Irving Pool Builders provides professional saltwater chlorination systems in Irving, TX for residential and commercial properties across the Las Colinas and mid-cities area. A saltwater pool is a chlorine pool, and clearing that up first saves everybody a conversation.
The salt cell runs a low current through dissolved salt and produces chlorine on site, continuously, at a steady low level, so what you're actually buying is the end of hauling jugs of liquid chlorine home in the trunk of your car every fortnight.
The water sits around 3,200 ppm, roughly a tenth of seawater and about the salinity of a tear, which is why it feels soft rather than briny and why nobody comes out of it smelling like a public public pool.
That smell, for the record, was never chlorine. It was chloramines, and a steady low chlorine level is exactly what keeps them from forming.
On a new build we spec the cell to the pool volume with headroom, because a cell run at 100 percent output all summer dies young, and cells are the real cost of ownership here rather than the salt.
Pentair IntelliChlor, Hayward AquaRite and Jandy TruClear are what we install, sized up a step from the pool volume and wired into the automation so output tracks the season instead of sitting at one setting from March to October.
Converting an existing pool is a half-day job. Cell plumbed into the return line after the heater, power supply mounted on the pad, flow switch fitted, salt broadcast into the deep end and brushed until it dissolves.
Figure roughly $70 to $120 a year in salt after that. Get the stabilizer right or none of it works properly.
A salt cell makes chlorine slowly and steadily, and without cyanuric acid in the 60 to 80 ppm range our sun burns it off faster than the cell can make it, so you end up cranking output, killing the cell early and blaming the equipment.
That single number is what most struggling salt pools in North Texas are getting wrong. Two honest warnings beyond that.
Our hard water scales cells, so pull yours every three or four months and soak it in a mild acid solution, or budget for a replacement cell that costs many times a bottle of acid.
And salt is mildly aggressive toward natural stone coping and galvanized hardware, so we seal travertine and swap exposed fixings to stainless as part of the job. Cells also stop producing below about 60-degree water, which is normal and not a fault.
When we'd tell you not to bother: if you're resurfacing in a couple of years anyway, wait and do both together. If nobody in the house will pull and clean a cell three times a year, tabs and a decent controller will treat you better.
And if the reason you want salt is that you heard it's chemical-free, it's not, and we'd rather you hear that from us than find out in August.
With 15+ years of experience, our insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — gunite and shotcrete shells, one-piece fiberglass pool shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, glass mosaic and large-format porcelain tile, travertine coping and decking, variable-speed pumps — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Irving and nearby communities including Coppell, Grapevine, Southlake, Colleyville.
What We Handle
Everything our saltwater chlorination systems in Irving covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of saltwater chlorination systems work in Irving, TX. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- salt chlorine generator installation
- salt cell replacement
- chlorine to salt pool conversion
- salt system repair and troubleshooting
- salt cell descaling and acid washing
- salt level testing and dosing
- stainless and corrosion resistant hardware
- saltwater pool maintenance
- salt system sizing and output
- salt versus traditional chlorine cost
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Irving services.
Materials, equipment and how we do saltwater chlorination systems
The difference between saltwater chlorination systems that lasts and saltwater chlorination systems that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with gunite and shotcrete shells, one-piece fiberglass pool shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, glass mosaic and large-format porcelain tile, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Irving job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of pool work in the Las Colinas and mid-cities area means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do saltwater chlorination systems outside Irving
Irving Pool Builders covers Irving and the surrounding communities of the Las Colinas and mid-cities area. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Saltwater Chlorination Systems in Coppell, TX — Dallas County, population 43,000
- Saltwater Chlorination Systems in Grapevine, TX — Tarrant County, population 51,000
- Saltwater Chlorination Systems in Southlake, TX — Tarrant County, population 31,000
- Saltwater Chlorination Systems in Colleyville, TX — Tarrant County, population 26,000
- Saltwater Chlorination Systems in Flower Mound, TX — Denton County, population 76,000
- Saltwater Chlorination Systems in Lewisville, TX — Denton County, population 112,000
Start on the Irving Pool Builders homepage for a free estimate, or call (877) 730-2126 and describe the job.
Why Irving Chooses Irving Pool Builders
- ✓Over 15 years building and servicing pools across Irving, Las Colinas and the mid-cities
- ✓Gunite, shotcrete and fiberglass construction, plus full remodels on pools we did not build
- ✓Experienced with tight zero-lot-line access, conveyor spoil removal and long gunite hose runs
- ✓HOA architectural review packets prepared as part of the job, not billed as an extra
The standards behind saltwater chlorination systems
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The saltwater chlorination systems work we do in Irving follows published industry standards: Pool & Hot Tub Alliance publishes the ANSI/APSP construction and barrier standards, and American Red Cross water safety sets out the layered-protection guidance every pool owner should read. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every saltwater chlorination systems project in Irving gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (877) 730-2126 for a free saltwater chlorination systems free estimate in Irving, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.