Things I wish I knew before
investing the money on a swimming pool.
Opening a pool is a LOT of
work and is very time consuming. We uncover the pool; bring the water level
back up so we can run the pump. Chemical dumping begins and sounds of money
going down the potty starts! Then the
best part—scoop, scoop, scooping. Cleaning at every spare moment, scooping the
top and the bottom, which you can only do from in the pool, before work-after
work and all weekend. Also make time to check the skimmer basket, backwash and
rinse the pump. Did I mention this is all you get done? YUCK!
Keep in mind where you are
located and the length of your summers. Being in Indiana we use our pool a
total of 3 months. To me this amount of work and time is not worth 3 months of
use. PLUS—the amount of electricity used to run the pump, which runs up my
bill. Combine this with the use of the AC and my electric bill is crazy!
Hot tubs are a wonderful
investment. A hot tub is a small self contained of relaxing fun. You put in a
small amount of Chlorine after you use it and that is it really. Here we can
easily get 9 months of use out of our hot tub. Unlike a pool, very little
electric is used to keep the hot tub warm!
So, in my opinion hot tubs
are way better choice!
The lesson I have learned!
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