It still runs on chlorine
A salt cell makes chlorine out of the salt already in the water. The pool is sanitized the same way. You are just not carrying jugs.
Salt Water Pools in Omaha
How a salt water pool works
The water feels softer
This is the part owners actually notice, and it is a real benefit. Salt water has a smoother feel against skin.
The salt level is low
Around a tenth of seawater, closer to a contact lens solution. Most swimmers cannot taste it.
Cells are a wear part
A cell runs three to seven years depending on hours and how well the water is kept. Plan on replacing it, not buying it once.
Some materials mind it
Natural stone coping, untreated metal and older plaster wear faster around salt. That is a materials question more than a water one.
It is not less work
The chlorine makes itself. Everything else about owning a pool stays exactly where it was.
Want this in your backyard? Let us walk it with you.
What we do on a salt pool
- Check the cell condition and its output
- Look over coping, stone and metal for salt wear
- Hold the salt level where the cell wants it
- Clean the cell on schedule so it lasts its full life
- Watch the cover and its hardware for corrosion
- Hold the water to the TrueBlue standard
- Replace the cell when it is genuinely done
- Tell you what the system costs to run
Why we do not put salt on a new build
We are protecting what we just built
A new pool comes with coping, stone, fixtures and a cover we specified and installed. Salt shortens the life of several of them, and ours is the name on that work.
The gain is real but narrow
Softer feeling water is worth wanting. It is not worth taking years off the hardscape sitting around the pool to get it.
What we set up instead
Every pool we build comes with TrueBlue water. The same silky feel, without asking the stone and the metal to live in salt.
If you already have a salt pool
We service it, we keep the cell healthy, and we hold the water to the TrueBlue standard. That is what makes an existing salt system run better and last longer.
TrueBlue
Clear enough to forgetit is even treated.
TrueBlue is the water standard on every pool we build, and it is what we set up on a salt pool too.
Our Omaha metro service area
Building anywhere in the metro. Tell us where your yard is.
Salt water pool questions
Ask us a salt water pool question
Is a salt pool chlorine-free?
No. The cell makes chlorine from salt. The difference is that you are not storing and handling it yourself.
Does the water taste salty?
Barely. The level sits around a tenth of seawater, closer to a contact lens solution.
Will salt damage my deck?
Sealed concrete and pavers hold up well. Some natural stone, untreated metal and older plaster wear faster, which is what we look at first.
Why will you not put salt on a new build?
Because we installed the stone, the coping and the cover, and we stand behind them. Salt takes life off several of those.
Will you convert my existing pool?
We will talk it through and look at your coping and fixtures first. On a pool we built, we will tell you plainly that we would rather not.
What do you do for the salt pools you service?
We keep the cell healthy and hold the water to the TrueBlue standard, which is what makes an existing salt system work better and last longer.
Related services and guides
Carson Complete
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Equipment repair
Pumps, heaters, filters, cells and automation diagnosed and fixed.
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Inground pools
Custom shapes, tanning ledges and full decks, drawn and dug by our own crew.
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Pool decks & coping
Pavers, bluestone and concrete set on base that survives Nebraska winters.
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Annual pool ownership cost
About $3,700 a year
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Ask us about your salt pool
Whether you already have one or you are weighing it, we will look at your coping, your fixtures and how you want the water to feel.