Pool care on the cheap: OT

[scaredyclassic]

We jumped in the pool at midnight on Jan 1 . that was brisk. I haven’t been in since but my sea lions go in there. I predict I will spend way more time dealing w it than actually in it. I think it’s worth it for 3 kids maybe for two but if I had just one I probably wouldn’t bother.

[speaker]

My dad used to build our pools himself. As a child, we lived in two different homes where he custom built both pools. My brother and I would clean the filters and do pool upkeep as part of our chores. That is pool care on the cheap. As a result, my dad was still paying for professional help to fix things. My advice to you is…don’t get cheap with pool care. It will still cost you in the long run.

[speaker]

My dad used to build our pools himself. As a child, we lived in two different homes where he custom built both pools. My brother and I would clean the filters and do pool upkeep as part of our chores. That is pool care on the cheap. As a result, my dad was still paying for professional help to fix things. My advice to you is…don’t get cheap with pool care. It will still cost you in the long run.

[speaker]

My dad used to build our pools himself. As a child, we lived in two different homes where he custom built both pools. My brother and I would clean the filters and do pool upkeep as part of our chores. That is pool care on the cheap. As a result, my dad was still paying for professional help to fix things. My advice to you is…don’t get cheap with pool care. It will still cost you in the long run.

[speaker]

My dad used to build our pools himself. As a child, we lived in two different homes where he custom built both pools. My brother and I would clean the filters and do pool upkeep as part of our chores. That is pool care on the cheap. As a result, my dad was still paying for professional help to fix things. My advice to you is…don’t get cheap with pool care. It will still cost you in the long run.

[speaker]

My dad used to build our pools himself. As a child, we lived in two different homes where he custom built both pools. My brother and I would clean the filters and do pool upkeep as part of our chores. That is pool care on the cheap. As a result, my dad was still paying for professional help to fix things. My advice to you is…don’t get cheap with pool care. It will still cost you in the long run.

[Scarlett]

I thought i’ll revive this thread. We saw a nice house we liked in PQ with a pretty nice, decent size pool/hot tub combo.

Thanks for all the useful tips, about chemicals and solar cover.

I am kind of scared of the few hundred bucks a month utility costs. And I don’t know how much we’ll use it. Though I suppose if you have it right in your back yard, you use it. We probably won’t use it during the winter. A friend that lives in PQ claims he never heats the pool, just the spa and uses solar cover which in summer keeps the water at low to mid 70s.

I abhore cold water in the pool and so I am thinking I’d heat up the pool 3 days a week to low 80s degrees and run it the whole day (with solar cover while we are gone from home), so I can enjoy it morning and evening. This only from late spring to early fall, i.e. 6 months a year.

How much do you think I should budget in utilities for the pool heating and maintaining in those months, as well an in the off-months?

Many thanks!!!

P.S. How much a solar heater consumes to heat up your pool?

[Scarlett]

I thought i’ll revive this thread. We saw a nice house we liked in PQ with a pretty nice, decent size pool/hot tub combo.

Thanks for all the useful tips, about chemicals and solar cover.

I am kind of scared of the few hundred bucks a month utility costs. And I don’t know how much we’ll use it. Though I suppose if you have it right in your back yard, you use it. We probably won’t use it during the winter. A friend that lives in PQ claims he never heats the pool, just the spa and uses solar cover which in summer keeps the water at low to mid 70s.

I abhore cold water in the pool and so I am thinking I’d heat up the pool 3 days a week to low 80s degrees and run it the whole day (with solar cover while we are gone from home), so I can enjoy it morning and evening. This only from late spring to early fall, i.e. 6 months a year.

How much do you think I should budget in utilities for the pool heating and maintaining in those months, as well an in the off-months?

Many thanks!!!

P.S. How much a solar heater consumes to heat up your pool?

[Scarlett]

I thought i’ll revive this thread. We saw a nice house we liked in PQ with a pretty nice, decent size pool/hot tub combo.

Thanks for all the useful tips, about chemicals and solar cover.

I am kind of scared of the few hundred bucks a month utility costs. And I don’t know how much we’ll use it. Though I suppose if you have it right in your back yard, you use it. We probably won’t use it during the winter. A friend that lives in PQ claims he never heats the pool, just the spa and uses solar cover which in summer keeps the water at low to mid 70s.

I abhore cold water in the pool and so I am thinking I’d heat up the pool 3 days a week to low 80s degrees and run it the whole day (with solar cover while we are gone from home), so I can enjoy it morning and evening. This only from late spring to early fall, i.e. 6 months a year.

How much do you think I should budget in utilities for the pool heating and maintaining in those months, as well an in the off-months?

Many thanks!!!

P.S. How much a solar heater consumes to heat up your pool?

[Scarlett]

I thought i’ll revive this thread. We saw a nice house we liked in PQ with a pretty nice, decent size pool/hot tub combo.

Thanks for all the useful tips, about chemicals and solar cover.

I am kind of scared of the few hundred bucks a month utility costs. And I don’t know how much we’ll use it. Though I suppose if you have it right in your back yard, you use it. We probably won’t use it during the winter. A friend that lives in PQ claims he never heats the pool, just the spa and uses solar cover which in summer keeps the water at low to mid 70s.

I abhore cold water in the pool and so I am thinking I’d heat up the pool 3 days a week to low 80s degrees and run it the whole day (with solar cover while we are gone from home), so I can enjoy it morning and evening. This only from late spring to early fall, i.e. 6 months a year.

How much do you think I should budget in utilities for the pool heating and maintaining in those months, as well an in the off-months?

Many thanks!!!

P.S. How much a solar heater consumes to heat up your pool?

[Scarlett]

I thought i’ll revive this thread. We saw a nice house we liked in PQ with a pretty nice, decent size pool/hot tub combo.

Thanks for all the useful tips, about chemicals and solar cover.

I am kind of scared of the few hundred bucks a month utility costs. And I don’t know how much we’ll use it. Though I suppose if you have it right in your back yard, you use it. We probably won’t use it during the winter. A friend that lives in PQ claims he never heats the pool, just the spa and uses solar cover which in summer keeps the water at low to mid 70s.

I abhore cold water in the pool and so I am thinking I’d heat up the pool 3 days a week to low 80s degrees and run it the whole day (with solar cover while we are gone from home), so I can enjoy it morning and evening. This only from late spring to early fall, i.e. 6 months a year.

How much do you think I should budget in utilities for the pool heating and maintaining in those months, as well an in the off-months?

Many thanks!!!

P.S. How much a solar heater consumes to heat up your pool?

[scaredyclassic]

i dont really know, but i’ve been told i should think of having a pool as kind of like owning a boat.

[scaredyclassic]

i dont really know, but i’ve been told i should think of having a pool as kind of like owning a boat.

[scaredyclassic]

i dont really know, but i’ve been told i should think of having a pool as kind of like owning a boat.

[scaredyclassic]

i dont really know, but i’ve been told i should think of having a pool as kind of like owning a boat.

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