Brian said:How “Salty” is the water in the saltwater systems? If I get a mouthful of water will it be like having ocean water?
If it is, that might make me more likely to get a pool, lol.
Brian said:How “Salty” is the water in the saltwater systems? If I get a mouthful of water will it be like having ocean water?
If it is, that might make me more likely to get a pool, lol.
no, imo you can hardly taste it
In reply to Brian :
From what I've read, if you can taste it in pool water, it has too much salt in it.
Pool water should be 3500 parts per million.
Seawater is 35 parts per thousand.
Toyman01 said:In reply to Brian :
From what I've read, if you can taste it in pool water, it has too much salt in it.
Pool water should be 3500 parts per million.
Seawater is 35 parts per thousand.
To translate this, since you didn't use a common denominator:
Pool water is 3.5 parts per 1000; seawater is 35 parts per 1000. 10x more.
Diving board off the shop roof?
mtn said:Toyman01 said:In reply to Brian :
From what I've read, if you can taste it in pool water, it has too much salt in it.
Pool water should be 3500 parts per million.
Seawater is 35 parts per thousand.
To translate this, since you didn't use a common denominator:
Pool water is 3.5 parts per 1000; seawater is 35 parts per 1000. 10x more.
Exactly.. My pool water tastes like that bottled "Smart" water.. There's a hint of salt, but it's not at all close to salt water in the ocean.
MulletTruck said:Diving board off the shop roof?
Hey ya'll watch this.
Yeah, you can't taste it. Its also more skin and eye friendly, and leaves you feeling soft and smooth when you get out. 
Once you have one, you'll never go back to chlorine. I'd fill my pool in first.
Ingress and egress using the supplies ladder is just about dangerous. Doubly true if you are 6'2" and damn near 300 pounds. Time to solve that situation before I bust my ass. Or worse, my wife does.
I've started construction of a deck off the screened porch.
From this there will be a couple of steps up to a landing level with the top of the pool. Then the supplied ladder will be modified for the climb down into the pool. The plan is to finish this tomorrow.
More of the deck is done.
Son and grandson helping.
New door cut in from the screened porch to the deck.
More to happen tomorrow.
It’s coming along nice.
Looking good. The issue i have with a pool here in SC (I'm about 1.5 hrs. N of you) is, by this time of year, the water has heated up so much you can't really swim comfortably in it. I prefer to swim in 80-84 degree water and right now it is 90+ degrees even with running a fountain all night to try and cool it off.
In reply to nedc :
The water temp is currently 87. Today that actually feels kind of cold when you first get in. I'm pretty sure that by mid August it should be warm enough to cook noodles.
We did a little more work this morning and things are coming together quite nicely.
Some modification of the original ladder was required. It works much better now. The globes are solar floating lights sitting in the sun to charge.
In the pile of stuff that came with SanFord, was a RV canopy I decided to not use. It works perfectly on the deck.
All in it's turning out pretty well I think.
The kids and grandkids are having a blast with it.
There is still a good bit to complete. Rerouting the gutters, finishing up some of the railing. I'll be re-plumbing the pump and chlorine generator to move them out of sight and put them under cover.
Where’s the water slide? Gotta have one. Get it done pronto
In reply to Sine_Qua_Non :
You know, I picked up a slide at the swap shop the last time a took oil to the recycle center. I was going to mount it on the dock down at the family farm, but...
In reply to Sine_Qua_Non :
I like the pitch of the shop roof. I could see this getting out of hand.
hobiercr said:In reply to Sine_Qua_Non :
I like the pitch of the shop roof. I could see this getting out of hand.
Looks like the perfect distance to be a 50/50 shot of making it.
Uhhhh, can we come over?
This thread is relevant to my interests. In-laws considered a big above ground, but ended up on the fence whether to do it or not after talking themselves up to a full fancy rectangular stainless fancy installed jobby with heaters and everything else coming in close to $10,000. (in west Michigan). While it was priced fairly relative to competitors for what they were looking at, it also caused them to end up not doing anything (for a number of reasons).
If I can put something in for ~$1,000 and it last a few years I'd just pay for it myself so the kids could go use it on days like this week when it's been silly hot. HOA won't allow a pool at our own house, and grandma's just 15 minutes down the road.
Do you take it down in the winter? Life expectancy? Intrigued!
Can you teach me how to build a deck?
In reply to mtn :
I didn't follow a particular plan. It mostly consists of some 2"x10"x16' joists, some 5/4"X6" decking, some 4"x4" posts and a lot of 3.5" screws. It's all sitting on 6"X4"X12" precast blocks dug down through the grass so they sit on the clay below. The deck is 16'x8' to make lumber buying easier.
It's basically put together like this less the steel joist hangers. I used wood cleats to hold it all together because I didn't want the pool salt dissolving the steel.
Great job on the deck too!
Impressive setup! Deck looks great
xflowgolf said:This thread is relevant to my interests. In-laws considered a big above ground, but ended up on the fence whether to do it or not after talking themselves up to a full fancy rectangular stainless fancy installed jobby with heaters and everything else coming in close to $10,000. (in west Michigan). While it was priced fairly relative to competitors for what they were looking at, it also caused them to end up not doing anything (for a number of reasons).
If I can put something in for ~$1,000 and it last a few years I'd just pay for it myself so the kids could go use it on days like this week when it's been silly hot. HOA won't allow a pool at our own house, and grandma's just 15 minutes down the road.
Do you take it down in the winter? Life expectancy? Intrigued!
Here is one way to bypass HOA rules.
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