Company A has chemically sealed Schedule 40? LOL. That means they are glued and normal. Just make sure it's all hard pipe. Put 2.5" suction on the drains. Especially important for the spa. By keeping the returns open a little, a separate pool return in the spa can be eliminated as well as the dedicated 2 HP pump. Just use the pool pump for the spa. Its can go up to 2 HP also. If they bring in a heat pump, they'll more amps brought in. Company B likes to glue their plumbing fittings too! Shocking! You might think its an industry standard, And you'd be right! Heheh. Same issue with the drains, go to 2.5" pipes. Why only 6 jets? Why not an E-Pump? Only the spa will need it. The pump is normally slowed and run a little longer so it saves power in pool circulation. How big is the DE filter? I don't see that there is a controller. Since you're lighting it, putting in color LED fixtures in makes sense. Why is the 100W quartz in the spa and not a colored LED? A 12 year warranty has to be specific to them. Find out ahead of time what isn't covered. Both companies: Salt it. Its easiest to care for. Scott

Well, now we are just waiting for the Archetictural Review Board to review our plans. The ARB is kind-of a joke because we only have 3 houses in our neighborhood. Anyway, we went with a 7.5' spa. I though 7' was too small and 8' was too big. I "borrowed" some of all of your suggestions and ideas and went with all stone surround added a step, all Pentair and 400,000 btu. Still trying to decide on 7', but the ARB does not care about that. Thank you for all of your help! I'll post more pictures once we get started.

Hello Karij luvplants, thanks for responding. We are going with a Pebble,but no sure what brand. Not sure yet if it's the "real Pebble Tech" or some other brand. Is there really a differance between the "real pebble sheen" and something like Kerber Pebble? Thanks for the advice on the spa.It would be nice to have a couple of jets in the right places.The pb is "giving" us a pool shark pool sweep. Not sure if it's a real good one but I guess I'll find out.I am getting a remote that will run just about everything. Also, does anyone know what size plumbing would work best with the 4 x 160 pump. The pb thinks 2" would work fine, but myself and the plumber are thinking 2 1/2 " for better flow with this pump. Any suggestions?? The equipment is going to be located about 15-20ft. from pool and spa. One more question, should the pumps be on pads or can they be put on the new concrete I'm going to pour? The reason I ask is that I had concrete removed where the equipment is going and planned on repouring after all the plumbing is stubbed up and then setting the equipment on it. I came home the other day and there were these precast pads sitting on the dirt were the equipment will be.I haven't had a chance to ask the pb about it yet, but do they use those pads and then I pour around them? Sorry again for all the questions, but I do like as much info. as possible when it comes to projects like this. Thank You P.S. I know I misspelled Pool in my subject line so you all can stop laughing now. :-)

This door will be removed. BBQ area will be under here. Not sure if you can tell from the pictures but the concrete is pretty rough. Our PB suggested poring new concrete to bring it to the new level of the door and with the pool and stamping it all to look cohesive. Problem with that is it costs 14k and we would like to put that money into other things.Anyone have any suggestions as to how we can make it blend in and look nice with the new stamped concrete?