I'm being transferred to another city and one of the houses on my short list for location just happens to have a little in-ground concrete pool in the back yard. Something like a Fastlane would have to be installed in it to make it a true swimming pool. This being the Great White North, it probably would be usable from late May to mid-September only, unless I put a building over it.
How much work and expense is involved in operating a backyard pool? Is it worth the trouble? I'm assuming it's usable as the MLS photos showed it full of water.
When you have your husband clean the pool it's no problem at all! Seriously, we do have one of those creepy pool cleaners and it keeps the pool really clean. We empty the skimmer and add chemicals, but other than that not too much maintenance. And solar is the way to go! Without it on though we can still swim April/May-October/November : ) It's great!
We put in a pool 2-3 years ago (it's a blur) when we said we wouldn't have a pool again. Our last house had one and we used it occasionally. Now, with kids, it's our best investment.
We've used stretch cordz in it when we couldn't get to workout. Kind of making our own endless pool!
(I would not depend on our backyard pool for competitive swim training. Noodling, yes.)
When you have your husband clean the pool it's no problem at all! Seriously, we do have one of those creepy pool cleaners and it keeps the pool really clean. We empty the skimmer and add chemicals, but other than that not too much maintenance. And solar is the way to go! Without it on though we can still swim April/May-October/November : ) It's great!
We put in a pool 2-3 years ago (it's a blur) when we said we wouldn't have a pool again. Our last house had one and we used it occasionally. Now, with kids, it's our best investment.
We've used stretch cordz in it when we couldn't get to workout. Kind of making our own endless pool!
(I would not depend on our backyard pool for competitive swim training. Noodling, yes.)
