Oh excellent, thank you, it looks lovely! I have been to many of the suppliers but QQ is too far away for me with a screaming baby in the car and they won't mail me samples! Once I choose a stone mason I will view them in person because I hear even with Quartz each slab can be a little different. I was thinking maybe Lexicon quarter...warmed up a bit...but I'm not sure. Thanks for the warning, I do have time on my side so I might go get some sample pots and see what actually looks ok with our lighting.

Haven't thought about that. It might help though. Unless I am wokking, usually it would be on 2, or 3 which is quite a bit more quiet compared to it running at maximum. I feel the noise mainly comes from the shape of the ducting. Being a flexible bellow it would create more noise despite being stretched. My idea was that if I put a smooth solid ducting near the kitchen area in the cupboard aka what Sirius and Qasair advocate, the main noise I should hear is from the air going through the filter. Once it pass the ceiling, a bit of flexi ducting and some bends will help damping noise from the motor travelling back inside which is what Schweigen and Whispair advocate.

Hi Vy. Thanks for your response. I saw the SMEG but the configuration doesn't work for me. But good to know that the brand is good.

Hi . I am having a new 8m by 4m ( depth 1.2 to 1.7m0 --50Litre capacity swimming pool built. The pool builder has quoted for the following equipment but I would like to know if these are good enough brands or I should upgrade to another model or get a different brand. Any help and suggestion is greatly appreciated 1. Filter---Astral CA-400 with Sand filter 2. Pump---Astral CTX 400 3. Sanitiser---Pool Controls Chemigen D-10 4. Auto Pool Cleaner---Hayward Phoenix 2x 5. Pool Blanket--Daisy 525B ( 500micron) 6. Heating--Madimack Eclipse 160 (16KW) heat pump