs about $2k and then probably close to 1K for install. The filter system on this one scares me because i am more familiar with sand.
Carvin Gold Series ( Resin ) includes 25g liner, wall skimmer for $2325.
You can add a 1Hp sand filter with Zeosand for $269 additional. This pool is attractive from the outside. They are including lighting verticals worth 1k if i purchase now with the show going on - or an upgraded sand pump if i didn't want lighting. I also told them i used a salt system so they quoted me for a hayward $599. This is definitely the most costly, but most attractive exterior pool. And quite honestly, because I am anticipating this not being a forever pool, it seems this wouldn't be the best option. Plus installation.
So, I think here are my general questions. With pools, do name brands really matter? Are pool packages ever worth adding on since I may end up upgrading anyways ( I dont want a crappy vacuum, chemical startups etc.)? Should I have a concern about a filtered system VS sand?
These are all priced 18x52 pools.
is there anything I should know when upgrading from an 18x62 Intex pool to a steel/resin based pool?
Over the weekend I went to a pool show. To be up front, I am not looking for a pool to last a lifetime. I would be happy with something lasting 5-10 years. This is simply because our family is not in our forever home. In fact, we are currently searching for a new home but I am extremely picky and have found nothing I loved. I decided that we cant put 'living" on hold and we want to put up a pool because well, maybe we just make our current house work. I will add...I have no desire to ever move a pool after installation. We will be contracting a pool installer and have no desire to do the work after doing our intex install, lol.
So, here are our options:
Doughboy Autumn Breeze (Resin) OR Doughboy Copper Canyon (Steel) - Both are pricing the same
The store is including a 20MIL liner as well as 13" 1hp pump that has a 5 year warranty. They also offer additional packages that include ladders, chemical startups, covers and skimmer/return packages. All items included with this pool would be doughboy branded. We upgraded some things on our intex that I am hoping to re use with our new pool like our resin ladder and solar cover. This pool package would cost about $2625 with instal being about another $1k
Sharkline Grenada (Resin/steel) This is the most cost effective option. It too comes with a pool package, but here are where my questions arise. They are including a 125sg ft filter pump (2hp 2 speed pump), ladder, skimmer, vacuum, brush etc. They were very much for the filter VS sand pump which is what we are used to with our intex (actually never had a filter pump with the intex). They said the filter replacements are $65.00 and you would probably go through 2 per season ( I am in Michigan) This pool plus package runs about $2k and then probably close to 1K for install. The filter system on this one scares me because i am more familiar with sand.
Carvin Gold Series ( Resin ) includes 25g liner, wall skimmer for $2325.
You can add a 1Hp sand filter with Zeosand for $269 additional. This pool is attractive from the outside. They are including lighting verticals worth 1k if i purchase now with the show going on - or an upgraded sand pump if i didn't want lighting. I also told them i used a salt system so they quoted me for a hayward $599. This is definitely the most costly, but most attractive exterior pool. And quite honestly, because I am anticipating this not being a forever pool, it seems this wouldn't be the best option. Plus installation.
So, I think here are my general questions. With pools, do name brands really matter? Are pool packages ever worth adding on since I may end up upgrading anyways ( I dont want a crappy vacuum, chemical startups etc.)? Should I have a concern about a filtered system VS sand?
These are all priced 18x52 pools.
is there anything I should know when upgrading from an 18x62 Intex pool to a steel/resin based pool?
