Passion for one’s profession…

We believe that passion for one’s profession goes hand and hand with promoting the recognition for a higher competence in a given craft.
In observing those you choose to solicit and ultimately perform the work, it is wise to measure a perspective performer’s motivations and reasoning for such a pursuit. If it is purely a profit driven endeavor, the passion would be purely the revenue stream that your project represents. If you gravitate towards a true craftsman, the motivations become a internal fire that burns within that type of individual performer and the money, although important plays a secondary role.

Historically many of our clients through the exhibits of our expressed passion have gain insight for our competence in performing each element of the work scope.

Additionally only a few in-ground pool builders offer after care for what they create. Our willingness and desire to continue the relationship over the life of a well built swimming pool or masterpiece Outdoor Living Environment should exemplify a stronger commitment for what we build. In choosing to extend our services to include swimming pool service and or pool maintenance, we believe a connection with our clients is established to our Sacramento “style” construction.

We have designed and built many swimming pools in Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, Lincoln, Loomis, Newcastle, Penryn, Auburn, Cool, and in Sacramento County, Folsom, Orangevale, Fair Oaks, Citrus Heights, the city of Sacramento and in El Dorado Hills, Latrobe, Shingle Springs, Cameron Park, and many others areas and we have aided many people’s enjoyment while living outdoors “Sacramento Style” almost all year long.

Taking advantage of the wonderful backyard opportunities involving new swimming pool, landscape renovations and other elements including:

• Waterfalls

• Water Features

• Koi Ponds

• Vanishing Edge Swimming Pools

• Infinity Edge Swimming Pools

• Caribbean Shelf Swimming Pools

• Beach Entry Swimming Pools

• Cabo Shelf Swimming Pools

• Built-in Spas

• Portable Spas

These are all part of the many, many possibilities in Designing and Building Swimming Pools that can aid your enjoyment and extend your outdoor family life.

 In order to wed a pool’s piping system to an equipment package, calculations should be preformed that allow a true understanding to be gained for the hydraulic conditions that will prevail and that will become the marriage (good or bad) between you and your pool’s thrist for power. A final step to design after commitments to the shapes, elevations and special features have been concluded is to determine how the water will flow. This is the most overlooked detail associated with the greatest long term cost to the Owner than with any other oversight in the pool industry today. Every swimming pool proposal can include a “True Design” performed by Earth Dynamics Poolscapes reflecting the accurate intentions of the infrastructure.

This information is vital today if, your pool is to be build will a clear understanding for the energy efficiency demands of tomorrow!

Swimming Pool Plumbing Schematic

 We can provide a complete plumbing schematic with all operational hydraulic calculations performed for the entire piping network. Our CAD design format will convert piping distances, equipment restriction, fittings, elevation changes and flow rates into piping size requirements. This imagery will correspond to “Best Selection” of your pump and motor. Operational durations will be expressed in hours to complete a filtering cycle using the least electricity on plan and programs can be set with this information with a high degree of energy efficiency confidence.

By specifying the pipe distances, pump sizes and equipment selection directed at electrical efficiency it takes the guesswork out of the cost estimate analyses. The bidding game of smoke and mirrors are eliminated and you have a build-able plan that will provide an easily delegate-able format in which installation crews can perform per the clear and concise graphically expressed instructions.

Swimming Pool Electrical Layout

 After determining the “Best Selection” for the pump, motor and pipe sizing our design will express the most efficient power runs considering both conductors size, conduit network and operational power load demands. Breakers, switching, controls, deck boxes, lights, low voltage, yard power, and all the electrical requirements necessary will be graphically expressed so they can be easily measured, accounted for and clearly presented as a requirement.

Swimming Pool Equipment Pad Layout

 Our CAD design includes a scaled “Top View” expression of a accurately dimensioned equipment pad layout will all of the selected equipment positioned. This allows rough-in plumbing considerations to mirror the exact position of actual equipment in a fashion that reduces double work and reconfigurations at “equipment set”. Details such as Multi-port Valves, Straight Through Valves, Check Valves, Feeders, Solar Systems, Low Voltage, Flex Conduit, etc. will be exhibited on plan easily identifiable and quantifiable. A nuts and bolts quote for the entire equipment pad can additionally be provided at “no charge” upon request!

Swimming Pool Installation Details

 Together with our CAD plumbing, electrical & equipment layouts we combine this information with a complete volume of construction details which highlight accepted industry practices, procedures and manufacturers recommendations. These accumulations of both pictorial reproductions and verbiage step by step directions leave nothing to the imagination, nothing to fall through the cracks.

Swimming Pool Specifcations

 We have combined the ANSI, NSPI, UBC & NEC recommendations and building code requirements to project the most detailed listing of the appropriate manufactured components that meet or exceed the specified requirements. This information is combined with each set of plans allowing a  organized and anticipatable transition to take place through the building permit inspection process.

We have the perfect post for writing your pool specifications.

Swimming Pool Building Permit Assistance

If desired we can provide “permit companionship” issuing ready made plans for permit depicting jurisdictional building set-backs, vicinity maps, utility easements, plot plan-property lines together with all the necessary assisted completion of the procedural documentation necessary for being issued a building permit!

Best Regards,

Michael Chaffee CIM, CPO
Earth Dynamics Poolscapes Inc.

How much water can be drawn in and pushed out efficiently has several variables. Pumping horsepower, impeller design, piping sizes and piping distances, fittings, equipment, elevations +/- together with the level of filtration applied and the status of clean filtering during operation.

Harmonizing hydraulic balance within the plumbing system allows a determination to be gained as to pump selection not the other way around. In order to select the correct pump an understanding for the engineering principals involved must be gained, calculated and anticipated.

The over consumption of electricity from an improperly designed pumping system can equate to thousands of dollars of wasted money over the life of a swimming pool. Another bandit of energy is the under sizing of the main electrical conductor, the wire run between the pool equipment sub-panel and the main electrical panel.

This calculation is much like the friction losses in a plumbing system with a key note being that the voltage losses are after your electric meter so, you are paying for the loss of kilowatt usage even before you have a chance to put it to good use.

QUESTIONS TO ASK

• What is the percentage of voltage loss during operational function of the filtering system and the pool cleaner?
• What gauge wire has been specified and what is the distance of the entire wire run?
• What is the electrical efficiency percentage rating of my pump at the designed flow rates?

Note: If your pool builder can’t answer these questions upon presenting a design, you probably won’t like your future electric bills either.