Doug, Are you in communications with the re-builder still? Do you know where the water meter is located. How is your system hooked up to the water source? Please describe your irrigation system and what and where is visible above ground. You need to remember forum members can not see your yard or house and can not visit your property. Your best bet would be to hire an landscaper to start up and test your irrigation system and repair anything that is not working properly. Worth the "piece of mind" and the hassle of continually repairing small problems. If money is an issue then fill us in on the details and we will help the best we can. JMHO Aloha

Thanks everyone for all of your comments. I'll take some photos asap so that anyone who has ideas can offer them. We really aren't capable (anymore) of doing any of the work ourselves. I myself, have physical problems which would prevent me from doing so. My BF is just not detail oriented enough (as I have learned from watching him this past year since we took possession of the house). Seriously, he tries hard and in a pinch can take care of things but honestly it's like his eyes don't work right or something and then he gets all hurt feelings when I have to point out what is wrong; so it's just not worth it. Thankfully, because of all the work already done on the house I have people I trust. We do have another small bathroom - but it's only a Powder Room but, at least it is somewhere to use a toilet and wash up in a pinch. The shower, as I mentioned, will not be touched since it was recently redone. We don't intend to reconfigure anything for the most part - plumbing will remain in place (except for moving the tub's plumbing over a foot or so - there is room, the wall is long) and while I would really love a double sink I suspect it would mean changing the entire layout of the room including re-doing that shower; which means $2000 already spent down the tubes which would just gall me; so I'll live with the one. It's only two of us living here anyway. At least I don't have a desire to make it a show piece. It's not a fancy house, I don't need a spa bathroom. I just want something up-to-date and which works well (I put a lot of thought into my kitchen; also not a show-stopper but one which "fit" into the existing style and materials of my Craftsman home. I intend to do something similar for the bathroom.

The first service call to replace the bulb in either light will negate the cost savings that you perceive. Add the power savings and the colors for WOW effect and then ask yourself again, what are you saving? I expect a 1.5 HP Blower is too much with your spa's jets. Most jets today are far more effective and more efficient than they were 10 years ago. Many don't need the blower either. Simple venturi action can provide more air pressure than you might think. Check Hayward's multi-speed pump. Your pool is not large and you'll say some on energy costs by being able to run at lower speeds. I don't know for certain, but I believe it is still a single phase motor. If it is, reconsider the Pentair offering. I know that motor is 3 Phase which is much more energy efficient. It would also allow you to skip the booster for the Legend. I'm not sure the Hayward offering would give you enough flow to run the sweep but it might. Spec in hard pipe, no flex. How are you sanitizing?

I recently bought a home with an older system. It does not appear to have a any time of controller and just a single zone. It looks like you simply open the supply valve which has a fluid pressure switch. This pressure switch then starts the jet pump (1/2 HP). We have city water on this system. The system was not winterized and the back flow preventer has a few cracks. The pump does not start when connecting 110 volts directly to it. The entire lot is 1/2 acre and I am still digging heads out the ground, so I cannot give an exact number. Do you think this type of system is worth repairing or go with something with multiple zones and no pump.