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Originally Posted by smow5050
My wife and I are debating whether we should have a pool built at our new home. For those owners who have installed pools, if given the chance would you do it again? We have never had a pool before, so we are not sure what additional equipment should be added to the design to insure minimum maintenance and operating costs. Any assistance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
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We'd do it again in a heartbeat. What you build depends on your lifestyle. My wife is a regular lap swimmer but we are near a lap pool, so we don't have to have a "swimming" pool. We have a small pool and spa which is perfect for us. The spa is a wonderful refresher after any exercise or when it's either cold or hot outside. We mostly relax in the pool also. By having the combination, the circulating water keeps both clean and almost maintenance free. A salt chlorination system is the way to go, solar heat is terrific, if you have a south exposure roof where you can put it unobtrusively. With the pool and lanai on the east/south sides we get the wonderful morning sun.
T&D will probably build your pool if you do it with the house. but I suggest you contract with them separately from the house contract. This way you will have more control and communication with the design and construction. They are the best, but arrange things in advance. They have a waiting list of several months. I can connect you to one of their construction managers if you can't seem to get through the wait time. A pool isn't really an investment for us. It's part of that 'dream' lifestyle we hoped to have some day, and the enjoyment is what matters most. We aren't tied down with it either. If we are gone for a while, we have T&D take care of it. Good luck!