On 2/3/2014 11:35 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/3/2014 8:26 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:47:21 -0500, KC wrote:
On 2/3/2014 2:24 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:15:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
The two houses in Florida had pools and then Mrs.E. wanted one up here
in MA.
It will be the last. No more pools.
I wouldn't have a pool up north. The season is too short and the
winterizing process too cumbersome (mostly the opening).
Not true really... I have an above ground. Empty in the fall, fill in
the spring...
Isn't it full of leaves, dirty water and frogs in the spring? It used
to take my brother in law a long weekend to clean out his pool before
he could even start to put the water in.
It's 20 feet around and only holds about an inch of water over the
winter.. leaves are removed in about ten minutes, a quick flush and fill
her up.. Takes more time to bring out the filters and hook them up...
Ours is somewhat of a pain to clean in the spring. It has one of those
covers that an elephant is supposed to be able to stand on but somehow
it still gets a lot of leaves and debris in it over the course of the
winter. It is kept full over the winter, although the water level is
lowered to just below the skimmers which are treated with non-toxic
antifreeze. Typically use about 10-12 gallons of liquid shock and
vacuum the bottom using the pool pump in the spring. Once all the big
stuff is removed I put the robotic Shark in and let it do it's thing. I
don't bother putting salt in the pool until the water temp gets up to
above 65 degrees because the the cell won't produce much chlorine below
that. If we open it during the second week of May and run the heater
it's ready to use by June but then have to close it again by the first
week of October. We could probably extend it a bit by running the heater
more but nobody really uses it after then and the heat loses at night
get pretty high.
Winter:
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/House%20Pics/DSC_8751.jpg?t=1391508874
Summer:
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/House%20Pics/Backyard1Full.jpg