Hi everyone,

My husband and I are in the process of buying our first home (we close March 30th!) and the pool (and related equipment) are as old as the house (1983.) The pump is a 1 hp which I understand is illegal to install in new pools now. (?) So, I would like a new pump to save on electricity costs. Also we have been researching salt chlorination systems. Oh, and the pool has manual solar panels for heating.

We have never owned a pool before and really don't know where to start. Can anyone give any advice based on the info I just provided? Should we get a new pump and salt chlorination system at the sometime? Is there something else I'm overlooking....like also getting all new pipes or something? The pool is quite large..I'm not sure how many gallons though (maybe 20k?)

Thanks for any help you can provide. :-)