From the article: What is a Green Pool?
People swim in the Phoenix area all year long, so there are many of you who have built a swimming pool at your home, or purchased a home with a pool. Here is where you can share your swimming pool maintenance mistakes, horror stories, experiences and tips about being a residential swimming pool owner. Maybe you should have hired a pool maintenance company, or maybe you shouldn't have tried to save money on the pump system. Maybe you went too long without testing the water, or maybe you got into trouble in your community for draining your pool. Tell us what you think we should know about swimming pool ownership! Note: This isn't a place to complain about pool builders. Those submissions will not be approved. Share Your Pool Tips
Lazy river and slide
- I would have made the pool twice the size and put in a water slide and lazy river for the kids also and still may do it - a separate pump for the spa and in floor sprinklers for cleaning. Possibly even a waterfall to jump through.
- —Guest Xander
a few points missing
- Great article and excellent list of all the positive aspects of a salt chlorine pool. However it is missing a few points. Salt is very corrosive as is chlorine. A pool that uses salt water WILL go through more equipment. Heaters primarily, but anything touching the saltwater will reduce its life expectancy. All equipment needs to be grounded bonded and double bonded and any inground pools need to have salt inhibitors in the pool surface and deck. Salt is great but any damage it removes from the bather it adds 2x to the pool itself. - - - - [Note From the About.com Guide: the article being referenced is here - http://phoenix.about.com/cs/wet/a/saltpool01.htm]
- —Guest PoolBuilder
pool alarm
- with 11 drowning deaths by Fourth of July 2011 (five children and six adults) I believe all pools should have an alarm.
- —nastij
Excellent Article
- I have had several pools built in the Phoenix area and was never told about these pumps. Unfortunate that we were not informed as it appears this has been an option for many years. Great information!
- —Guest Martin
