At least 8k of maintenance a summer in my area

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May 26, 2019
5:35:23pm

Baron AKA "Dear Leader"

At least 8k of maintenance a summer in my area

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Baron

Previous username: jarocho
Bio page: Baron
Joined: Sep 1, 2006
Last login: May 8, 2024
Total posts: 94,364 (32,831 FO)

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What are the maintenance costs of owning a pool? Just wondering what else

Avery

5/26/19 5:29pm

Extremely high maintenance costs. However

TNT

5/26/19 5:33pm

Ok ok. TNT needs to find a new hobby (career?)

TNT

5/26/19 5:35pm

Thumbs down from DM? Maybe TNT is wrong. Maybe he is on the right track

TNT

5/26/19 5:45pm

Almost there.....

TNT

5/26/19 6:22pm

RE: Almost there.....

TNT

5/26/19 8:53pm

Or, pinball starts with "p", which rhymes with "t" and that stands for...

BYUBandfan

5/26/19 6:25pm

tap dancing?

Shihan

5/27/19 10:47am

Where do you live?

kotacoug

5/26/19 5:34pm

Tejas

Avery

5/26/19 5:43pm

Probably similar to Az. $100/ month for pool service and maintenance

kotacoug

5/26/19 5:46pm

I live in Texas, I spend maybe half that on a monthly average.

OandGCoug

5/26/19 7:18pm

At least 8k of maintenance a summer in my area

Baron

5/26/19 5:35pm

That seems insanely high

garyfan

5/26/19 5:40pm

That's what a friend who has a pool told me. No idea the truth

Baron

5/26/19 5:49pm

Many of your political posts now make more sense.

garyfan

5/26/19 7:43pm

We keep it warm >92 but have cheap natural gas

cougfanz

5/26/19 5:39pm

You keep your pool over 92 degrees?! LOL.

Kerbouchard

5/26/19 6:41pm

We pay $90/month for weekly, year-round service.

garyfan

5/26/19 5:42pm

I pay $1360 a year

JOPE

5/26/19 5:43pm

Water costs?

Baron

5/26/19 5:49pm

Not much really, some months $2-3, other months

JOPE

5/27/19 8:02am

How big is your pool? You get away with only running your filter one hr a night

kotacoug

5/26/19 5:53pm

It runs during the day for several hours, but

JOPE

5/27/19 8:01am

don't forget about potential big problems.....

gunhog

5/26/19 5:53pm

I wouldn’t ever NOT have a pool. Especially in AZ.

kotacoug

5/26/19 5:54pm

Seems like it would be difficult not to

TNT

5/26/19 5:55pm

Potentially your eternal soul if you give into temptation and use it on Sunday.

sgriff

5/26/19 6:14pm

We just have a big jacuzzi spa instead. We like warm water

Croweater

5/26/19 6:18pm

You may need that in Utah but in Texas the water is always warm

AlphaCoug

5/26/19 7:15pm

pools are 100% not worth it. It'll sit unused day after day after day

Dissenter

5/26/19 8:30pm

I don’t have a pool now but I did growing up. With the exception of Sundays

SWP

5/27/19 8:03am

Hardly anything. Several bags of salt in the spring then an occasional case of muriatic acid to regulate pH.

kccougar

5/26/19 10:43pm

Maintenance while being used in the summer is about

StalwartBraveTrue

5/26/19 10:55pm

Wow, that is not my experience with owning a pool.

Shihan

6/5/19 10:40am

You don't need a pool. Just swim in a pond near you.

AlphaCoug

6/4/19 2:41pm

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