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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:04:56 PM EST
[#1]
We moved into our home on July 12th last year .
It has a pool , I told my wife if we're moving to the Phoenix area , we WILL have a pool ! My pool is at 87 degrees now , and I have 4 grand kids and they love it ! I like it too . 
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:10:23 PM EST
[#2]
Having a pool is kinda like having a wooden boat: you don’t have it; it has you.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:11:55 PM EST
[#3]
Drain it and open up a skate park.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:18:20 PM EST
[#4]
My Lab loves ours. He uses it more than anyone.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:25:35 PM EST
[#5]
i live close to my parents and partake in use of theirs instead of having my own.
it's one of the best forms of privilege. |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:27:23 PM EST
[#6]
I owned a boat for two years. Feel like it’s the same. Funny how I lost all of my “friends” when I sold the boat.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:29:22 PM EST
[#7]
Quote HistoryFunny our husky loves to swim in the pond but is scared shitless of the pool. Maybe he’ll grow up someday. |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:30:24 PM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s a labor of love my friend. So is my cabin. Always something...but you have everyone together. These are the good ol’ days. Have a great 4th! AMERICA! My god, that's depressing but probably true. |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:36:54 PM EST
[#9]
I love my pool. A couple 40 lb bags of salt every once in a while, change bag on the Polaris daily, clean out the skimmer baskets daily and check pool pump filter basket daily. Very simple and takes about 5 minutes.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:41:00 PM EST
[#10]
Anyone still have one of these
 
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:44:30 PM EST
[#11]
They're fun until your kids leave the house.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:47:35 PM EST
[#12]
Love my pool, use it almost every day
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:54:01 PM EST
[#13]
I just cleaned my hot tub, not as bad but it can be a pain in the winter when it's cold out. You always get wet.
For cloudy water = shock + pump + an hour for me. Prob longer for a pool but the shock and motion should clear out the water quickly. My tap water comes out of the hose a bit green/murky, the shock turns it crystal clear blue. If I had big pool, I'd probably hire a pool boy/girl.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 8:59:56 PM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They're fun until your kids leave the house. Without the pool, the kids would be hard to entertain and my in-laws. Even with swimming 2-6 hours a week, we go to their pool, and it’s like they’ve never been in the water before. My FIL is turning 70 this year and he still services his own pool and does all the landscaping on the 2.5 acre place. |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:31:13 PM EST
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A gal that I worked with on the railroad has a pool in her back yard. She told me that the best thing about having your own pool is that you can swim naked in it. I asked her if she meant "naked" or "nekkid". She said both. Sorry, I’m a bit slow. Does the second involve having sex in it? |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:36:47 PM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I just cleaned my hot tub, not as bad but it can be a pain in the winter when it's cold out. You always get wet. For cloudy water = shock + pump + an hour for me. Prob longer for a pool but the shock and motion should clear out the water quickly. My tap water comes out of the hose a bit green/murky, the shock turns it crystal clear blue. If I had big pool, I'd probably hire a pool boy/girl. Mine is 30,000 gal, so I need at least 24 hours. But yeah. I need a pool girl to take care of it  |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:37:11 PM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Think of it as an emergency reservoir for fires. A teacher of mine saved a neighbor's house during the Oakland Hills fire that way ('85-'86?). '91 |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:41:20 PM EST
[#18]
Saltwater homie, convert to salt. I spend maybe $200 a year on chemicals mainly to unfuck the high Ph tap water with salt. Now, this year I did drop $2k on a new fabric for my automatic cover but the old one had gone 6 years. I bet I spend on average less than $1k a year. My 4 year old swims like a fish and uses it 5 days a week. I love mine.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:43:17 PM EST
[#19]
Come Monday morning drain pool. Tuesday rent jack hammer and bust it up a foot or two and all the surrounding concrete toss in the bottom. Wednesday order a few dump trucks of dirt and dump. Thursday hit home depot for sod. Or higher some day labors and have them demo the pool.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:48:13 PM EST
[#20]
Quote HistoryMy Lab hates water. Pretty sure he's broken. |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:50:00 PM EST
[#21]
My co-worker built his own like 25 years ago. He had someone excavate out the bulk of dirt. Then he said he hand shaped it with shovels and said he probably moved a whole dump truck full of dirt by hand to fit it to size. Then he put in the pre-sized plastic walls, backfilled it, and poured a vermiculite bottom. Then, he put in the liner, which has to be an exact fit, to the sides and the drain. About 5 years ago, he replaced the liner himself. When he described what it took doing that, I thought he was insane. The last few years, he's either not opened the pool or gotten it open halfway through Summer. He lives near a rock quarry and said he gets about an inch of rock dust on the bottom of the pool each winter that goes through the cover. No thanks.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 9:58:34 PM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Come Monday morning drain pool. Tuesday rent jack hammer and bust it up a foot or two and all the surrounding concrete toss in the bottom. Wednesday order a few dump trucks of dirt and dump. Thursday hit home depot for sod. Or higher some day labors and have them demo the pool. lol I feel your pain. A few weeks ago my wife insisted we get a pool, I talked her down to getting one of those inflatable jobs to splash around it as a trial. 3x 12 , not a bad size for cooling off. First I filled it about half way, it turns out there isn't a flat enough spot in our yard so I drained it, moved it to the best spot I could find. refilled it, then the pump won't draw, the liner leaks and the hoses keep popping off. She was supposed to help with setting it up and maintaining it but for some reason she was never around when it was time to get to work. What a coincidence! I was going to fix it all anyway because hey it would be fun to have a pool, but then to top it off my daughter decided it would be a good idea to REMOVE the chlorine floatie thing which I didn't notice until the water turned green. She will not explain her reasons because there weren't any. As of now it is 98% drained and is getting rolled up and tossed into the monday trash as I thank my lucky stars we didn't sink any real money into it. ETA oh and she forgot how the neighbors had their in ground pool filled in last year because it leaked, flooded their basement and caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. We got off easy. |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 10:43:09 PM EST
[#23]
$90 a month to my pool guy and I have zero worries year round.
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Posted: 7/4/2020 10:57:04 PM EST
[#24]
When it gets hot like this I think I might need a pool.
But then I remember it was 29° on May 17th. And it will be cold again by the end of September. It’s a lot of work to use just 4 months a year. Maybe I’ll get one of those above ground units, to splash around in. |
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Posted: 7/4/2020 11:40:18 PM EST
[#25]
rather go shooting then maintain a pool. nope
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Posted: 7/5/2020 12:01:33 AM EST
[#26]
i maintain my pool. it is amazing. i also raise a child, mainain a house, two german shepherds, a relationship, i work out, i'm renovating and building a website for a new mmo.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 12:07:22 AM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We moved into our home on July 12th last year . It has a pool , I told my wife if we're moving to the Phoenix area , we WILL have a pool ! My pool is at 87 degrees now , and I have 4 grand kids and they love it ! I like it too . You NEED a pool here. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 12:09:28 AM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I love my pool. A couple 40 lb bags of salt every once in a while, change bag on the Polaris daily, clean out the skimmer baskets daily and check pool pump filter basket daily. Very simple and takes about 5 minutes. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/309598/426BDAF0-806A-4A66-90CE-F42DD4ED8D4B_jpe-1490449.JPG I spend about an hour a week maintaining my pool and less than $10.00 a week. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 12:11:41 AM EST
[#29]
My wife wants to get one for the kids, I don't care about standing around in 3.5 feet of water.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 12:13:50 AM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I just kicked my heater on and going to go for a night swim before some fireworks. 78°f and climbing. They can be a pain if you don't close them properly or if you don't keep up with them. Other than that you check on them once a week while swimming. We have 2 little kids and practically live in it during the summer. ETA: troublefreepool.com is the arfcom of pools https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/385307/0704201933_2_jpg-1490269.JPG This...Keep up on it and it’s never a problem. I have another pump I can switch over if needed but yeah you’ve got to keep up on it. Troublefree pool should be in every pool owners bookmark. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 12:28:46 AM EST
[#31]
My wife and kids want a pool in the worst way. I have no desire for one at all. But I’m sure I will soon be owner of an $85-$100K hole full of water.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 12:34:18 AM EST
[#32]
Biggest waste of money with so little benefit in joy. Never hardly used it after the novelty wore off.
Unlike other things you don't use often and can just forget about and ignore, a pool will bite your ass in a deep vengeance if you don't maintain it. It gets green then black, all the time attracting mosquitoes, and gathering trash from trees. And so then when you do maintain it, you're constantly replacing motors, lights, bearings, DE, chlorine powder and tablets, polaris parts, etc, and always screwing around fixing and adjusting things. Best thing I did 10 years ago was pay a guy 10K to remove it. (no not bury it; REMOVE IT as a realtor advised so you need not divulge to buyers that there is a buried pool in your yard) Right off the bat we ended up saving $110 month NOT running two pumps 8 hours a day. So, that savings itself paid off the cost of removing the pool. And people say a boat is the #1 waste of money ??? Then, unless it's a plastic pedal boat, I don't EVER want a boat! |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 6:07:41 AM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sorry, I’m a bit slow. Does the second involve having sex in it? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A gal that I worked with on the railroad has a pool in her back yard. She told me that the best thing about having your own pool is that you can swim naked in it. I asked her if she meant "naked" or "nekkid". She said both. Sorry, I’m a bit slow. Does the second involve having sex in it? "Naked" means that you don't have any clothes on. "Nekkid" means that you don't have any clothes on........and you're up to something. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 6:09:58 AM EST
[#34]
I was a pool guy in high school and college. Fuck owning pools.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 6:48:03 AM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can't change failures, they will eventually happen. If you don't use salt water your missing out and having to do a lot of additional maintenance that is avoidable. I put minimal effort into my salt water pool, so easy a caveman could do it. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 6:51:28 AM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd rather have a spring fed pond. What we have, plus we had 50 ton of sand brought in to make a beach for the kids. Not much use in the winter except for ice skating.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:08:44 AM EST
[#37]
Hot tub master race checking in
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:10:44 AM EST
[#38]
I have a 9 lbs chihuahua that loves to swim. She will dive into any and every pool, pond, or river she can find. She was raised by a Black Lab.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:16:48 AM EST
[#39]
My pool is low maintenance, in it every day. Floaters with trichlor to start, when the CYA comes up I use bleach, backwash once a month, brush once a month, polaris for the bottom, skim the top, temp in the 80s with no heater, just a solar cover.
We have been having people over every weekend, bbq, chat, drink, pool, drink in pool, splash around, everyone loves it. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:18:00 AM EST
[#40]
I feel your pain, everybody wants to come to my pool and swim, they leave a damn mess.
I am now dealing with damage to the screen enclosure from dogs that were brought over. On Fathers day my dear wife decided to have a damn pool party, not even finished with pool repairs, I was trying to finish painting the pool deck. I told her to wait on asking people over, and I said NO DAMN DOGS, two of them show up with their dogs. The dogs are fine when alone,but put them together and look out. So my DIL decides it would be a good idea to throw our good pool furniture down on the pool deck to keep the dogs from running around the pool, the one of them takes a shit on the deck. At that point I just lost it, threw the chair and told everybody to leave, they were pissed at me for a week. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:22:03 AM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Drained mine a few months ago, don't miss it a bit. 'Above ground' pools don't count  either that or you live on a rock with no water table in your ao watching an in-ground pool 'float' up out of the ground is a mess you don't want, ever |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:24:45 AM EST
[#42]
Absolutely love our pool. We had one on our property that lasted 42 years before the pipes began to leak and it outlived it's structural lifetime. Filled it in and had a new one built closer to our house 6 years ago - salt water with a heater. We are in it just about every day and our grandkids are using the hell out of it for the next two weeks. Salt water is easy to maintain - once you get the salt right it generates its own chlorine so all you need to do is check the balance.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:26:58 AM EST
[#43]
Pools caused the death of baseball in this country. When I was a kid, nobody had a pool. All summer long we played baseball for several hours a day two or three times a week. Then it was T-shirt and Little League baseball in the evenings. If not baseball then 500 or some other ball and bat based game. Then pools started making an appearance and kids gravitated to them.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:34:54 AM EST
[#44]
First world problems.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:40:05 AM EST
[#45]
We just bought a house with one.
Hired a pool guy who got it in shape, and maintains it weekly. Now have a house full of relatives visiting for the long weekend, and the pool is getting a lot of use. I'll report back next year, but so far I don't mind having one. |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:49:25 AM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: As the Former owner of three pools I agree, best one is a salt water pool, easiest pool I ever had to maintain. However our small community has a pool five miles from my house that we are a member of. $300 a year is a bargain Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Pools are great but having a friend with one is better. However our small community has a pool five miles from my house that we are a member of. $300 a year is a bargain I need to look into nudist communities. Does sound like a bargain.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:51:57 AM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pools caused the death of baseball in this country. When I was a kid, nobody had a pool. All summer long we played baseball for several hours a day two or three times a week. Then it was T-shirt and Little League baseball in the evenings. If not baseball then 500 or some other ball and bat based game. Then pools started making an appearance and kids gravitated to them. You're joking right? |
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:52:42 AM EST
[#48]
I have friends with pools, that seems way better.
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Posted: 7/5/2020 7:52:52 AM EST
[#49]
This is why we avoided houses with pools when we were house hunting. There’s a lot of maintenance and expenses involved for something you can only use part of the year.
Plus, as the OP said, everyone wants to use it. And let’s not forget that sometimes the “guests” aren’t invited. Or even known to the residents. ... and that brings up another can of worms - making sure uninvited neighbor and/or strangers aren’t letting themselves in to swim or party. Yeah... I’m ok with our hard plastic dog pool. It’s easy to fill & clean - especially with the dog hair etc. And when the summer is over back into the garage it goes. But yeah we have dogs, not kids. And we don’t live 
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Posted: 7/5/2020 8:06:58 AM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Come Monday morning drain pool. Tuesday rent jack hammer and bust it up a foot or two and all the surrounding concrete toss in the bottom. Wednesday order a few dump trucks of dirt and dump. Thursday hit home depot for sod. Or higher some day labors and have them demo the pool. If true make sure you also open up the bottom of the pool too, it will float  
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