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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: XocolateThundarr on June 18, 2016, 09:22:01 AM
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I've got a guy coming out next week to quote installation of an in ground pool. Have any of you guys put one of these in? If so, do you have any pro-tips or recommendos in the process?
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So this is what you and JW are gonna do today instead of going to FattyFest? eff with each other on gE? Is that what's hot in the streets?
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Nope. Anniversary and father's day stuff this year.
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I think the salt water pools are easier to maintain
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I think the salt water pools are easier to maintain
That is what I understand as well. I told the guy that we wanted to go that route for the chlorination of the water. I also told him I wanted one of those automatic cleaners that runs around the bottom of the pool like a Roomba.
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you are going to regret doing this just FYI. It sounds like you have already convinced yourself though. If you still decide to go through with it don't get a liner or a motorized cover.
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I think the salt water pools are easier to maintain
That is what I understand as well. I told the guy that we wanted to go that route for the chlorination of the water. I also told him I wanted one of those automatic cleaners that runs around the bottom of the pool like a Roomba.
I was actually looking at roomba's the other day and the same company has like a moping robot, a gutter cleaner robot, and a pool cleaning robot
http://mstore.irobot.com/product/index.jsp?productId=19784836
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you are going to regret doing this just FYI. It sounds like you have already convinced yourself though. If you still decide to go through with it don't get a liner or a motorized cover.
I'm listening.
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Don't go cheap on the number of joints if you need multiple ones. Also you can get a cordless vac from ACCO.
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The best thing you could do is talk a family member or neighbor into getting a pool instead, imo
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The best thing you could do is talk a family member or neighbor into getting a pool instead, imo
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Neighbor had a pool growing up. It was the bomb
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I've got a guy coming out next week to quote installation of an in ground pool. Have any of you guys put one of these in? If so, do you have any pro-tips or recommendos in the process?
i recommend not getting one. enormous waste of time and money.
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buy a boat like a real stud, get a slip at local stud lake.
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buy a boat like a real stud, get a slip at local stud lake.
Boats are dumb. Never understood the hype surrounding going, "boating," on a lake.
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Make sure to locate it 12 inches or less from your foundation
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buy a boat like a real stud, get a slip at local stud lake.
Boats are dumb. Never understood the hype surrounding going, "boating," on a lake.
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If it is a great lake, you can have a great time.
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A cheap boat is great. I mean, as long as it is reliable, who cares if you only use it twice a yr. I plan to get such a boat for fishing in the next few yrs
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Pools and boats are the same - it is best to have a friend with one instead of having your own.
Super exciting that my friend XT is getting a pool. :D
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Make sure to locate it 12 inches or less from your foundation
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buy a boat like a real stud, get a slip at local stud lake.
Boats are dumb. Never understood the hype surrounding going, "boating," on a lake.
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sorry you are ashamed of your body
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that guy? more like, them bones
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that guy? more like, them bones
fatality
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that guy? more like, them bones
fatality
Lol
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I can’t put a pool in my backyard. I’m willingness to drop a decent amount of money at a private pool. However, every single one of them near me don’t have umbrellas or shade. Just a giant concrete roasting deck. It’s driving me crazy.
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I can’t put a pool in my backyard. I’m willingness to drop a decent amount of money at a private pool. However, every single one of them near me don’t have umbrellas or shade. Just a giant concrete roasting deck. It’s driving me crazy.
Is because your house was built on a cemetery where they only moved the headstones and not the graves?
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I can’t put a pool in my backyard. I’m willingness to drop a decent amount of money at a private pool. However, every single one of them near me don’t have umbrellas or shade. Just a giant concrete roasting deck. It’s driving me crazy.
Is because your house was built on a cemetery where they only moved the headstones and not the graves?
No, just a small, sloped back yard. Wasn’t anticipating having kids that could live in the water. We have a 12-foot above ground they spend 2-3 hours a day in in the summer, but they’ll outgrow it in a year. We really like everything else about our house, so we don’t want to move just for a pool. I’m going to call a local golf/pool club to see if I can bring in a collapsible shade & chairs.
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I could spend every day of the summer on/in the water. Pool, lake, boat, river, beach, pond idgaf. Took in noodie beach at Milford yesterday. Total blast
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I could spend every day of the summer on/in the water. Pool, lake, boat, river, beach, pond idgaf. Took in noodie beach at Milford yesterday. Total blast
Is Milford still in an algae bloom? I know people who took their house boats out & just sold them because it was going to be years before Milford was going to be back to normal, but that was awhile ago.
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Huge supply issue for Chlorine this year, you really dodged a bullet not putting in a pool
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Huge supply issue for Chlorine this year, you really dodged a bullet not putting in a pool
We have a chlorine floater for our little pool. Mrs. Hamburg noticed back in March/April prices for what she normally bought were going up. She found some random pool site that still had the bulk size boxes at normal price & just bought for the whole summer.
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Having to manage a pool for nearly a decade and having to get a CPO license, I'll never ever ever have a personal pool, they are way too much work for something that's supposed to be for leisure.
That being said, watching these Olympic swim trials and seeing the CHI Center in Omaha turned into two pools is amazing.
https://youtu.be/NMxSwKhWxjY
https://youtu.be/bPXHZaIt1zw
https://www.google.com/amp/s/omaha.com/sports/swim-trials-ceo-says-pool-building-is-an-amazing-process-will-take-at-least-two/article_0f2cc294-0b71-536e-a456-7cde6f9f0857.amp.html
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Huge supply issue for Chlorine this year, you really dodged a bullet not putting in a pool
We have a chlorine floater for our little pool. Mrs. Hamburg noticed back in March/April prices for what she normally bought were going up. She found some random pool site that still had the bulk size boxes at normal price & just bought for the whole summer.
That’s a big brained gal you have there, gonna wanna hang on to her.
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I could spend every day of the summer on/in the water. Pool, lake, boat, river, beach, pond idgaf. Took in noodie beach at Milford yesterday. Total blast
Is Milford still in an algae bloom? I know people who took their house boats out & just sold them because it was going to be years before Milford was going to be back to normal, but that was awhile ago.
Not that I know of. There was a pretty good amount of people out skiing and stuff so prob not.
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UPTATE: We only put up a big oval above ground, saltwater pool. As soon as that bastard rusts out, I'm going to take an excavator and stuff it into a truck and take it to a landfill. After that, I will be installing a sweet hot tub in a gazebo with a bar and big flat screen. In-ground pools are stupid.
THAT IS ALL!
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UPTATE: We only put up a big oval above ground, saltwater pool. As soon as that bastard rusts out, I'm going to take an excavator and stuff it into a truck and take it to a landfill. After that, I will be installing a sweet hot tub in a gazebo with a bar and big flat screen. In-ground pools are stupid.
THAT IS ALL!
Mrs. Gooch needs to make a new friend.
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UPTATE: We only put up a big oval above ground, saltwater pool. As soon as that bastard rusts out, I'm going to take an excavator and stuff it into a truck and take it to a landfill. After that, I will be installing a sweet hot tub in a gazebo with a bar and big flat screen. In-ground pools are stupid.
THAT IS ALL!
Mrs. Gooch needs to make a new friend.
She already has a hot tub! Plus the redneck pool is pretty great when the beers are cold and it's a billion degrees outside.
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UPTATE: We only put up a big oval above ground, saltwater pool. As soon as that bastard rusts out, I'm going to take an excavator and stuff it into a truck and take it to a landfill. After that, I will be installing a sweet hot tub in a gazebo with a bar and big flat screen. In-ground pools are stupid.
THAT IS ALL!
Misread. Thought you were bulldozing it soon. Party on, Mrs. Gooch!
Mrs. Gooch needs to make a new friend.
She already has a hot tub! Plus the redneck pool is pretty great when the beers are cold and it's a billion degrees outside.
I misread. Thought you were gonna doze it soon. Party on, Mrs. Gooch!
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That being said, watching these Olympic swim trials and seeing the CHI Center in Omaha turned into two pools is amazing.
https://youtu.be/NMxSwKhWxjY
https://youtu.be/bPXHZaIt1zw
https://www.google.com/amp/s/omaha.com/sports/swim-trials-ceo-says-pool-building-is-an-amazing-process-will-take-at-least-two/article_0f2cc294-0b71-536e-a456-7cde6f9f0857.amp.html
Why do they do that? It seems like there are lots of pools already built.
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Also my daughter's favorite sport is water polo and they had a varsity game in a pool that was four feet deep on one end. It was silly.
Also water polo is a very cool and surprisingly violent sport. Looking forward to watching it in the Olympics now that I kind of understand the rules
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UPTATE: We only put up a big oval above ground, saltwater pool. As soon as that bastard rusts out, I'm going to take an excavator and stuff it into a truck and take it to a landfill. After that, I will be installing a sweet hot tub in a gazebo with a bar and big flat screen. In-ground pools are stupid.
THAT IS ALL!
Yes! This is the way to go.
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That being said, watching these Olympic swim trials and seeing the CHI Center in Omaha turned into two pools is amazing.
https://youtu.be/NMxSwKhWxjY
https://youtu.be/bPXHZaIt1zw
https://www.google.com/amp/s/omaha.com/sports/swim-trials-ceo-says-pool-building-is-an-amazing-process-will-take-at-least-two/article_0f2cc294-0b71-536e-a456-7cde6f9f0857.amp.html
Why do they do that? It seems like there are lots of pools already built.
None in 15,000 seat arenas though. The largest indoor natatorium in the country is in Indianapolis and holds less than 5000 fans.
The trials are 8 nights long and in '16 they sold out every single night at $45 a ticket. That's $5 million in revenue from just ticket sales.
Also my daughter's favorite sport is water polo and they had a varsity game in a pool that was four feet deep on one end. It was silly.
Also water polo is a very cool and surprisingly violent sport. Looking forward to watching it in the Olympics now that I kind of understand the rules
Water Polo is nuts, hardest sport imo. Having to tread water that long is one thing, doing it while being kicked, punched, and pulled on is a whole level of crazy, also that ball hurts.
The saddest part of the nat at K-State closing is no more intertube water polo.
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Aren't dunking and holding your opponent underwater briefly allowed in water polo? Pretty crazy. My favorite part about the olympics is watching some of the obscure sports I'm less familiar with. Field hockey and handball are both a delight.
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That being said, watching these Olympic swim trials and seeing the CHI Center in Omaha turned into two pools is amazing.
https://youtu.be/NMxSwKhWxjY
https://youtu.be/bPXHZaIt1zw
https://www.google.com/amp/s/omaha.com/sports/swim-trials-ceo-says-pool-building-is-an-amazing-process-will-take-at-least-two/article_0f2cc294-0b71-536e-a456-7cde6f9f0857.amp.html
Why do they do that? It seems like there are lots of pools already built.
None in 15,000 seat arenas though. The largest indoor natatorium in the country is in Indianapolis and holds less than 5000 fans.
The trials are 8 nights long and in '16 they sold out every single night at $45 a ticket. That's $5 million in revenue from just ticket sales.
Also my daughter's favorite sport is water polo and they had a varsity game in a pool that was four feet deep on one end. It was silly.
Also water polo is a very cool and surprisingly violent sport. Looking forward to watching it in the Olympics now that I kind of understand the rules
Water Polo is nuts, hardest sport imo. Having to tread water that long is one thing, doing it while being kicked, punched, and pulled on is a whole level of crazy, also that ball hurts.
The saddest part of the nat at K-State closing is no more intertube water polo.
Omaha gets up for events. Like we would never support a pro team, but put some Olympic trial or championship or something here and people go wild.
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yes, i also played intramural intertube water polo at the nat and up until just a couple of years ago thought that all water polo was played in intertubes
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Pools are wonderful. I love being in them and drinking tons of truly punch.
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
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Aren't dunking and holding your opponent underwater briefly allowed in water polo? Pretty crazy. My favorite part about the olympics is watching some of the obscure sports I'm less familiar with. Field hockey and handball are both a delight.
You can't explicitly grab or dunk, but it's still pretty rough. Like imagine basketball if you could physically shove someone away from the post on defense or hack an arm to block a shot or use your body or a hand check to push a ball handler away from the basket on the perimeter. There's also a lot that goes on underwater that's hard for the refs to see.
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Also I didn't realize Omaha sold that place out. Pretty cool!
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
Country club membership is cheaper.
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
Country club membership is cheaper.
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yeah, my neighborhood already has a private pool we pay for. the problem with the 'hood and the cc are all the 'hood and cc chuds.
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
Don't say I didn't warn you. The juice is definitely not worth the squeeze. Pool chemistry is bullshit and maintenance of the pumps and lines is even worse. Another hidden pain in the ass of having pools is that there are a lot of really bad pool contractors out there.
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up until just a couple of years ago thought that all water polo was played in intertubes
:lol:
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Inground pool and both built in and portable hot tubs. PITA's
Had'em all.
Best days with the last portable hot tub (a really nice one) was when the crane dropped it in, and when the new buyer and 6 other guys hauled it away.
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
hire AST, that’s what he does! and after each of his hard days of work you can have him cook your beautiful family a delicious meal
maybe he could stay in your basement during the project
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I make a pretty damn good living doing nothing but installing, maintaining, & repairing pool equipment. Ask me any pool equipment related question. I can answer general questions in regards to cleaning, chemistry, & structural issues but that is not my main focus.
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One thing I would note here is that a guy that makes his living doing pools, did not think it was worth it to get an in ground pool for his own family.
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I make a pretty damn good living doing nothing but installing, maintaining, & repairing pool equipment. Ask me any pool equipment related question. I can answer general questions in regards to cleaning, chemistry, & structural issues but that is not my main focus.
Does having a terra that is relatively sandy and having a terra that has deep frost lines make it difficult to install and maintain pool lines. Here in Iowa I hear a lot about moving lines, and heaven knows it happened to our pool a lot. Seems like these issues could be problematic in Nebraska too, no?
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One thing I would note here is that a guy that makes his living doing pools, did not think it was worth it to get an in ground pool for his own family.
Just get the ast cow tank special.
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
Country club membership is cheaper.
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yeah, my neighborhood already has a private pool we pay for. the problem with the 'hood and the cc are all the 'hood and cc chuds.
Have your buds come there for a week or 2 and get superpak’d and behave at your preferred pool in whatever way would disgust the chuds away more so than the chuds disgust you away.
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I make a pretty damn good living doing nothing but installing, maintaining, & repairing pool equipment. Ask me any pool equipment related question. I can answer general questions in regards to cleaning, chemistry, & structural issues but that is not my main focus.
Does having a terra that is relatively sandy and having a terra that has deep frost lines make it difficult to install and maintain pool lines. Here in Iowa I hear a lot about moving lines, and heaven knows it happened to our pool a lot. Seems like these issues could be problematic in Nebraska too, no?
That would be a great “structural” question of an engineer or a reputable builder in your area, who may or may not have an engineer on retainer for his builds.
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
Don't say I didn't warn you. The juice is definitely not worth the squeeze. Pool chemistry is bullshit and maintenance of the pumps and lines is even worse. Another hidden pain in the ass of having pools is that there are a lot of really bad pool contractors out there.
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I make a pretty damn good living doing nothing but installing, maintaining, & repairing pool equipment. Ask me any pool equipment related question. I can answer general questions in regards to cleaning, chemistry, & structural issues but that is not my main focus.
- Salt or chlorine
- Concrete or fiberglass
- Best whatever else things you’d suggest for an Omaha like climate that is actually Omaha irl. Also the pool owner will contract out all maintenance in case that factors into the answer.
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Also having a high water table may be something I’m dealing with at current casa so opine on that if able
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
Don't say I didn't warn you. The juice is definitely not worth the squeeze. Pool chemistry is bullshit and maintenance of the pumps and lines is even worse. Another hidden pain in the ass of having pools is that there are a lot of really bad pool contractors out there.
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i'm with MIR here. I know about 5-6 people with pools and I hear them bitch a million times more about what a PIA the pool is than how much they like having a pool. The best pool is your neighbor's pool.
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my parents love having a pool and i love them having a pool
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I'm either putting in a pool or buying a house with a pool. I've tried to put one in but every pool contractor is booked out for like 24 months. need to, like, out bid some jerk who got in ahead of me or something.
Don't say I didn't warn you. The juice is definitely not worth the squeeze. Pool chemistry is bullshit and maintenance of the pumps and lines is even worse. Another hidden pain in the ass of having pools is that there are a lot of really bad pool contractors out there.
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i'm with MIR here. I know about 5-6 people with pools and I hear them bitch a million times more about what a PIA the pool is than how much they like having a pool. The best pool is your neighbor's pool.
I bitch about it at times for sure, but it is worth it. He's absolutely right about most pool contractors being the bottom of construction barrel.
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Ok last party poop and then I will stop, a pool is basically as dangerous as leaving around a loaded gun for your kids to play with.
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Ok last party poop and then I will stop, a pool is basically as dangerous as leaving around a loaded gun for your kids to play with.
Need more good guys with pools.
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The only way to stop a bad kid without a pool is a good guy with a pool.
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Ok last party poop and then I will stop, a pool is basically as dangerous as leaving around a loaded gun for your kids to play with.
Do you have statistics about this? Not trolling here, I would be interested to see how drowning rates compare for kids who live in a house with a pool vs no pool, etc.
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Can't you just hire people to take care of the maintenance stuff? (Also considering acquiring a pool.)
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Can't you just hire people to take care of the maintenance stuff? (Also considering acquiring a pool.)
That’s what I’m askin’ here!
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I think that's what a 'pool boy' is. You should consult with your wife before hiring one though because she might want a certain look since she's going to have an affair with him.
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I think that's what a 'pool boy' is. You should consult with your wife before hiring one though because she might want a certain look since she's going to have an affair with him.
I’m the one who works from home. If anyone is having passions with this guy it’s me.
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Ok last party poop and then I will stop, a pool is basically as dangerous as leaving around a loaded gun for your kids to play with.
Now they’ve got ISR training
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Ok last party poop and then I will stop, a pool is basically as dangerous as leaving around a loaded gun for your kids to play with.
Do you have statistics about this? Not trolling here, I would be interested to see how drowning rates compare for kids who live in a house with a pool vs no pool, etc.
It is the leading cause of death for kids under 5, specifically swimming pools. I think part of my point is you have to worry about your kids but also other people’s kids as well.
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if i got a pool, i would never put water in it and only use it for skateboarding. and when AST builds it for me, i'm going to have him build it with great transitions and also great coping. maybe i'll invite the bones brigade over.
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Friend’s parents put in a sports pool 3 years ago for $35k. Her husband’s parents called the same builder & asked for the exact same thing in their yard & got quoted $70k.
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If you get a pool and don’t have a natural stone grotto with a hot tub, what are you even doing?
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Don't say I didn't warn you. The juice is definitely not worth the squeeze. Pool chemistry is bullshit and maintenance of the pumps and lines is even worse.
agree 100%.
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Can't you just hire people to take care of the maintenance stuff? (Also considering acquiring a pool.)
That’s what I’m askin’ here!
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For the routine stuff, the pool chemistry, I suppose you can but when your kids want to jump in and your water is green because your pH, alkalinity, and your cyanuric acid are all off, it's much easier to do the math and dump the chemicals in yourself than to call mr pool and wait for him to come then watch them do the same thing you could have done. Or you walk out in the morning and see that a raccoon has left you a little gift in the water, easier to scoop that crap, literally, and shock your pool real quick.
Now if you see your water level dropped 9 inches overnight and you have a cracked line, or a pump has gone out, you'll need a guy for that and the bill won't be pretty. It will also take them the rest of the summer to fix it then you'll have to call them out again the next spring on your first fill to fix the same crap.
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DIY pool Peggy Po. If you have a teen or preteen crying about not ever having to do algebra as an adult you can make them do your calculations on how much chemical to add.
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The one 100% confirmed black guy on gE hates pools. Big shock here folks. smDh.
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i also hate pools, the whole concept makes absolutely zero sense
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He’s right though, my parents had a pool and he basically described my dads life for a decade
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Just signed up for a pool. Getting installed early spring 2022. Bonus: my wife was a lifeguard for ever and also managed our city pool a few years and she actually likes the chem maintenance as well as skimming and stuff.
Also, both kids are early to mid teens so they can have an absolute ball with it without me having to stress about them in the pool
Pretty excited.
Also, I am pretty sure MIR described my experience with the hot tub I have for several years, except the raccoon poop and drain line break. The chem balance weekly dance sucked balls.
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I’m not going to put one in based on conversations with mrs Dave. Just going to buy or build a house with one now.
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Tips on buying a house with a pool? Do I need a certified Aquatic Safety Technician (AST) to come out and assess the situation?
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Tips on buying a house with a pool? Do I need a certified Aquatic Safety Technician (AST) to come out and assess the situation?
I recommend have a pool specific inspection. Home inspectors can do it but are not great at it. They mark stuff that isn’t wrong and skip over stuff that is a real pool issue. Plus, most of them are not well versed in the equipment operation and can’t even figure out how to turn it on so mark it as needing fixed.
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I’m not going to put one in based on conversations with mrs Dave. Just going to buy or build a house with one now.
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This is prob the way if you are really wanting one.
However, all of my surrounding neighbors have pools and my wife was like, "isn't it weird that we are the only house in our section that doesn't have one"? I said, nope, because if our house did, we would have never bought it.
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I’m not going to put one in based on conversations with mrs Dave. Just going to buy or build a house with one now.
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Buying a house that already has a pool is the only way to get a pool that makes sense to me. They don't add value to the home, so the pool is basically free.
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After our Vegas trip this weekend, I may have reconsidered my pool stance. We were in one by a cabana that was about 8' wide and 4' deep. One side had an infinity edge and the other had a step that you could sit on with cold drinks and be about chest deep in the water. This is definitely something that I can design and GC for myself.
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I was mesmerized by this, it also triggered my pool PTSD.
https://fb.watch/7yPpsw2pGS/