Strange that you guys don't have auto fill float valves in your pool to maintain the water levels...
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:59 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Had a pool at my last office. Fully motorized cover. Just flip the > switch. > > *From:* Cameron Crum > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2020 10:38 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Swimming Pools > > 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 >>> >>> 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 mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie >>> *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2020 7:36 PM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group mailto: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 >> > ------------------------------ > -- > 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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