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Survived another contractor....wow, 2 in one week!
Our heat pump for the pool is beyond repair, as of last fall, so it's time to look at a replacement; either another heat pump or a gas heater. I'd prefer the heat pump, just to make it easy to switch out, but there's quite literally NO ONE around to work on POOL heat pumps....and gas is certainly a faster heater.
Well, with this contractor, if we switch to gas, it means also getting a gas company to run a line out to the equipment pad. Fortunately, we have gas service on the property, but we would still need a meter upgrade. THEN...IF we add the remote control options we're looking at, he says...it makes things a WHOLE lot easier to just go ahead and replace the pump (your utility offers a rebate, he says)...and the salt cell....well, you get the picture. Just keep adding up the $$$$. MAJOR sticker shock when he left me the estimate and that doesn't even include getting the gas line run. We have to get a separate estimate from the gas company for that.
I have a feeling DH is gonna reject this the moment he sees that bottom-line figure. (Anything over about $500, unless it's for a car, is a problem for him - LOL!) We really have to decide how much warm water is worth to us. If the pool is too cold, neither of us will get much use out of it.
The other company I contacted for an estimate has not returned our call as of yet. But....I will say that the company that came out today is a big, highly reputable company....this is not their first time setting up this kind of equipment, which is a VERY good thing, in my book.
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How frustrating! But sounds like you are getting better in finding and dealing with contractors :)
20 Feb 14 oleh anggota: BuffyBear
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PS - I just read an article that you can hook up your house's heat pump to your pool. It uses the excess heat your air conditioner generates to heat your pool.
20 Feb 14 oleh anggota: BuffyBear
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Hmmmm....interesting theory, Buffy. We've got a big, whole-house AC unit very near the pool equipment which probably sends out a HUGE amount of heat in the summer. A smaller heat pump for an addition on the house is over on the other side of the lot, however, so probably not worth trying to plumb something over there.
20 Feb 14 oleh anggota: Sandy701
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So I'm curious... did you make sure the pool was all clean & tidy too? LOL. Two contractors in one week - very challenging. My apologies to all contractors everywhere but y'all do put a gal thru paces.
20 Feb 14 oleh anggota: FullaBella
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Bella, you are so right! The pool generally stays in good condition but when the first contractor opened up the control for the salt system to see what model we had, I noticed our salt system had blinking lights and was showing a salt level way too low! He didn't say anything, but I KNEW it needed attention. So.....you guessed it, I hurried out that night and bought bags of salt (had only 1 on hand). Then, the next day I did a full water test and discovered a couple other parameters were out of whack. Of course, I began remedial water chemistry. My salt system was picture perfect when the next contractor arrived. Go, me!!!
27 Feb 14 oleh anggota: Sandy701
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