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Originally Posted by HenryHelmhazzard

Not that this will help with your question, but just wanted to share: we changed our pool to saltwater 2 years ago, and it's about 1/10th the effort to maintain now, and we no longer need a service. I think the unit was $600-650 installed. Our pool service prior to this was $80/month.

We put stabilizer in the pool once, maybe twice in a year, the occasional few cups of acid, salt now and then, and things stay perfect and clear without scrubbing. There's a Sparkle-brite near here that we take the water in for analysis about every month or two. I'd be amazed if we've spent more than $100 in chemicals each year, and once we the chemistry was up and running, it's been hardly any effort since.

The only "work" is spraying out the heyward cartridge filter... maybe once per month during heavy use, every other month otherwise and it's not hard at all.

One added plus is the almost non-existent chlorine means that the water isn't toxic to the occasional frog that hops in. We scoop them out and put them in our pond, but they keep coming back for the spa-like experience.

Three cheers for one of those rare home improvements that paid for itself quickly!

(FYI, ours is a 12,000 gallon pool under a screened cage)

We have friends that had theirs changed as well, and swear by it.