Cost of running a pool..
Mar 28th 2009 | 6:22 am
#46
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Re: Cost of running a pool..
Urgh....I can't wait to get ours filled in. It's gonna cost us about $3,500 and that will be a bargain considering how much it costs to run every year, for the approx. 3 full days we get to spend in it in Maine.
Pain in the bleedin arse.
and ours is a 33,000 galloner....the mosquitos love it
Pain in the bleedin arse.
and ours is a 33,000 galloner....the mosquitos love it
Mar 28th 2009 | 6:27 am
#47
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From: Maine - the "Deep South" of the Northeast
Re: Cost of running a pool..
I would maybe get an above ground in future, but an inground pool up here is really not worth it for the small amount of time we get to use them. Especially if you've got trees around. You know how the ground shifts so much in Winter, well I'm pretty sure we've got all sorts of cracked pipes under there
and because we have to close them in Winter the mossies love to hatch in the still water in Spring...urghIf you had an above ground it's much easier to get to all that stuff.
Mar 28th 2009 | 7:11 am
#48
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From: USA
Re: Cost of running a pool..
Urgh....I can't wait to get ours filled in. It's gonna cost us about $3,500 and that will be a bargain considering how much it costs to run every year, for the approx. 3 full days we get to spend in it in Maine.
Pain in the bleedin arse.
and ours is a 33,000 galloner....the mosquitos love it
Pain in the bleedin arse.
and ours is a 33,000 galloner....the mosquitos love it
We have a 22.000 gallon in ground, not heated. I close it for winter, nothing to buy, and open it for summer and the chemicals are not too expensive.
We run the pump every day when open but i have no idea what it costs (big help i am
)Juswus, you may find your not as popular if you fill that pool in, and how will it look when your in your bikini laying next to a pile of dirt
Mar 28th 2009 | 10:09 pm
#49
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Re: Cost of running a pool..
I would maybe get an above ground in future, but an inground pool up here is really not worth it for the small amount of time we get to use them. Especially if you've got trees around. You know how the ground shifts so much in Winter, well I'm pretty sure we've got all sorts of cracked pipes under there and because we have to close them in Winter the mossies love to hatch in the still water in Spring...urgh
If you had an above ground it's much easier to get to all that stuff.
and because we have to close them in Winter the mossies love to hatch in the still water in Spring...urghIf you had an above ground it's much easier to get to all that stuff.
Mar 31st 2009 | 11:28 am
#50
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From: Maine - the "Deep South" of the Northeast
Mar 31st 2009 | 12:42 pm
#51
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Re: Cost of running a pool..
Our pool holds 15,000 gallons and warnes up by sunlight, the pimp and filter, chemicals etc come to about $100 a month to run. We use 'Baquacil' and not that chlorine shit, doesnt sting, doesnt taste bad and works great but is expensive.
Mar 31st 2009 | 12:47 pm
#52
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Re: Cost of running a pool..
Heat ? Heat ? Heat ? ..... whats all that then ?
Our pool holds 15,000 gallons and warnes up by sunlight, the pimp and filter, chemicals etc come to about $100 a month to run. We use 'Baquacil' and not that chlorine shit, doesnt sting, doesnt taste bad and works great but is expensive.
Our pool holds 15,000 gallons and warnes up by sunlight, the pimp and filter, chemicals etc come to about $100 a month to run. We use 'Baquacil' and not that chlorine shit, doesnt sting, doesnt taste bad and works great but is expensive.
Hmmm, not a bad price
