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New pool owner-advice on furniture and accessories
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:30 pm
Just signed a contract on a pool and spa that should be built by August. Have now began looking to fill the yard with furniture and pool accessories. Landscaping will follow. Any advice would be appreciated. No kids so the pool will be more for hanging out. Any accessories that have really increased your enjoyment.
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 10:32 pm
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Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:47 pm to LSU5508
I have found that you can spend as much on pool accessories and furniture as you did on the pool.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:59 pm to LSU5508
At least one hot woman with at least two big titties.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 6:06 am to LSU5508
Sunbrella fabric is worth it
Posted on 5/31/17 at 7:13 am to LSU5508
Spend the money upfront on a goid cleaner.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 8:38 am to LSU5508
Can't have enough umbrellas. Dolphin pool cleaner is the way to go.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 8:41 am to LSU5508
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Landscaping will follow.
I cringed when I read this. Just a word of advice from experience (the wife and I bought a house last year with a pool that had lots of nice landscaping around it, we've actually took about 90% of the landscaping out now and added on slabs to the pool deck in those areas). Don't go crazy on the landscaping around the pool for a couple of reason.
1. The more plants directly around the pool will be a pain in the arse when trying to keep your nice new pool clean. Leaves, buds, flowers, etc will constantly fall or blow into your pool. Keep it minimal with either potted plants or broad, non-flowering trees like palms, etc.
2. Any open beds around the pool will eventually start to gets weeds and the upkeep will be a nightmare.
3. Make sure that there is at least some open drainage spots around your pool where the water can escape if your area gets a good amount of rain. Some people build all this nice landscaping around the pool and it ends up being a dam without them knowing until it rains.
This post was edited on 5/31/17 at 8:44 am
Posted on 5/31/17 at 9:31 am to LSU5508
I have a pool with furniture and landscaping. My advice is to fill it in as soon as it is built. You will thank me later.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 9:56 am to LSUperior
Landscaping will be simple and will consist mainly of non flowering tropical plants. Palms being the main choice.Yard gets full sun from morning to night so I need to put in something that will grow and block a little bit of the sun or the pool will stay incredibly hot.Thanks for the advice though didn't think about the draining issue.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 10:04 am to LSU5508
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Yard gets full sun from morning to night so I need to put in something that will grow and block a little bit of the sun or the pool will stay incredibly hot.
My palm of choice would be a Sylvester Palm (very cold hardy and beautiful once it gets a few feet high). The top can add a good amount of shade to any area. My second choice would probably be a mule palm (a cross between a Pindo and Queen Palm, this one is cold hardy too because of the cross with the Pindo Palm). Stay away from King and Queen Palms....they will die with the first freeze.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 10:11 am to LSUperior
Good advice about the palms. I learned the hard way $$
If you have a salt pool DO NOT get any kind of metal furniture.
If you have a salt pool DO NOT get any kind of metal furniture.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 10:28 am to LSU5508
one of these pool side is always nice so the ladies have somewhere to throw their bathing suits in.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:01 pm to LSUperior
Do I have to worry about cold hardy palms in New Orleans? I'm asking seriously. Will the few cold spells we get do damage?
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Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:03 pm to tigerfootball10
Thanks for the tip about metal furniture. I've heard that before so I was planning on going with wicker.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:09 pm to LSU5508
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Just signed a contract on a pool and spa that should be built by August.
Good luck.
My advice on the pool furniture -- don't get cheap stuff, or you'll be buying more next year. You definitely get what you pay for with regard to outdoor furniture.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:11 pm to LSU5508
No metal around a salt pool is the biggest bunch of shite there could ever be.
Pool salt salinity is not much greater than your own sweat.
Ive had metal patio chairs around my pool for 10 plus years, and the squirrels sharpening their teeth on the metal is a bigger factor than corrosion.
And I have a 10 year old metal ladder, and in the water metal frame lighting units. They have'nt dissolved either.
Pool salt salinity is not much greater than your own sweat.
Ive had metal patio chairs around my pool for 10 plus years, and the squirrels sharpening their teeth on the metal is a bigger factor than corrosion.
And I have a 10 year old metal ladder, and in the water metal frame lighting units. They have'nt dissolved either.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:22 pm to LSU5508
Everyone and their cheap brother has the cheap plastic wicker furniture. Go teak with sunbrella
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:31 pm to Motorboat
Agree on teak.
And, whatever number you have in your head for furniture, quadruple it.
Pools are a lot of fun, but endless money pits. Enjoy.
And, whatever number you have in your head for furniture, quadruple it.
Pools are a lot of fun, but endless money pits. Enjoy.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:46 pm to LSU5508
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Do I have to worry about cold hardy palms in New Orleans? I'm asking seriously. Will the few cold spells we get do damage?
Does it ever get 32 or below in New Orleans or call for a freeze (usually at least once or twice in winter around here)? In other words...
Yes, all it takes is one freeze below 32 and the tree will most likely die if it isn't a cold hardy palm.
This post was edited on 5/31/17 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:51 pm to LSU5508
We made an umbrella stand with a plow disk 
This post was edited on 5/31/17 at 12:52 pm
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