Here’s the thing, chlorine is cheaper to install but more expensive to maintain while salt is more expensive to install but cheaper to maintain. Unlike traditional chlorine pools, which require frequent chemical adjustments, saltwater pools require minimal maintenance and can work for extended periods without modification. This means significantly less time spent maintaining your pool. However, it’s not all positives because salt is fundamentally corrosive. It’s not harmful to pool equipment in normal concentrations, but if something goes wrong and salt starts to exceed the amount required, it can start breaking down everything from railings to your pool liner. Maintaining proper pool circulation, regular pool cleaning, maintaining the proper pool chemistry and inspecting the salt cell generator are necessary to keep salt pools at superior condition. In all these, both salt or chlorine-based pools need proper maintenance from Oceanside pool service, and you can expect us to do it remarkably well!