Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
I got a thermeau heat pump. I'm not sure if you are looking at heat pumps or heaters, but I recco it. So far so good. I did the install, wasn't too bad.
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Is having your own pool or hot tub worth it? (2 Viewers)
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Footballguy
Wow
Plumbers & Electricians brought the cost to maybe 35k but nowhere near 55k.
This is without pavers around the pool - that’s next. Having to wait 90 days before we do pavers is a little annoying.
Anyone got a good robotic pool vacuum recommendation? Most telling me they all crap.
Trying to decide if we should go with either a weekly or every other week pool guy cleaner OR the robot vacuum? Do both?
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Footballguy
Also trying to decide which privacy hedges/bushed to go with.
Arborvitaes are too fickle
Leyland's just get too big.
Arborvitaes are too fickle
Leyland's just get too big.
culdeus
Footballguy
I'm a little concerned you didn't plumb in your cleaner. I mean that's how you do most in grounds. And unless you live in the desert you'll need one. I mean I'm starting to get the picture here. An installed cleaner is at least 3500.
culdeus
Footballguy
Silver myrtles are trendy here. Don't make as much mess as their cousins to the south.
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Footballguy
This is all new to me so my pool lingo is not quite there yet.
We have a filter which cleans the pool with 2 bottom “feeders”. Did not give us the option to plumb in a cleaner.
Most here either get the weekly or every other week pool cleaner guy or an auto bot cleaner or a combo of both.
culdeus
Footballguy
Filter <> Cleaner.
https://www.poolsupplyworld.com/polaris-360-Pressure-Side-Automatic-Pool-Cleaner/F1.htm?xzm2&ecmpid=aw_pla_search_F1&adtype=paid&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v7mBRC1ARIsAAiw349egOcmsxRlwNSPb10zGAKWB_NfH3OmE5rZNDkjOuRJ3hgSGQTpSNUaAuHgEALw_wcB
That is a cleaner.
Around here for weekly actual cleaning (amounts to 2 visits a week) is 220 a month even in the offseason with or without a polaris
culdeus
Footballguy
James Daulton
Footballguy
Polaris robot cleaners are the shizz. But you need a dedicated return to run one.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
come on bro. 
Mario Kart
Footballguy
What about having your own sauna?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
culdeus
Footballguy
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
My house already had a pool but $50-$80k is about the amount of equity someone should have in a house if they bought in the past 5-10yrs. Homeowners could easily get this done with a refi. It might seem like a lot for a pool but if you consider it's as much as one of those fancy Jeep wranglers, I think it's a much better bargain.
James Daulton
Footballguy
Yea grotto. You can't stand in it but it has a bench thing a couple of people can swim into and sit behind the waterfall. It's pretty cool and you can jump off the grotto into the deep end of the pool.
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Footballguy
You make it sound like I picked up some dudes at a Home Depot parking lot and we dug the pool ourselves.
That was certainly not the case - licensed plumbers & electricians and a pool guy that’s been in the business for over 20 years. Pool also passed inspection with the town.
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Footballguy
No HELOC. Wife and I both work, make good money and we saved up for it.
Also didn’t go with the grotto/sex cave option. Don’t have the room.
With that said - time for a dip in the pool.
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culdeus
Footballguy
4 lines are code here. Most just run four in case the code changes and they don't grandfather you (seems unlikely). Mine has two and I don't lose sleep over it.
My spa has four returns. The other workaround is one of those suction kill switch pumps.
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
Pentair IntelliBrite 5G LED Color Pool Light 50'Cord - 12V 6010111$499.00
Pentair IntelliBrite Controller 6000541$185.00
Total: $684.00
Hopefully I can figure out how to install this thing. I pulled out the low voltage tester and confirmed my transformer is still good, but it's pretty old looking. I'm tempted to upgrade that and increase capacity for landscape lighting.
Pentair IntelliBrite Controller 6000541$185.00
Total: $684.00
Hopefully I can figure out how to install this thing. I pulled out the low voltage tester and confirmed my transformer is still good, but it's pretty old looking. I'm tempted to upgrade that and increase capacity for landscape lighting.
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Footballguy
Just purchased the Polaris 9650iQ Sport Robotic pool cleaner - which is an independent cleaner - $1,500
Not plumbed in or integrated with the current pool system/filter.
My pool lingo getting better by the day.
James Daulton
Footballguy
Hard morning and afternoon of yard work followed by a nice dip in the heated pool. Yea it’s worth it.
culdeus
Footballguy
What is your pool controlled by? Could you save the 185 and plow it into a iaqualink?
The Noid
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Took my cover off this weekend and found some significantly cracked and broken tiles under the coping. So start-up is in a holding pattern now until someone can come out and repair (hopefully there's not a structural issue.) Family is bummed it probably won't be ready for Memorial Day BBQ.
Will be 10th season with it since getting it built, and this is the first potentially major issue. It was a good run...
Will be 10th season with it since getting it built, and this is the first potentially major issue. It was a good run...
lumpy19
Footballguy
Waterline tile? If so this is normal tile, nothing special about it. Should be an easy fix.
The Noid
Avoid me!
Yeah. The decking has been creeping up above the coping and expansion joint level over the years, so there's some shifting going on, but hopefully that's not related.
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
Finally got the replacement pool light installed. Only 2 Lowe's trips and about 8hrs. The directions and diagram were absolutely terrible, and there was very little help online. Looking forward to the light show tonight!
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gump
Footballguy
So...June/July was rough with rain delays, but they ramped it up in August and our new pool was swim-ready yesterday! Still need to pressure wash and seal the deck, and awaiting new furniture to arrive, but all of that coming together next week.
My 2 year old son LOVES it! The big sun shelf we built was genius. And i love the overall size, shape, feel, and how it fits with the house and patio.
Bought a new 49-inch TV for the patio, installed today. Friends coming over. Cooking out. Settling in for the Bama opener. Which I can see from multiple pool locations on my butt or float. This is why we built a pool. Loving it.
My 2 year old son LOVES it! The big sun shelf we built was genius. And i love the overall size, shape, feel, and how it fits with the house and patio.
Bought a new 49-inch TV for the patio, installed today. Friends coming over. Cooking out. Settling in for the Bama opener. Which I can see from multiple pool locations on my butt or float. This is why we built a pool. Loving it.
johnnycakes
Footballguy
3 hour lunch
Footballguy
Walked past today and water pouring out from under the heater. I’m sure that’ll be cheap. 
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