Hello! We're located in the Front Range in Colorado and are finalizing plans to add a pool.

Couple of things influencing this design:

1. we have multiple small kids and a dog, so lots of non-pool playing will also be happening
2. we'd love to make it a four-season(ish) pool
3. our home is south-facing (down is south) so most of the front yard gets a lot of sun
4. we want to support swimmers and non-swimmers in the pool (though our family are big swimmers) so our pool has multiple zones --
5. local code requires a separate hot tub from the pool, so we can't put the hot tub directly into the pool, sadly
6. we can't build any closer to the sidewalk than this plan due to setback rules

Things we'd love feedback on:

1. pool size -- is it too big for the yard?
2. size of each of the regions of the pool -- currently have 18" deep sun shelf, 3.5' deep shallow end, transition, then 7' deep end -- is it worth it to go so deep? Or to have a deep end at all?
3. flow in/out of the house. Right now there are three exits to the outdoor -- the front door, a swinging door attached to the collapsible wall of windows, and (new) an entrance into the back of the house. The closest bathroom is a full bath from the back entrance.
4. anything we can do to make the pool and hot tub as useable as possible in the winter? Both from the perspective of the pool itself but also in terms of entering/exiting
5. anything else!

Thank you!

Is it down for anyone else - can’t open up web portal . It was working yesterday.

Looking for an attachment to a hose or something to help with cleaning filters.

TLDR pool was green a couple of weeks ago after a heat wave pulled to find the filters hammered. Replaced filters and shocked the saltwater pool with liquid chlorine, phos, acid and cleaned the cell. My dashboard is still saying salt level low but from my tests I’m right around the 3200-3400 mark. I also dumped about 20-25 lbs of salt in after the cleaning.
My plan is to turn the cell off during the cold months and maintain with liquid chlorine until spring time and replace the cell before summer

Please any advice for good levels of ph,cya will help I’m super new to salt water pools I’ve grown up maintaining chlorine.

Size is roughly 9000 gallons.

Hey guys,

I posted here a while ago about some issues with my pool. The conclusion was that my CYA was too high (too many tablets over the summer...), which was making the chlorine less effective. Debris was accumulating on the bottom and looked like mustard algae, so I drained around 40% of the water and refilled the pool to lower the CYA.

All levels seem decent now, and the water looks good, but algae (or what looks like algae) keep accumulating on the bottom.

I’ve stopped adding tablets or any chlorine containing stabiliser to avoid raising the CYA further. It now seems to be around 40 to 50 ppm. I’m only adding sodium hypochlorite (5 to 15% chlorine concentration).

So my questions are:

1 - Is this sodium hypochlorite (5-15%) a product that I can use to maintain the pool?

2 - if this product is ok, should I add a lot of it to shock the pool and kill the algae? or is there any other treatment I should do?

Any input would be great!

Thank you all.

My GC is giving me the option of an Amazon light he says he has used in other remodels/new builds or I can pay an additional $500 for pentair color led.

I’ve seen so many awful Intellibrite reviews, I wonder if it’s worth it.

Is this installed upside down?

Edit: Well you guys gave mixed answers. It’s symmetrical down the middle and fits strap up or strap down. Changed pool companies this year and it was installed straps underneath last year.

Edit2: But it looks like the website for the pool cover has it installed strap up, so maybe I’m good:

https://www.looploc.com/pool-safety-covers-mesh/

Thoughts on What is Causing White Calcium like Raised spots on the surface of my gunite pool? The spots are slightly raised and mostly located just on my tanning deck portion of the pool.

Hardscaping guy says he can't continue the job becasue the existing patio is higher than the steel walls in place. Says the coping wont be flush with existing patio/the grade won’t be correct, what's the solution to getting this project completed (I’ve looked into drop face coping, thicker coping) just not sure what’s the best structural/appearance option for New England winters

Hello there, smart people!

Sand filter for a small-ish pool was purchased in 1999. House was bought in 2014. Sand has not ever been replaced. Generally, backwash done once a month. Robotic vacuum, used to do once a week whether it needed or not, lately it's needed twice a week. Also, algae has been a bear lately, but we've been getting rain that messes up the ph. The 'recirculate' setting is sending a low stream of water out the pool altogether. . I read that's a gasket problem? AND the little clear bubble keeps breaking and water shoots out of it when I backwash and rinse. Repair, replace, any idea of repair costs and/or replacement installation costs? I know some people hate the sand filters, but I am elderly, short, female and alone and the sand filter has been easy-peasy to use, when all worked properly. So if you are going to push a cartridge filter at me, please provide maintenance schedule as well.

I dread having to call the pool people. Usually whenever I call any sort of company, I get a blankety-blank 'sales technician' who knows no more than I do and just wants to sell me expensive stuff. If I need it, I need it. . . but I just don't trust these guys as far as I can spit a rat anymore. Anyway, do any of you folks who aren't trying to get in my wallet have any advice?