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re: Pool owners...regret it?
Posted on 4/28/20 at 11:42 am to LATECHgradLSUfan
Posted on 4/28/20 at 11:42 am to LATECHgradLSUfan
My 25 year old daughter was living in LA, and her cousin moved to a hillside house on Palos Verdes. My wife and I picked up my daughter and her husband, and went to the cousin's house to see it for the first time. It was night. The sliding doors opened to a patio that was 300 feet above the town. My daughter, in her evening gown, led the way as we stepped onto the patio. We looked straight down the beach to the north. To our left, the sea was velvet black in the darkness. To our right, the lights of LA. My idiot nephew turned on the outside light an instant before my daughter stepped into the pool! 
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Posted on 4/28/20 at 11:43 am to LATECHgradLSUfan
We want to get a pool but have 5 huge pine trees in our back yard. Is that feasible with a pool or would they have to come down? I wonder if Multanomah County / Portland would even LET us take them down.
This post was edited on 4/28/20 at 11:44 am
Posted on 4/28/20 at 11:44 am to GusMcRae
quote:A couple notes- 3 yrs in is not a valid sample of what you are looking at, a pool is a long-term addition. Just like a new roof, you can't say it's maintanence-free because you haven't had to do something for 3 yrs...
Complete BS.
Quality modern fiberglass pools are nearly maintenance free. I installed my pool 3 years ago. I don’t even own a pH testing kit. I’ve never had an algae bloom. All I do is put 3 chlorine tablets in the canister once a week during the warm seasons. It’s always crystal clear.
I scoop leaves and debris as needed.
Now I had a much larger gunnite pool which was 20 years old in a previous home which required much more attention.
also, you say you had "a much larger" one before. Sounds like you have a small one now. Smaller is easier to keep in line, the big ones (which is what a family might want, to dive, swim etc) take more work.
Not fighting, just saying there's things to be aware of.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 12:32 pm to Scoob
This isn’t the first pool I’ve owned. Also, I was a life guard throughout high school and college. I’ve been around pools most of my life. Fiberglass pools with modern pumps and filtration systems are damn near maintenance free compared to my previous experience with pools.
Yes it is a small pool:
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Yes it is a small pool:
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Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:45 am to RoyalWe
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I bought the house with the pool. We've enjoyed it. You can spend time every week worrying about the chemistry (like I did), but eventually you learn that there's only a few routine things you need to do and a few things to do a few times a year. If you're not a dumb arse then maintaining it is not an issue.
For the first few years, I did the chemist thing too. Constantly trying to raise and lower PH. Now: 4 gallons of liquid chlorine to open and close. Full bottle of purple algaecide once a month and gallon of liquid chlorine twice to three times per week.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:22 am to LATECHgradLSUfan
Not at all.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:27 am to LATECHgradLSUfan
Saltwater Pool
Very little upkeep, no trees nearby
Love it
Very little upkeep, no trees nearby
Love it
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:55 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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The first child or elderly person who drowns in it will make you regret it real quick.
What a weird thing to say.
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