Some like it HOT!!!

[Don Ro]

But not me.
In the shade of my patio.
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Scottsdale, AZ.
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[Jolly Amaranto]

OK, you win.
Light rain here. Sort of a sauna.

[Ayles]

Looks like this is just a blip.

[Nostril Cheese]

60 and raining in Portland.

You can have your nuclear furnace heat.

I'll take the rain and trees everywhere.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

You can have your nuclear furnace heat.

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That's why we have these:
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[Nostril Cheese]

Thats nice..

We have this...

[gacook]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

Thats nice..

We have this...

That IS nice, but I couldn't stand to live somewhere that is (almost) always rainy and dreary. I love going out and basking in the sun.

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

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That's why we have these:
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What's the water temperature Don? I recently saw a picture here of a pool cooler - never knew they even existed.

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

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That's why we have these:
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Just curious Don but with a temp of 120 in the shade on your patio...what is the water temp in your pool?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Yea but most of the year it's this (and I know - I used to fly in it up there!):



OR is unbeatable when it's nice. The other 10 months of the year? Not so much. I counted 52 straight days of no sunshine and some form of precipitation when I lived there. As a plus there's no snow, but 40° and peeing rain for months at a whack gets mighty old mighty fast. I ran screaming back to southern CA.

I like it hot. This is my style:

[Don Ro]

I lived in Gresham for 2 years...at one time in the summer of '09 it rained or drizzled 32 days straight.
But when it was nice...it was really nice.
Then again, that summer when it was 95' +, it had 100% humidity for a week.
I bought 3 portable air conditioners that week.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

What's the water temperature Don? I recently saw a picture here of a pool cooler - never knew they even existed.

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Water temp - a concern for me, for sure.
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When I scoot that 11' Costco umbrella (built a dolly for it - sand pedestal weighs 200 lbs.) around to block the sun over the side edge and then over the deep end (9 feet) later in the day, I can keep the water temp around 84'. When I just leave it sitting at that deep end, the water gets up to 87' - 88'...today the water temp may reach 90'.
But even when the water temp is in the high 80's it can be quite pleasant at 10 -11 pm when the ambient temp is 90' - 95'.
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I like the water temp down around 82', myself, (nice and brisk) and have an idea and a drawing for a mobile white tarp cover assembly for that deep end.
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I have another 11' Costco umbrella still to unpack and to build another dolly for it and then place it over the water.
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Nothing like a cool swim just before retiring for the night here in Dismal Nitch, AZ.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_iSUHAQ9BQ

[PetrolBlueSC]

Its just right here. I am uncomfortable over 80 and nearly dead over 100.

[Rick V]

I can live with the Arizona temps, that is why I am looking to move to Tuscon

[gacook]

Tucson's a great city--it's where I grew up. Live about an hour away from there, now.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy

Just curious Don but with a temp of 120 in the shade on your patio...what is the water temp in your pool?

At that temperature and with a very low relative humidity, the evaporative rate should be such as to keep the water temp in the low 80's

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

At that temperature and with a very low relative humidity, the evaporative rate should be such as to keep the water temp in the low 80's

I wish.
Just had that pool refurbished...and chose that light-colored Pebble-Tek for a reason.
I'll get the temp down one of these days...I like a cool pool temp.
Even when the water temp is in the high 80's, if there's even a slight breeze, it'll cool you off when you get out.

[Don Ro]

The pool has just been refurbished - less than 2 weeks ago.
I have plans to do the whole pool area...Pergola (already bought - need to build it), pavers, lighting, ornamental shrubs, etc.
My place sits on an acre so I have lots of room to dink around.
I'm retired so what else is there?
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I bought the place in 2010 and just had no reason to rebuild the pool (I didn't really care) - but I have a fiance now.
I got 5 estimates for the pool renovation - the old pool was the original, built in 1960 and had been empty for years and was a mess.
All of the above-ground PVC was dry and useless. The pump was inop.
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4 bids were all over $20k for everything new. One bid was $26k.
I found a young stud who is taking over his father-in-law's pool company. He did the entire rebuild for $10k+.
New return lines, new vari-speed pump, new sand in filter, all new wiring, the works!
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We like it!
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[Don Ro]

[tedg04]

Perfect here - 90* and low humidity. Pretty much what my whole summer will be like (just have to survive the 90 days of snow in the winter).