Where to place equipment?

[ThaSatelliteGuy]

Just a thought...

I am building a deck around my pool, and built a lower floor on part of it to hold my pump and swg, with the sand filter still sitting on the ground on the blind side. Mainly, I did it because under a heavy rain situation, like the recent Alex, I get about a foot of water, and it drowned my equipment. Now it's off the ground, and as soon as I get the lattice up, (removeable of course for easy access) it'll be basically hidden.

I too, thought of moving my equipment, especially since I screwed up and put it right on the visible side of my pool, but after reading about flow considerations, decided I didnt want to attempt to create a headache on purpose. Then I decided you can do alot with decking and landscaping.

[CarlD]

It's like wives and stereos: "I don't want to see those ugly wires and humongous speakers!" I think "Lifestyle Speakers" were invented just to save marriages! Guys love the thumpin' giant speakers and howitzer-decibel sub-woofers so that you feel like you are IN the battle sequence--to which my wife responds "PLEASE lower the volume! That's giving me a headache!"

We've just remodeled and I put an HT system and...not one wire is visible, unless you hook up a laptop to use the TV as a display. Everything is in the walls, hidden.

Consequently, while my pump and filter are convenient and easy to get to, they are almost impossible to see from the deck, and are blocked by a Rubbermaid trunk that holds all my pool tools.