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Re: Pool question
[Re: Dave-0]
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02/13/24 07:04 PM
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TexDawg
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I haven't read through all of them yet (but I'm about to...) and the first thing that pops to mind, ask yourselves if you really WANT a pool. It's never a "need." I have a biased opinion on them, but I will NEVER have another property with a pool. What an absolute nightmare. My man Dave-o
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Re: Pool question
[Re: TexDawg]
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02/13/24 07:11 PM
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Minner Bucket
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I haven't read through all of them yet (but I'm about to...) and the first thing that pops to mind, ask yourselves if you really WANT a pool. It's never a "need." I have a biased opinion on them, but I will NEVER have another property with a pool. What an absolute nightmare. My man Dave-o This!!!!!
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
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02/13/24 07:19 PM
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ReelBusy
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I'm two months into a new pool. A couple of storms put a bunch of leaves and other debris in the pool. Took less that 2 hours each time to get it cleaned up with a deep leaf net and fine mesh net. Not that big of a deal. Daily skimmer basket and pump screen checks. Not much need for chlorine so far being cold. The dogs adopted it as their water source so frequent sweeps of the tanning ledge. Had to run it 24/7 for the 1st month so that was about a $150 hit on the electric bill.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
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02/13/24 07:41 PM
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reeltexan
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Years ago, I had the same questions so I asked several people about their pools.
The summation - "I LOVE my pool but I wouldn't have one built, it was there when we moved in."
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
#14987909
02/13/24 07:52 PM
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Dave-0
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Spazm sir, I came from the commercial side of it. Had to go to "pool school" once a year to be a licensed operator. My rules were different than a residential pool setting, so keep that in mind. If you plan on doing the work yourself, plan on 1-2 hrs a week of your time. Pool stores have one agenda, to seperate you from your hard earned dollar. Pool chems are fundamentally easy, unless it gets away from you. I used to tell the people I trained that it's like a food server carrying a huge tray of food plates. Everything has to be balanced all the time. If one chem get's out of whack, it starts throwing the other chems off balance too and pretty soon, the whole tray of food goes crashing everywhere. It's 1000% easier to stay ahead of the game then to try to catch back up and rebalance that food tray. We bought chems by the pallet load (back when they were cheap) and it was a relentless gauntlet trying to keep up with all of it. We weren't allowed to use automated pool equipment, so it all hand labor. Every 2 days, each pool required a minimum of an hours work, if there was no problems. Had a kid commit suicide in one, nobody found him until morning. You can not imagine the havoc that created for all parties involved. Both the city and county had to get thier hands in that one. I was in charge of 7 pools and THAT is why I despise them. The insurance is also another good aspect to think about, as someone mentioned. Also figure in water costs if you have a leak or a pipe break underground. Maybe starting with an above ground pool would be a good idea to get a feel for it and you don't dump $75-$100K into a ever hungry hole in the ground. Sorry for any typo's, on my phone along side the road.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
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02/13/24 07:53 PM
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RipDaLips
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Our's was here when we bought the place. We converted it to saltwater shortly after moving in and love the water. That said....with the clay soils in this area (DFW), a man is a danged fool to have/build an inground pool. Just don't do it!
Some folks mouths, flat out runs their minds.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: Dave-0]
#14987919
02/13/24 08:05 PM
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Mudshark
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Spazm sir, I came from the commercial side of it. Had to go to "pool school" once a year to be a licensed operator. My rules were different than a residential pool setting, so keep that in mind. If you plan on doing the work yourself, plan on 1-2 hrs a week of your time. Pool stores have one agenda, to seperate you from your hard earned dollar. Pool chems are fundamentally easy, unless it gets away from you. I used to tell the people I trained that it's like a food server carrying a huge tray of food plates. Everything has to be balanced all the time. If one chem get's out of whack, it starts throwing the other chems off balance too and pretty soon, the whole tray of food goes crashing everywhere. It's 1000% easier to stay ahead of the game then to try to catch back up and rebalance that food tray. We bought chems by the pallet load (back when they were cheap) and it was a relentless gauntlet trying to keep up with all of it. We weren't allowed to use automated pool equipment, so it all hand labor. Every 2 days, each pool required a minimum of an hours work, if there was no problems. Had a kid commit suicide in one, nobody found him until morning. You can not imagine the havoc that created for all parties involved. Both the city and county had to get thier hands in that one. I was in charge of 7 pools and THAT is why I despise them. The insurance is also another good aspect to think about, as someone mentioned. Also figure in water costs if you have a leak or a pipe break underground. Maybe starting with an above ground pool would be a good idea to get a feel for it and you don't dump $75-$100K into a ever hungry hole in the ground. Sorry for any typo's, on my phone along side the road. What kind of food or does it matter? I’d think hot dogs would be very unstable, but fried eggs would have to nearly flip vertical to become an issue.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
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02/13/24 08:13 PM
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WAWI
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Don't listen to any nonsense from the pool haters, they are great. If you have kids they will love it and the biggest expense will be ordering pizza for your kids and all their friends who will be at your house all summer. It's not that bad unless you are a dummy.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
#14987966
02/13/24 08:57 PM
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BlueNitro
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I have had three pools in houses I have owned and it almost ended in a divorce every time a pool was brought up about installing one in my current house. Keep in mind that you will not get your money out when you sell the house and it may even keep someone from buying it.
Do yourself a favor and look into a membership to the local Y.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: RipDaLips]
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02/13/24 09:04 PM
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Bigbob_FTW
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Our's was here when we bought the place. We converted it to saltwater shortly after moving in and love the water. That said....with the clay soils in this area (DFW), a man is a danged fool to have/build an inground pool. Just don't do it! we had an above ground. for some reason it was much harder to keep clean and keep the chemicals balanced. I also had to replace the liner once. what a pain!
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
#14987987
02/13/24 09:34 PM
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Ghost4BH
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After mowing on a hot summer day, the first thing I do is dive in. I love summer time, winter is dumb.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
#14987992
02/13/24 09:43 PM
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YEE_YEE
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Pools are only good for swimming I'd go with a lazy river...
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
#14988001
02/13/24 10:03 PM
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tx_basser
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Love my pool... use it every day pretty much from Memorial Day to well past Labor Day. It is a great place to cool off after working in the yard, coming back from fishing, or want a refresh before bed after the sun goes down.
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
#14988003
02/13/24 10:06 PM
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reeltexan
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a warm shower also works for that.
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Pool question
[Re: spazm09]
#14988035
02/13/24 10:51 PM
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Bob Davis
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You doing your own maintenance or scheduled maintenance with a pool company? I'm open to either option. I would lean towards hiring it out at first at least until I learn what to do and how to do it. Out here in the sticks, it is $150 month for pool service. The pool tech comes out 1x a week and checks PH, checks skimmers, empties baskets, scoops out stuff with a net, checks and cleans the suction pump filter basket, backwashes the sand filter if neccessary. They are also responsible for any above ground plumbing leaks, etc. It depends on the size of your pool. Ours has a hot tub, and pool but relatively small. I don't know the sq. ft. The pump running doesn't cost much in the way of electricity. It ran for a week straight when we were below freezing and not that noticeable on our electric bill. Lots of variables in there. We've never had a pool before, it just came with the house and the woodlands.
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