We are talking about a huge cover for that big of a pool. It would require probably 3 people to put out and take up. Not practical.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 11:36 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Would not a cover mitigate most of that? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Cameron Crum" <cc...@murcevilo.com> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Tuesday, January 21, 2020 11:32:33 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT Swimming Pools > > I have a 40,000 gal pool. My back yard is surrounded by trees (two sides > of crepe myrtles, and some kind of broadleaf deciduous trees along the > back) and I have a large pecan tree that has very high branches that hang > over the shallow end in one part. The squirrels like to play a game and see > how far they can chuck half eaten pecans out into the pool. Green pecans > sink and almost immediately turn brown staining the plaster. Only thing > that gets the stains off is poring granulated shock on them and letting it > sit without the filter running for a couple hours. We also loose about a > 1/4 to 1/2 inch a day in the TX summer. With all the organic material that > ends up in my pool, and with the water loss and replacing with much less > chlorinated city water, I have to shock it at least once a week in the > summer and add algicide at least once per month. The sun also breaks > chlorine down quickly. I spend about 350/month in the summer in chemicals > and have to skim every day and brush it at least twice a week. If I had it > to do again, I would never, ever own a pool. > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 10:20 AM Mark - Myakka Technologies < > m...@mailmt.com> wrote: > >> In FL it is an unwritten rule every house should have an in ground pool. >> We have had one for 20+ years. I do the salt deal. Really like it. Not >> very much maintenance. Of course we don't have to winterize and with the >> solar heaters, we get a good 9 months of use. We had some of our family >> from the mid-west using it when they were down for Thanksgiving. When the >> kids were younger it would be used every day during the summer. Now my >> wife will use it about 4 days a week for low impact exercise when it is >> warm enough. >> >> All that being said, I would never rip it out of the ground. With just a >> bit of modification, it would make a great koi pond. >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com <m...@mailmt.com> >> >> Myakka Technologies, Inc. >> www.Myakka.com >> >> ------ >> >> Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 10:46:45 AM, you wrote: >> >> >> A friend of mine owns a company that does nothing but remove in-ground >> pools. >> >> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 10:44 AM dave via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: >> >> Around here the above ground pool doesnt de-value the property due to >> possible removal if wanted. >> In ground pools here sell for much less than a home without one here. >> There are some really nice above ground systems but the only thing I >> would be concerned with is the decking or >> construction to go with it because it would induce more maint unless you >> went with composite 100% >> >> >> >> >> On 1/20/20 9:03 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> Neighbor’s house finally sold. In ground heated saltwater pool, >> according to the MLS listing. I don’t know about lower maintenance. It >> seemed like they had the pool service truck there on a weekly basis. Plus >> 2 days in fall to prep it for winter. >> >> >> https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/glen-ellyn/632-north-main-st/pid_30963397/ >> >> (that’s my much more modest house visible at the right of the photo) >> >> Maybe a pool table instead of a pool? >> >> Of course, come to think of it, a customer recently bought a big house >> where the only thing the previous owner left behind was the pool table. I >> guess those things are a bitch to move. >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On >> Behalf Of *Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2020 7:36 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Swimming Pools >> >> A customer of mine had a retracting glass roof over the pool area, that >> was pretty nice. The salt water pools are lower maintenance and healthier >> from what my friends that have them have told me. >> >> On Monday, January 20, 2020, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >> I have a friend that put it inside. >> Another friend did a salt water pool due to supposedly low maintenance. >> Not sure about that technology. >> Hmmmm. >> I have an elevation and a patio area that is conducive to being an >> outdoor extension of a pool deck. >> >> >> *From:* Lewis Bergman >> *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2020 6:26 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Swimming Pools >> >> Definitely. Put it inside >> >> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 6:22 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Put a roof on it and keep your home theater and gym in there. >> When we had one, it was used more for friends and family than we did for >> ourselves. We don't have one here, and I'm fine with that. >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 1/20/2020 5:07 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >> >> Considering adding a pool to my home. >> Worth it? >> >> Desert Utah. >> Lots of blowing dust year around. >> >> Only 3-4 months of weather suitable for use. >> Would I use it much? >> I don’t use my home theater much. >> I don’t use my home gym much. >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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