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Thanks all for the comments and updates. Extremely helpful. I'm going to check out Rising sun and Carolina custom pools. Others I'm reaching out to are Backyard Oasis and Aquatic Artist.
While we are updating the conversation, curious what you all do for the pool maintenance-wise in the off-season?
We have a pool in Florida where it's basically in season April to October. With the house we are building, we will not have a pool but I'm not closed to the idea down the road.
I suspect the season is much shorter in NC (I grew up in NC but haven't lived there since 2008), and I have concerns on what to do in the winter. Here it rarely gets below freezing, and when it does the pump automatically turns on. No need for blankets or extra work.
Also we have a screened in cage on the lanai which is typical in Florida but not really used in NC? We like it to keep the bugs out, etc.
We don't really do anything for pool maintenance in the off-season. Toss the cover on it, and call it good. Everything continues to run as normal, until the water gets cold, and the salt cell stops generating chlorine, but at that point, it's really too cold for much in the way of algae.
The pool season here is whatever you make it. We go late March to end of October, but we turn the pool heat pump on in the spring. We do use the cover when we run the heat pump to save on costs. But if Pentair calls are right for this area, it costs around $250 to heat a pool from March to October with a cover and a heat pump to 85 degF.
Your pool controller here is no different than you pool controller in Florida. It will run the pump continuously at whatever ambient temp minimum it is set at. I think mine kicks on a 37 degF.
We do miss our cage and lanai from the Florida house. The lack of a cage does cause an increase in maintenance, just from leaves and yard debris. Not to mention the bugs.
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