After doing a lot of research we decided to pull the trigger on a pool recently. We are going with the fiberglass pool mostly for ease of cleaning, and the quick turnaround to get it installed. We talked to six different installers here in the city, and settled on one that we felt the most comfortable with. We chose the “Pleasure Island” design by San Juan pools which is 14,000 gallons at just under 6 foot at the deepest spot. We didn’t want a real “deep end”, or diving board, and liked the barstools and other features of the pool. They are scheduled to come next Wednesday to start the dig, and said if there aren’t any big setbacks, we should be swimming within 10 days to 2 weeks from then.
This installer uses all Jandy equipment which seems ok from what I’ve read. I am upgrading to a 2.5 HP variable speed pump, and 400k BTU natural gas heater. He does salt water on all his installs, but I need to verify what size that is. He will be installing some deck jets around the pool, as well as some jets in the ledge area and around the barstools. He is going to do a salt rock finish on the concrete to give it a little character. I had never seen that before, but it looks pretty cool. He will be putting in a water feature wall similar to the one in the picture below with led’s in it, but I haven’t decided exactly where that will go. I’m also having them put in umbrella holders in the deck all around the pool. There will be a natural gas fire pit built as well. We have already changed the layout from what it looked like in the pics below, we decided to push it out another five feet or so. I still have time to make other changes, but hopefully I’ve thought of everything. Unfortunately we are going to have to move the trees that are currently on either side of it, and the arborist isn’t sure if they will make it or not with the weather we have right now. Thanks for looking!
This installer uses all Jandy equipment which seems ok from what I’ve read. I am upgrading to a 2.5 HP variable speed pump, and 400k BTU natural gas heater. He does salt water on all his installs, but I need to verify what size that is. He will be installing some deck jets around the pool, as well as some jets in the ledge area and around the barstools. He is going to do a salt rock finish on the concrete to give it a little character. I had never seen that before, but it looks pretty cool. He will be putting in a water feature wall similar to the one in the picture below with led’s in it, but I haven’t decided exactly where that will go. I’m also having them put in umbrella holders in the deck all around the pool. There will be a natural gas fire pit built as well. We have already changed the layout from what it looked like in the pics below, we decided to push it out another five feet or so. I still have time to make other changes, but hopefully I’ve thought of everything. Unfortunately we are going to have to move the trees that are currently on either side of it, and the arborist isn’t sure if they will make it or not with the weather we have right now. Thanks for looking!
