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Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: DaveMMR on June 06, 2010, 07:26:57 pm ---When I was a kid we had a 15' Round Above-Ground pool.   Spent more time cleaning the pool than actually going in it.   It's worth it if you like to entertain or you know people are using it everyday - otherwise, a big pain!

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As a kid, teenage even college student, I never thought of our working on our above ground pool as a "pain".  I have no memories of dreading to do pool maintenance.  I do have memories of having lots of homework to do, but the home work would have to wait until after I leisurely walked around inside of the pool with a vacuum.

As a middle aged guy who hates the sun, I don’t see the point of owning a pool.  But, I also don't see the point to owning a dog(or any pet), 60's muscle car and I’m starting to see that owning an arcade game takes up time and space I don’t have...

LLUncoolJ:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on June 06, 2010, 06:13:00 pm ---Are you somehow suggesting that inground requires less work ?  :dizzy:

I dunno ... mine is working out fine. Kids love it and I had it set up and ready to fill in about 2 hours.

If maintenance is an issue, then I would suggest that you've picked the wrong hobby.

 :afro:

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I am. We had an above ground when I was a kid and then again at my 2nd house and they were a lot of work. I just put it an inground and that thing pretty much runs itself. I'm sure you could buy all of the crap my inground has for an above ground, but when you're talking about adding a $1500 control panel to a $1500 pool, it is a little different than adding one to a $35000 pool.

This one has the panel that schedules when to turn the pump on and off, how much chlorine to produce, tells you when to backwash, turns the lights on and off, etc. It is a salt water system that manufactures its own chlorine. It has a self powered robot that cleans twice a day.  All I really have to do is empty the skimmer and backwash every 2 weeks. Of course it comes at a price, but like I said, if you are going to commit to spending that kind of money, it's kinda dumb not to spend an extra 10% and minimize the work.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on June 07, 2010, 02:03:06 pm ---As a middle aged guy who hates the sun, I don’t see the point of owning a pool.  But, I also don't see the point to owning a dog(or any pet), 60's muscle car and I’m starting to see that owning an arcade game takes up time and space I don’t have...

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ROFL. Completely agree.

Level42:

--- Quote from: patrickl on June 07, 2010, 04:29:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on June 07, 2010, 02:03:06 pm ---As a middle aged guy who hates the sun, I don’t see the point of owning a pool.  But, I also don't see the point to owning a dog(or any pet), 60's muscle car and I’m starting to see that owning an arcade game takes up time and space I don’t have...

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ROFL. Completely agree.

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What do you mean, you don't even own a cab !

shardian:
I had one of those 8' wally world ring pools. It was picky as hell about even the tiniest amount of slope. Sure you texas boys don't have that problem, but up here finding the flat real-estate for a pool is a major problem. I laid down a truckload of sand...for this frikkin tiny plastic pool, leveled the crap out of it, and it STILL leaned to one side badly. Not to mention the only place I had for the pool is in a 100% all day shaded spot. That water was so cold our daughter couldn't get in. Boy did it feel nice after mowing though...

I ditched the pool and made many trips down the hill to dump the sand.

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