re: Pool people - Is it worth it to install one??

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you just took on a second job that you hate.

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The people saying this really have no idea what they are talking about. If you consider emptying out the catch basket and the polaris once a week (maybe) a second job, then I want your first job.

Pools these days, properly installed, really don't take much if any maintenance.

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A friend of mine who's in the insurance bidness always says that there are 2 things you absolutely cannot afford from a liability standpoint. First is a swimming pool - second is a large-breed dog. He says the owner of both will almost always lose when an accident occurs involving either.

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If you use this type of logic to get through life you're never going to step foot outside the house.

And depending on the breed, I'd say you're much safer with a large breed over one of those little ankle biting sweater wearing sons a bitches.

We are planning on putting in a pool in the next year or so. We both love the water and know we'll use it a lot. Afterall, other than cutting the grass, how much time do you actually spend out in your back yard? Probably almost none. But if you have a pool, instead of useless grass covered yard, you have a nice refreshing pool to float around in.

As for neighborhood pools, no thanks. My neighborhood has a really nice one, and I can clearly remember the last time I swam in it. I had been in the pool about an hour, and there was a MILF with an infant floating around near me. When the MILF got out with the kid, she took him over to the lounge chair and proceeded to change the nastiest diarrhea filled diaper on the little runt I've ever seen. It was soggy and running down his legs. I left and I've never been back.

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When the wife says she will help with the up keep. What she really means is she will let you know when it's getting dirty and to get off your lazy arse and get outside

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She'll probably be glad to help if you hire chiseled young college guys from Europe to clean the pool. Then you can keep watching football like God intended.

This thread comes up several times a year. You'll get every answer from "can't live without one" to "you're a fool to get one". What I've seen as a pattern though is most of the people giving an opinion don't have one. They "know somebody".

Well, I've had two houses with pools in each and I can't see myself ever living in a house without one. For the people talking about the upkeep, I don't know what to tell you. They are not hard at all unless you're a dumbass and have a tree that drops leaves all of the time right next to the pool.

Do your homework and put in the amenities you want and be careful about landscaping around the pool as well.

Our family practically lives in our backyard once it starts warming up. Biggest thing you have to worry about is your house becomes "the place to be" during the summer. But we love having people over all of the time so it doesn't bother us.

Could be.

What surprised me was that when she ran all her reports, they all had a "Y/N" category for pools. It looked in Mandeville, about 25-30% had pools.

I was happy to get anything out of it.

frick a swimming pool! I thought boats were bad, but there's no comparison. Boats are great!

I bought a house in 2000 which had a nice pool already in it. I became the local P.O.C. and expert on pool maintenance, upkeep, diagnosis, cleaning, repair.....and the same for the automatic pool cleaner. I sold the house 14 months ago and bought a 100% pool-free house in a Country Club with multiple community pools. I would rather have AIDS in Haiti than have another pool.

Find another person or organization to join with a pool.

The ONLY upside (to me) is the low-impact of exercise in water. Solution: Join a gym with a pool.

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Pool people - Is it worth it to install one?? This thread comes up several times a year. You'll get every answer from "can't live without one" to "you're a fool to get one". What I've seen as a pattern though is most of the people giving an opinion don't have one. They "know somebody". Well, I've had two houses with pools in each and I can't see myself ever living in a house without one. For the people talking about the upkeep, I don't know what to tell you. They are not hard at all unless you're a dumbass and have a tree that drops leaves all of the time right next to the pool. Do your homework and put in the amenities you want and be careful about landscaping around the pool as well. Our family practically lives in our backyard once it starts warming up. Biggest thing you have to worry about is your house becomes "the place to be" during the summer. But we love having people over all of the time so it doesn't bother us.

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Saved me a bunch of typing. Lot of fail in this thread. Pool upkeep time per week is same as the time it took to cut the grass it replaced.

Had one all my life and always will even though I rarely get in. I do when it gets hot though.

And to the one saying his wife is bitching about cleaning he married the wrong person. My wife does most of it herself. I skim, empty the strainer etc..but most of the time it's her. After she cuts the grass.