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Is there a reason people go with cartridges vs sand filter? I only had to backwash every few months.
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Is there a reason people go with cartridges vs sand filter? I only had to backwash every few months.
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Wtf? I have to backwash like every week or two.
I had big paper/rubber filters on my last pool, I cleaned those once mid summer, then again when I would close it.
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Cartridge filters clean the water much more effectively. Capture smaller particles. Also less maintenance, clean the carts a couple times a year or backwash every damn week. When its time to change the sand after a few years its a colossal pain in the ass. Changing the cartridges,not so much. No one in my area, DFW, installs sand filters in residential pools. Exclusively commercial pools these days, in my experience.
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Lmao. It’s broken.
My guess is $140 for that backyard, and I’m not including that pavilion kitchen in the background.
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Ah didn't see it was a kitchen thought just gazebo. Yea I could see it being more I'm just trying to be hopeful.
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A basic pool starts around $80k. Ones where people get a few “extras” starts getting $100k+ very quickly. I’m in Indiana so that’s probably lower than a lot of other states with higher costs of living and wages. My $140k guess is probably low honestly. If you were guessing $60-80 and including that gazebo you are way under. $200k+ with all that.
Pools inflated a lot more than other items during inflation but I’ve heard they’ve finally started plateauing and coming down a bit.
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Every job is custom, not really a "size", but a basic pool around 10-12k gallons is going to run around 55-60k. Pebble finish. You can get a little cheaper i guess if you go old school white plaster
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And ya, there's a much bigger infrastructure for the pool industry in a southern metroplex like DFW/Phoenix/Houston so you will definitely get more bang for your buck here than somewhere up north that can't even work outside a few months out of the year.
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Apply to pool companies? You may have to take South American wages though.
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Brb applying in the Home Depot parking lot.
But that’d be fine just looking for experience.