I didn't have the email notification setting on so I did not know there were any replies, thanks everybody. They started digging on Wednesday, forms & poured concrete yesterday. The pool is going to be 20 x 34, I went a little shorter & wider to save space in the yard for my kids to play. Pool is running away from the house. Hydramatic cover is $$$$ but, it's a must because 1 of my sons has Autism & loves the water. Deep end will only be 4' as another safety precaution and my cousin who has a 8' deep end told me if he had to do it over again he wouldn't have. Solar company said I would need (9) 4'x12' panels to heat the pool, that would take up a lot of space on the roof. I wanted to go solar PV to help with AC cost but, the sub panel box in basement won't have enough amps to use a heat pump. My electrician said he had one at a previous house and it didn't raise the temps high enough in the early spring & fall. I'm 99.9% sure I'm switching the house to gas so I might as well get it for the pool, too. The auto cover should help. Cleancloths , 80 is enough? how big is your pool?