Putting in a pool near pine trees

I have no pine trees or a pool of my own but I would venture to say the it will make a big mess!

Any trees that are near a pool will end up cut down within a few years in my experience.

Too much work keeping it clean otherwise.

Just going to be extra work keeping the pine needles out of the pool. May not be too bad if the tree canopy is 20-30' away from the pool. Just going to depend on whether you're willing to spend more time keeping the pool clean in exchange for keeping your shady spot.

Pool in my neighborhood is surrounded by pine trees. Pine needles are always in the pool but it's not a horrible problem. Just have to be willing to put a little extra work in to skim the needles

Cut the trees down. If the logs are good and you are close by, I will come pick them up.

I had a pool once with a couple trees about 50' away from the pool. I swore then and now that I will never own another pool with even a single tree within a mile of a pool. Trees and pools don't mix and if you think your wife or kids will clean it even once, you are fooling yourself.
Hope that helps your decision.

Put in an above ground for the first little while, and see how it goes. Test your self on maintenance, actual family interest, and the trees.

You may like the trees to keep the water cool, or you may want them gone to keep the water warm. You also might find that dealing with chemicals, vacuuming, and netting the water isn't worth the time.

For the record, the $400-$800 Wal-Mart above grounds are almost as good the $3000-$10000 ones you would buy from a place like Family Leisure. The biggest differences are the pump systems are much weaker. And the liner and the wall are the same thing, so you can't just replace a bad liner, you have to replace the whole pool, but thankfully they are MUCH MUCH thicker than the average pool liner. I also don't know if regular liner patch kits work on them, as the material is a good bit different and I haven't had experiencing patching a cheapo yet.

I can give you a fair amount of advice on pricing for installation, parts....etc, as well. If you like.

Source: Built pools on and off for the past 11 years, and pool owner who hates having one. But as it normally goes, the wife insisted...


Edit: There are many reasons to go with an above ground permanently as well. For example, 3 are: repair cost is much lower, removal cost is FAR lower, and your yard is easily turned back into your yard....instead of a giant hole which needs lots of dirt and labor to fill in properly.

I actually advised most customers to go with an above ground over inground. Very few customers, outside of high end clients, actually need an inground.

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Pool in my neighborhood is surrounded by pine trees. Pine needles are always in the pool but it's not a horrible problem. Just have to be willing to put a little extra work in to skim the needles

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I have over 20 Pines in my yard. The pollen has been so bad for the last month. I washed it all off of two cars one day last week and the next morning they were covered again. It gets on the dash inside with the windows all up.

Don't know what pollen would do to a pool.

If you make your kids do maintenance they will fricking hate you through high school

My advice as a pool owner, keep the trees but get a nice leaf cover.

You can still enjoy the aesthetic of the pool but not have to worry about skimming & vacuuming every single day.