Paddling pools

[JRCT]

I've just ordered a paddling pool for the little one. It's 7.5 foot diameter and holds 772L of water.

So, I have a few questions to those of you that may have something similar.

Do you empty it each time you use it, or leave it full for a few days at a time?

If the latter do you treat it with chlorine? Any issues with that?

How do you empty it? Just straight onto the lawn or syphon into the drain? I imagine that could take a while.

When I was a kid we had one of those poxy 3 ring pools that took about 10 minutes to blow up, 10 minutes to fill and 10 minutes for my fat sister to burst.

Things are different now. I feel like I've bought a swimming pool.

[filthy1980]

bought a similar sized one a couple summers ago

was trying to blow it up but nearly died after 10 mins

found the kids mini bouncing castle compressor / pump thingy, stuck a funnel on the end and used it to blow up the paddling pool, took all of 30 seconds

so would get a pump if i were you

definitely empty it, lawn is easiest option and given you're probably only going to use in on a hot day the lawn should dry out within 24hrs

[d000hg]

We had one that was non-inflatable when I was a kid... semi-rigid panels were supported by the weight of water inside, and I think it was a similar diameter to yours.

We never treated it with anything, just water from the mains. I think we typically emptied it at the end of the day - just collapse the side so it all pours onto the lawn - but mainly because we couldn't rely on the weather being good two days in a row. No reason you can't keep the water in a couple or three days, unless it gets dirty before that with food, etc.

[mudskipper]

We had a rigid one - water got left in and it went green and slimy. Lethal!

[Halo Jones]

If you want to have it for more than 2 days & if it has kids in it (which by their nature a dirty little blighters) I would suggest chlorinate the water, you can get Pool Starter Kits that are cheap & easy to use

[MicrosoftBob]

Get one of those LazyBoy inflatable pools, they're cheap and come with a compressor

[NotAllThere]

So the water is 13" deep. I'd certainly replace it at least every two days. The decent weather seldom lasts longer than that anyway.

[PurpleGorilla]

A bit deeper than that (1m)3 is around 1000 litres.

The metric imperial is twisting my gorilla brain.

[Project Monkey]

I've just ordered a paddling pool for the little one. It's 7.5 foot diameter and holds 772L of water.

So, I have a few questions to those of you that may have something similar.

Do you empty it each time you use it, or leave it full for a few days at a time?

If the latter do you treat it with chlorine? Any issues with that?

How do you empty it? Just straight onto the lawn or syphon into the drain? I imagine that could take a while.

When I was a kid we had one of those poxy 3 ring pools that took about 10 minutes to blow up, 10 minutes to fill and 10 minutes for my fat sister to burst.

Things are different now. I feel like I've bought a swimming pool.

• Leave it full for a few days.
• Treat water with sun cream, grass cuttings, mud and maybe a little dog tulip.
• To empty: get all the kids to sit on one side and let the whole lot flood across the lawn (preferably get the dog to stand in the flood and watch him go mental - very funny).

[Dallas]

• Leave it full for a few days.
• Treat water with sun cream, grass cuttings, mud and maybe a little dog tulip.
• To empty: get all the kids to sit on one side and let the whole lot flood across the lawn (preferably get the dog to stand in the flood and watch him go mental - very funny).

My childhood summers right there!