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Previously on "Anybody gotta a pool"

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  • Bee
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    The trick is to swim with a clip on your nose if you may get splashed or dive under water, if the water is warm and untreated.

    ( Sorry to be a kill-joy by the way )
    With the smelly mud, blargrrr No thanks I'm going to the beach near me.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Bee View Post
    Thank you for remembering me about this.
    The trick is to swim with a clip on your nose if you may get splashed or dive under water, if the water is warm and untreated.

    ( Sorry to be a kill-joy by the way )

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  • Bee
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Lucky you, but you won't be so lucky if you take in through your nose a brain-eating amoeba, which flourish in untreated warm water
    Thank you for remembering me about this.

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  • Lockhouse
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    That sounds far too good to be true! £60/month... are you in California?! At that kind of cost it almost sounds attractive.
    With indoor pools the expense is in the pool room setup not the running costs. A 95% reflective cover helps immensely as does an efficient boiler.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Bee View Post
    I don't like swimming pools. I have a big artificial pond with an island with a bridge, has nature enough to do a National Geographic documentary.
    Lucky you, but you won't be so lucky if you take in through your nose a brain-eating amoeba, which flourish in untreated warm water

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  • Bee
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    I don't like swimming pools. I have a big artificial pond with an island with a bridge, has nature enough to do a National Geographic documentary.

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  • lukemg
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    A pool is like a wife apparently, 'kin expensive for the amount of time you actually spend in it...

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  • d000hg
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    That sounds far too good to be true! £60/month... are you in California?! At that kind of cost it almost sounds attractive.

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  • Lockhouse
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    We've got an indoor pool. None of that nasty UV to mess up the chemicals means that it's nice and easy to manage. It's not 25 metres long or anything but it's a nice size for a quick dip.

    It's heated via a heat exchanger on the boiler return and costs about £60 per month to keep at a nice warm 29°.

    The biggest issue is condensation which we keep at bay with a thick thermal cover and an automatic extractor fan.

    It was already in the house when we bought it. One of the benefits of not having to pay London prices.

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  • Snarf
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    Originally posted by Andy Hallett View Post
    Save yourself time and effort, dig a smaller hole in the garden and just throw loads of cash into it to create the same effect.
    Like scrooge McDuck?

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by Andy Hallett View Post
    Save yourself time and effort, dig a smaller hole in the garden and just throw loads of cash into it to create the same effect.
    Perhaps he can just have one installed in his new Audi Q7....

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  • Andy Hallett
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    Save yourself time and effort, dig a smaller hole in the garden and just throw loads of cash into it to create the same effect.

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    anybody gotta pool

    we're gonna put one in in the spring

    Milan.
    I've got a lake in my garden ... bit murky though and full of ducks and moorhens so wouldn't want to swim in there

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  • d000hg
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    Damn imperialists

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  • chopper
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Most public pools are 20-25ft so this is about the same.
    Are you sure about that?

    25m, more like.

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