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Don't open pool next year...what do I do?
Did a search....found nothing. I opened and closed my pool this year. Had it serviced regularly. Cost thousands for nobody to go in it! I am old and don't go in anymore. Next year, if i don't open it, I won't have to close it. It has a mesh cover. Anybody know what chemicals I have to put in next summer so it doesn't get too bad? I am planning on a separate pump to sort of circulate the water. Any advise is appreciated.
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Why does it cost thousands? I spent $279 on a bucket of chlorine tabs, which will last a year, not just a summer. I spent maybe $50 on other various chemicals. I DIY just about everything and enjoy it. Had I not switched from a DE to a cartridge filter and gotten a new Pool Cleaner, my costs would have been under $400. Even with the upgrades, which will last at least 10 yrs, I spent under $1500.
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Turn it into a turtle pond?
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Why does it cost thousands?
Why does it cost thousands? Opening, closing, chemicals, servicing etc. I used to take care of it myself. Comes a time when your physical capacity disallows that. As a younger person I could not understand what old people were going through. Now I can.
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Turn it into a large deck - like Wayne Dempsey did to his. The thread is on Pelican.
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Yes on deck! And get yourself a hot tub to put next to it. If you're old like me you'll use it a lot more than the pool
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I'd worry about what the summer heat will do to everything without water in it. Liner will sag without the pull being filled and seals will dry up.
I never found it much trouble and budgeted $1,000 a year which included a new cover etc. every 5 years.
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If you're never going to use it again drain it, put a sump pump in it, and build a deck over it.
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I'm known as Poolboy on another site. I'd love to help.
But I only give share trader advice. The Poolboy character is an 8 year old boy who hires the other kids in his class to clean the pools and pays them $25 for a days work and charges the pool owner between $800 and $1200 for the job. I say things like "I'm only 8 but as smart as a 10 year old." Haha, it really winds the old guys up on the share trader forum getting advice from an (apparent) 8 year old, and telling them where they have gone wrong and how much money I am making. But as far as your pool goes, sorry Poolboy can't help. |
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Koi or turtles will save big dollars on chlorine. Neither one likes it.
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Drain it and let the local skateboarders have at it.
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