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Originally Posted by tabs
Do you know HOW EASY it is to sub contract your own pool, and how much money you save by doing it? Pool contracting companies make at least 25% to 35% profit on your pool. I would estimate you could build it yourself for 50% to 60% of their price...Ask me how I know, I have done it and my friend does it all the time...All it takes is some of your time...If you are having an 80K pool put in you could do it for 45K to 50K..is 30K worth your time? Or you r can get more pool for your money..
Let me tell ya the steps involved..
YOu need to draw a nice scale picture of your backyard and design of the pool you want...you need to find a Civil Engineering firm in your area that sells the engineering specs for your soil conditions..that about $100 and they afix their license stamp on the document...you take all that down to the city and get your permit...whew that was a tough one...
You need a pool digger, a plumber, an electrician, a rebar guy, a gunnite guy, a tile and coping guy, a plasterer and a cement layer/ finisher...ONE guy leads to the next...
Your electrician or plumber can set you up to buy your equipment wholesale...
I would probably run a little overkill 2.5 hp on the pool circulation motor, if you have an additional water feature I would run an extra pump...I ran a DE filter that needed cleaning apx 3 times a year. 1 1/2 hours to completely disassemble and put back to gether... I would say the pool needs its own electric subpanel...Jandy also makes all those automatic pool switching cvalves for spas and water features
I ran Whisperflow pumps...a 2.5 hp apx 6 hours a day was $35 a month..
Definatley salt water system, and what ever self cleaning system that turns your fancy...it all keeps you from having to spend your free time keeping it up...and makes it an enjoyable experience..
ONe thing that you need to carefully consider is the placement of those pool circulation jets...to make sure that there are no dead water spots...usually the plumber will understand the placemnt of those.(pool cos are no better at it then you).Also take pics of where the plumbing pipes are laid...so in case you ever have to dig them up...
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Tabs,
An 8,000 gallon pool is on the small side of things. 2.5 hp pump is truely wasted energy. My little pool is 8k gallons and the Pentair 1.5 VS 3050 pump can handle it without going to the solar heaters at about 20% rated max and I can get to the collectors at about 60%. This is a two story lift. No need for that big of a pump. As a matter of fact I could have gone with a 1 or less hp if I wanted to spend the money on a custom impeller. Not worth it, very pricey for custom complex machining.