You could probably mitigate it a bit with a cheaper option using wattles. It wouldn't have the added benefit of the water in going into the finished pool, but much cheaper overall. Although you'd still need some kind of backing if you wanted to keep ALL of the water out. These solutions only cover surface water, so if there's anything flowing under the ground it'd be a futile effort.
Nah, like I said, the house behind it is 2' higher in elevation, nothing was stopping it. That includes all the rainwater coming off the gutters. We build 300 pools a year and might have half a dozen catastrophic cave ins out of those. If we started deploying something like that on every build we'd have to increase costs across the board which then cuts into how many pools we sell. Sometimes you just have to eat it and keep going. That's the job.
We'll see in the morning. Needs to sit overnight before trying to start it, was already throwing oil out of the exhaust when it got flipped and I made it very fucking clear if they throw oil all over that house when they start it back up it's gonna be hell to pay. It's probably ok but if not it's not my problem, they're subs.
How long did your original salt cell last? If you take care of them you should get a solid 3 or 4 years per salt cell. Personally I prefer just good old tabs and shock. But with the price of chems these days it's pretty much a wash as far as how much you are going to spend salt vs chlorine so it just boils down to personal preference.
If the cell worked well and you rarely have algae problems stick with that. Tabs are pretty low maintenance but you’ll always be fighting the CYA climb.
Because demand skyrocketed, supplies were squeezed/covid, and inflation. All at the same time. I read demand is slowing, depending on your area I guess, so maybe the prices will start coming down a little.
Nice start. A full time weekly maintenance guy should be doing around 50 a week depending on how spread out they are. I was a pool boy for 13 years before I started building them, if you have any questions feel free. Get the Orenda app on your phone, it will really help you dial in the chems if you don't have a ton of experience.
Yeah 50 is what I've been told. Thankfully I have 3 years of pool cleaning experience + years of Waterpark operations. All I have to figure out now is the tax laws and finding decent suppliers. Also marketing & social medias of course.
Look up your state Dept of Revenue and they should tell you if services are taxable or not and if so what the rate is and how to pay it. Then check if your county has its own tax on top of the State.
