Pool Project
07-06-2005, 10:49 PM
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Pool Project
After 7 years of procrastinating, we are very close to compleating our 'pool project'
Prepped, painted and ready, water is being delievered on Saturday to fill it.
Need some advise and tips for general pool use...........
IE1. What kind of system (regular, Baqusil, salt based systems?)
2. Products/items that contribute to the whole experience
3. Care Tips, Prepping for winter
4. General info the helps for pool use
any comment would help
Prepped, painted and ready, water is being delievered on Saturday to fill it.
Need some advise and tips for general pool use...........
IE1. What kind of system (regular, Baqusil, salt based systems?)
2. Products/items that contribute to the whole experience
3. Care Tips, Prepping for winter
4. General info the helps for pool use
any comment would help
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07-06-2005, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by NYZGREATST
cant u fill it with a hose??
Originally Posted by Repo1234
I didn't know they deliver water, we normally fill our pool with the waterhose. It takes about 2.5 days to fill.
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07-06-2005, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Repo1234
^^^ How much cheaper is it?
Check your phone book or search online for a local contractor and get a quote. They come in with a tractor trailer sized truck and pump it in.
07-07-2005, 08:11 AM
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yes..... it's about 250-500 depending on water
our water bill monthly is already higher than that lol
we did all the work (Brother, cousin, me)=
pool house= stained, working shower/bathroom
pool=painted, pretty much cleaned, buying water pump for slide (distroyed over the years)
now this is what happened...........
i was 1 and my parents bought the house. For that summer, the pool was clean and quite nice and all that jazz....... was used alot for the next 2 years
winter came hard and we covered that pool........... never took the cover off lol it was 1992 or 1993
when we drained it, the water was green and we found multiple animales including turtles, fish......etc
does any1 lik a particular system like salt-based clorinators, the baqusil clorine-free systems, or the regular chorline systems??? we havnt decieded yet and we need to.
thanks
our water bill monthly is already higher than that lol
we did all the work (Brother, cousin, me)=
pool house= stained, working shower/bathroom
pool=painted, pretty much cleaned, buying water pump for slide (distroyed over the years)
now this is what happened...........
i was 1 and my parents bought the house. For that summer, the pool was clean and quite nice and all that jazz....... was used alot for the next 2 years
winter came hard and we covered that pool........... never took the cover off lol it was 1992 or 1993
when we drained it, the water was green and we found multiple animales including turtles, fish......etc
does any1 lik a particular system like salt-based clorinators, the baqusil clorine-free systems, or the regular chorline systems??? we havnt decieded yet and we need to.
thanks
07-07-2005, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsteve
Sweet fucking pool by the way! I love the bar! But 7 year project? Doesn't that make you like 6 years old when they started? 
oooo srry we only emptied it last summer, paintd it last summer, and painted it again for the last 3 days
the pool is around 10-13 ft deep
with the turtles????
07-07-2005, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by ludachrisvt
how the HELL did FISH get in there?
07-07-2005, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Always Dirty
A friend of mine's family had a "swamp pool" - really dark water, leaves on the top - you couldn't see anything in there. His little brother comes home from fishing with a sunfish in a bucket and throws it in. Nobody ever saw it again until 3 months later when I caught it with a fishing rod. No joke.
07-07-2005, 09:30 AM
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Sweet pool…..
I’m not a fan of Baqusil or any of those newer “environmentally safe” water treatment systems.
My family has had pools since I was like 8-years old and it seems I’ve always been the one maintaining them.
I like to KILL the germs in the water, not have some other organism “eat” or “neutralize” them.
I also feel safer having chlorine in the water if kids are over and you never know what might “accidentally” happen in the water.
I currently have an 18 x 33 FT pool at my house and use the 2” chlorine tablets and the occasional bag of “shock” to keep the water clean.
Never had a problem with algae or other containments in my water.
Many pool manufacturers won’t warranty pool/filter parts if you use Baqusil.
The place I go to has a big sign on the counter stating this.
Winterizing is easy.
Balance the chemicals in the water, buy a winterizing kit that’s properly sized and cover up the pool.
Disconnect the filter and make sure all the water is out of areas that will freeze.
Except for making sure there’s not too much water/debris on the cover, you can pretty much forget about it until spring.
I’m not a fan of Baqusil or any of those newer “environmentally safe” water treatment systems.
My family has had pools since I was like 8-years old and it seems I’ve always been the one maintaining them.
I like to KILL the germs in the water, not have some other organism “eat” or “neutralize” them.
I also feel safer having chlorine in the water if kids are over and you never know what might “accidentally” happen in the water.
I currently have an 18 x 33 FT pool at my house and use the 2” chlorine tablets and the occasional bag of “shock” to keep the water clean.
Never had a problem with algae or other containments in my water.
Many pool manufacturers won’t warranty pool/filter parts if you use Baqusil.
The place I go to has a big sign on the counter stating this.
Winterizing is easy.
Balance the chemicals in the water, buy a winterizing kit that’s properly sized and cover up the pool.
Disconnect the filter and make sure all the water is out of areas that will freeze.
Except for making sure there’s not too much water/debris on the cover, you can pretty much forget about it until spring.
07-07-2005, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawn S
Many pool manufacturers won’t warranty pool/filter parts if you use Baqusil.
The place I go to has a big sign on the counter stating this.
The place I go to has a big sign on the counter stating this.
07-07-2005, 12:59 PM
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I'm amazed that getting someone to deliver water is cheaper than opening the tap yourself. Where does the supplier get the cheap water from?
07-07-2005, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by doopstr
I'm amazed that getting someone to deliver water is cheaper than opening the tap yourself. Where does the supplier get the cheap water from?
I have a well in the back yard and I would have burned it up if I tried to fill our 18,000 gallon pool.
I went with a place called: Aqua Duck and it cost like 400-bucks.
Two 18-Wheeler tankers of 7,000 gallons each and then I topped it off over the next few days with the hose.
the fish, when we drained the pool, was pregnant
07-07-2005, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by doopstr
I'm amazed that getting someone to deliver water is cheaper than opening the tap yourself. Where does the supplier get the cheap water from?
I often see them hooking up to fire hydrants around here.
07-07-2005, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawn S
18,000 gallon pool.
I went with a place called: Aqua Duck and it cost like 400-bucks.
Two 18-Wheeler tankers of 7,000 gallons each and then I topped it off over the next few days with the hose.
I went with a place called: Aqua Duck and it cost like 400-bucks.
Two 18-Wheeler tankers of 7,000 gallons each and then I topped it off over the next few days with the hose.
how deep???
07-07-2005, 07:28 PM
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How the hell are you 13 and why do you care? I am 21 and have no idea what kind of shit is in my pool, but meh I don't care for that kinda stuff.
As for the fish we have an old fishtank in the backyard with plants growing out of it so a few years ago we drop in 5 gold fish. Now there is one huge one, what he eats? I dunno but that bitch is the size of my cell phone
As for the fish we have an old fishtank in the backyard with plants growing out of it so a few years ago we drop in 5 gold fish. Now there is one huge one, what he eats? I dunno but that bitch is the size of my cell phone
07-07-2005, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JesusJuice
How the hell are you 13 and why do you care? I am 21 and have no idea what kind of shit is in my pool, but meh I don't care for that kinda stuff.
cuz im the only one who takes care of the pool...... just like im the only person who washes our cars.....
Y do u care about me caring???
07-07-2005, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Acuraluvr
cuz im the only one who takes care of the pool...... just like im the only person who washes our cars.....
Y do u care about me caring???
Y do u care about me caring???
