Custom Pools

Many people are interested in a saltwater pool because it won’t hurt or sting your eyes, irritate your skin, damage your hair, fade your swimsuit or cause headaches. However, there’s more to it than just these benefits.

Although the upfront cost is higher for a saltwater system, the cost is actually more effective long term.  A salt chlorine generator breaks dissolved salt into hypochlorous acid and sodium hypochlorite (the sanitizing agents used in chlorine pools). Since salt cells only produce chlorine as needed, a saltwater pool requires much less maintenance and products than a traditional chlorinated pool.

Ultraviolet (UV) pool sanitizers utilize invisible UV light rays to sanitize water. The high intensity light ray destroys algae, bacteria and viruses, as well as some chlorine-resistant parasites. In addition, you will not have any chlorine by-products when using the UV system. These systems are used in 80% of new waterpark facilities that are built.

However, because this technology works by moving the water past UV lamps, it is unlikely a residential pool would circulate quickly enough to the UV light. The germs in the distant end of the pool would have time to grow and multiply before making it to the UV light. So, we recommend adding chlorine to a UV system in a residential pool. The amount of chlorine required is much less than a fully-chlorinated pool.