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raspberry331 -> How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/24/2008 9:30:35 PM)

Do you know anyone with a salt water pool? Wonder what it would be like having a salt water pool? Is it easier to maintain?



isaacsmom -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/24/2008 9:37:22 PM)

Well . . . . I'm not exactly sure what you mean . . . . one of my friends has a regular above-ground swimming pool, and they treat it with salt only, no chemicals. Is that what you mean? She says it works nicely and is much cheaper, and the water doesn't taste salty.



uncabeeil -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/25/2008 1:00:02 PM)

the only salt water pools I've ever seen were at oceanside beach clubs. They were always freezing cold.



pbaribeault -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/25/2008 4:19:56 PM)

Many of the indoor public pools are saline (salt) here-abouts, and they are always a reasonable temperature.



sunshine4God -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/25/2008 11:36:42 PM)

That would be neat.At this hotel I stayed in once in Florida they had a saltwater pool and I loved it.



csl7037 -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/26/2008 7:11:04 AM)

We had our pool converted to a salt system last year. I like not having the chemicals. We don't maintain it ourselves because we have a service. The water's not "salty" it's just cleaner and softer. My ds used to swallow water constantly and end up with a tummy ache. I think to some extent he outgrew that but I also think not having the chemicals makes it much easier on his system. Honestly, I don't know enough about it. The difference is subtle, IMO.



firefightermama -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/26/2008 7:39:27 AM)

I think there's a difference between a saltwater pool and having a chlorine-free/salt filter to treat the water.

I don't know how it would be to maintain a saltwater pool, but there's a public one not far from my house. They just pump in the water from the ocean and it's heated (and probably filtered) It's a lot nicer to swim in, you float so much better!!!



GrahamCracker -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/26/2008 11:21:55 AM)

Salt is a chemical too. So I don't know where the idea that salt as opposed to "chemicals" comes from, logically.

The reason we chlorinate our drinking water and swimming water is to prevent disease. Many disease organisms that cannot live in chlorinated water CAN live in salty water. If it were not true, then salt water fish would be free of diseases. Of course, they are not.

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I think there's a difference between a saltwater pool and having a chlorine-free/salt filter to treat the water.


Any conventional swimming pool filter would be completely irrelevant as to whether or not you had chlorine or salt in it. For that matter, there is nothing to prevent one from having salt and chlorine in the same swimming pool.



firefightermama -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/26/2008 7:32:54 PM)

There are pool filters out there that take salt and turn it into chlorine. So, you pour in the salt, and voila, a chlorinated pool. I think that's what some people think is a salt-water pool...



csl7037 -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/27/2008 7:45:01 AM)

...That's a salt system. I really don't think you can have a pure saltwater pool in a residential pool. I know resorts do that and can only imagine the cost to keep something like that. With all the estimates we got before we put our pool in, everything our pool service has done, recommended, and altered in our pool since, and all our neighbors (9/10 on our street) and friends who have pools - I've never heard of anyone putting or creating actual salt water in their home pool. I doubt that's what the OP is talking about because I don't think it's an option.



GrahamCracker -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/27/2008 12:30:05 PM)

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ORIGINAL: firefightermama

There are pool filters out there that take salt and turn it into chlorine. So, you pour in the salt, and voila, a chlorinated pool. I think that's what some people think is a salt-water pool...


It's not a filter (not technically), it's some sort of gizmo that causes a chemical reaction. Likely, it turns it into sodium hypochlorite (NaCl -->NaClO)---that is, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite is a salt, chemically and technically. And it has a chlorine smell, sometimes. It's just not table salt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hypochlorite



GrahamCracker -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (6/27/2008 12:31:58 PM)

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ORIGINAL: csl7037

...That's a salt system. I really don't think you can have a pure saltwater pool in a residential pool. I know resorts do that and can only imagine the cost to keep something like that. With all the estimates we got before we put our pool in, everything our pool service has done, recommended, and altered in our pool since, and all our neighbors (9/10 on our street) and friends who have pools - I've never heard of anyone putting or creating actual salt water in their home pool. I doubt that's what the OP is talking about because I don't think it's an option.


Sea salt is predominately sodium chloride. But if someone puts only sodium chloride in the swimming pool, they are not getting salt water/sea salt. I assume the OP is hoping to get sea salt water in their pool and wondering why that wouldn't be healthier than sodium hypochlorite.



crazedmom -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (7/9/2008 11:16:28 AM)

Our next door neighbor has a salt water pool and they love it. When we put one in, we're going to go with that option as well. It's supposed to be less harsh on the skin and hair, as opposed to chlorine. It's pretty popular here in FL.



phreddy -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (7/9/2008 11:29:27 AM)

My in-laws converted their pool from chlorine to a salt generated chlorninator last year. They say that they spend about 1/4th the time maintaining their pool now. They spend less than $100.00 for the summer for salt and chemicals. They used to spend upwrads of $300.00 for chlorine and chemicals. Their water is much clearer than I have ever seen it in 8 years. My skin does not feel dry when I get out like it used to. My hair is not as stiff and dry also.



Ps103 -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (7/9/2008 11:01:19 PM)

Okay, are we talking about a swimming pool with salt water (like sea water) in it, or a swimming pool with a salt dechlorinator?

If you are talking about a simming pool filled with salt water like the ocean, I have a question. I have difficulty getting 6 litres of water to a specific gravity of 1.022 (well, it isn't hard, it just seems to need a *lot* of salt mix. I can't even imagine how much it would take to get a whole swimming pool that high.

How much does that cost?



GrahamCracker -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (7/10/2008 6:58:04 AM)

Ps103 said
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Okay, are we talking about a swimming pool with salt water (like sea water) in it, or a swimming pool with a salt dechlorinator?


Reading phreddy's comment, I wondered the same thing.

It seems to me that if one had a salt generated chlorine disinfected pool, the patrons would not be able to tell the difference between it and one that had commercially added chlorine. The chlorine disinfectant in either case is the same chemical: sodium hypochlorite. The people who have seen them seem to be able to experience a noticeable difference. So I am guessing they are talking about a saline saturated pool.



csl7037 -> RE: How about a Salt Water Swimming Pool? (7/10/2008 7:38:16 AM)

A pool full of sea water would just be crazy. I've seen some resorts do it but that's when they're able to pump right out of the ocean a few yards away. You can't do that at your house. The "salt system" pool is the hot new thing in this area, where almost everyone has a pool (Florida), so I'm sure that's what she's asking about. And there really is a subtle but very nice difference between the salt system pool and a regular chlorinated pool.



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