No
Sure. Go for it.
The only reason to use salt in a pool is so that it can be broken down by an electrolytic cell, into chlorine. There is absolutely no reason to use salt if you dont have a salt system.
Yes as a mater of fact that is what salt water pool normally is. With a salt water pool there is a electronic salt water chlorinator installed that uses the salt in the water to create chlorine. However if you don't have a salt water chlorinator and prefer the feeling of a salt water pool then there is no reason not to add salt to the pool as well as keeping up the chlorine yourself.
No you will not have a salt water pool. yes you will have salt water but the actual electronic plates found in a genrator converts the salt in the water to chlorine to sanitize the pool water. A: You have to have the mechanical device to produce the chlorine in a salt pool. THE SALT A MEANS TO PRODUCE CHLORINE FOR YOUR POOL!
No I wouldn't use it for cooking. Get yourself some good sea salt.
NO !!
you can but are wasting your money
Stop adding salt to the pool and use tablets and shock when needed.
yes you can, the sand pump cleans the pool, making it look amazing!!
You can but is not recommended. Rock salt takes longer to dissolve and it can stain your pool because it contains impurities.
A fresh water swimming pool is a swimming pool that does not use a saltwater chlorinator. A pool that used a salt water chlorinator has salt added to it to so that a salt water chlorinator can electronically convert part of the salt into chlorine. A fresh water pool has chlorine added to it directly either manually or Automatically.