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I hope this is OK with everyone. Enjoy your weekend!
Al
P.S.: Our shop is about 160 feet straight behind the large oak just to the right of the end of the deck, and beyond the little wooden shed just visible between the oak tree and the deck.
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Dan,DanEpps wrote:...I noticed that cover on the pool...how do you like it? Does it stretch tightly over the pool so that water doesn't stand on it?...
The cover we place on the pool when closed for the Fall and Winter is a mesh, which allows water to fall through into the pool itself, so it does not accumulate at all. And NO pumping at all.DanEpps wrote:...I hate hauling out the cover and putting it on the pool in the fall then taking it off, cleaning and storing it in the spring. I have a manual cover pump and have to turn it on and off every time it rains...
For this 20' x 40' pool the cover runs around $1,500 - I think that is what I paid for it about 3 years ago, Dan. But it IS worth every penny, as it eliminates the water accumulation on it.DanEpps wrote:...I'm looking for a better way without having to spend a fortune for a cover...
That is right - we drain to just below the skimmers, and add antifreeze to the lines going to the skimmers, which we then send to waste in the Spring. We know when the antifreeze is all gone, as the color change is drastic.DanEpps wrote:...we were told to drain the water level to just under the skimmer for the winter. If rain runs through the mesh, do you have any freezing problems? I believe you probably have a little bit colder winters than we do hereDo you just blow the lines out and not drain the pool any?
We have never had THAT much rain during the winter months, Dan. I don't think is a worry around here.DanEpps wrote:Okay, if you drain down to the skimmer and the mesh cover lets rain through, does the level rise back over the skimmer in the winter?...
Amazing! Our water temperature is up to only 85°F. It might hit in the high 80s to low 90s, but never higher than that. We have considered getting a heater, to allow us to extend the use of the pool by opening it about one month earlier. But at around $4,000 it may not even be a starter.DanEpps wrote:All of this pool talk...I just had to go out and see how the water feltIt was HOT--91 degrees! We already have 101 degrees today and it is still 2 or 3 hours until the hottest part of the day
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THAT is one GORGEOUS setting, Dan!!! I love the gazebo - the entire area has such a nice feeling!!!DanEpps wrote:Here is my pool...