New pool, pump question

[GTakacs]

The beach entry has almost no water and I took that into account.

Based on my calculations the beach entry will hold around 260 gallons of water.

1hp uprated or 3/4 hp full rated is all this pool should need unless there is some other waterfeatures that we don't know about.

There will be a 12ft x 2 ft x 2 ft cascading waterfall but it will have its own pump (the designer added in a 1hp pump for that, don't ask if it's full rated or up rated, I do not know). They were going to run the waterfall off of the same pump as the pool but I said no!

Also, 2 skimmers is overkill for this pool. And if I may suggest, the beach entry should be a beach step instead.

This particular builder builds every pool with at least 2 skimmers, other than the cost, is there another drawback to having two skimmers? For the beach entry, my wife really wanted a true beach entry so that is what we're going with. They are installing a return (a 5th one) in the middle of the beach entry with a directional jet to move the water. I hope we won't regret it. I have read the possible problems with a beach entry I just hope that my builder is familiar with building one and will overcome them.

I haven't mentioned that I'm getting Pebble Tec for the pool including the beach entry and I will have a Levolor Water Level system isntalled to keep the water level constant.