"scorpster" wrote in message
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There's a large concrete swimming pool at my mom's house that needs
refurbishing, and I'd like to help her bring it back into use. Drain the
water, clean out debris, acid wash, ok sounds relatively simple and cheap
so far. Except the part I'm worried about is the filtration system. It
is very old and rusted in the pool room and I doubt it works. So I can
better "visualize the cost" of this project and keep the cost manageable I
figure I'll use a pool cleaning robot instead to suck up leaves and dirt
that fall inside. But can these things do the whole job in a large pool?
Can they keep up with keeping the pool clean without excessive
maintenance? What is considered the best model these days as a filter
system replacement?

The robots pick up insects and leaves, but only after the pool is cleaned
and filtering. You'll still need a sand, DE, or cartridge filter to get the
fine particles, not to mention chemicals