Swimming pools
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Swimming pools
Good morning all,
Can anyone give me an idea as to the cost of running a pool? This would be for an average sized one, or is it down to the landlord?.This would be for a long let villa. I just would like an idea as to the cost to me.
Thanks.
Can anyone give me an idea as to the cost of running a pool? This would be for an average sized one, or is it down to the landlord?.This would be for a long let villa. I just would like an idea as to the cost to me.
Thanks.
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Re: Swimming pools
What size do you mean with average? There are many factors to consider and it depends on the location. How long would it be heated, is it covered, what kind of heat pump is being used etc.
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For an 8m x 5m pool, I would suspect the following costs;
- Chlorine - 17€ (we get ours from the local Co-Op)
- 4 in 1 tablets - about 30€ per tub and we go through 2 or 3 in a season
You obviously could pay more but that's probably about it.
You then have the electricity costs for the pump. We run ours for about 3 hours per day during the season. Some will tell you to run it a lot more but we find that there's no need and our pool stays sparkling clean with average usage.
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Re: Swimming pools
Ph + and -
Flocculante tablet, for occasional use
Algecida
Pure Chlorine tablets, not the multiuse ones as they only contain very little of each ingredient
Shock chlorine for occasional use
Don't know how you only use 2 or 3 a season, we use a lot more than that
Pool pump- 2 hours pm/am May - Sept
1 hour am/pm Oct-April
Flocculante tablet, for occasional use
Algecida
Pure Chlorine tablets, not the multiuse ones as they only contain very little of each ingredient
Shock chlorine for occasional use
Don't know how you only use 2 or 3 a season, we use a lot more than that
Pool pump- 2 hours pm/am May - Sept
1 hour am/pm Oct-April
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Re: Swimming pools
Thanks for that info.That's another one of my list.
Cheers.
Cheers.
#6
Re: Swimming pools
Ph + and -
Flocculante tablet, for occasional use
Algecida
Pure Chlorine tablets, not the multiuse ones as they only contain very little of each ingredient
Shock chlorine for occasional use
Don't know how you only use 2 or 3 a season, we use a lot more than that
Pool pump- 2 hours pm/am May - Sept
1 hour am/pm Oct-April
Flocculante tablet, for occasional use
Algecida
Pure Chlorine tablets, not the multiuse ones as they only contain very little of each ingredient
Shock chlorine for occasional use
Don't know how you only use 2 or 3 a season, we use a lot more than that
Pool pump- 2 hours pm/am May - Sept
1 hour am/pm Oct-April
If the pool goes wrong, then you may need to shock it.
Once the tablets are almost dissolved, we replenish them. A good pool will only use the number of tablets it needs.
Maybe the summer cover helps?
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Re: Swimming pools
If you use 4 in 1 or 5 in 1 (quality) tablets - not the cheap ones from supermarkets, then you don't need any of the above.
If the pool goes wrong, then you may need to shock it.
Once the tablets are almost dissolved, we replenish them. A good pool will only use the number of tablets it needs.
Maybe the summer cover helps?
If the pool goes wrong, then you may need to shock it.
Once the tablets are almost dissolved, we replenish them. A good pool will only use the number of tablets it needs.
Maybe the summer cover helps?
How can you tell one is better quality than the other?
A pool expert has said that a chlorine tablet and occasional use of the other chemicals gives a better result and added that multi tablets are often to blame for staining in pools.
In the summer it is necessary to renew tablets every week, cannot understand how only 2 or 3 are need for your pool over the season!
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How on earth can I tablet have sufficient of the algicide, flocculante and chlorine, in it never mind where they come from?
How can you tell one is better quality than the other?
A pool expert has said that a chlorine tablet and occasional use of the other chemicals gives a better result and added that multi tablets are often to blame for staining in pools.
In the summer it is necessary to renew tablets every week, cannot understand how only 2 or 3 are need for your pool over the season!
How can you tell one is better quality than the other?
A pool expert has said that a chlorine tablet and occasional use of the other chemicals gives a better result and added that multi tablets are often to blame for staining in pools.
In the summer it is necessary to renew tablets every week, cannot understand how only 2 or 3 are need for your pool over the season!
As Lyric pointed out, we are talking about 2 or 3 tubs of course (note I said they cost around 30€).
Our pool man says that there are differing qualities (and I don't buy them from him - so it isn't as though he's trying to sell his own). Yes you can faff with 4 or 5 different chemicals or simply use the 4 or 5 in 1's.
By the way, you don't renew them but replenish them
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Re: Swimming pools
Silly me! Anyway, I pay 21 euros maximum,can sometimes get them for 17 euros per tub.
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Re: Swimming pools
I pay 18€ at my local Ferreteria for a tub. My pool seems to use two one week and three the next in the summer, and once stable just needs the occasional shot of Aqua Fuerte to bring the Ph down.
Early in the season it might need a shock or two.
Early in the season it might need a shock or two.