Yeah, Nancy, the purpose is to give me something to float on while I enjoy a Rum & Coke! Since it only weighs 2400 pounds, I'll just scoot it around to where I need it! We've had several days of over 100 lately. Hal
I think that this is an excellent idea ! If Hal puts the pool someplace where it gets some shade, but is sunny when he wants to be in there and get his suntan going, then that should work really well. Also, he can simply let out some of the water and refill the shallow pool every day if he needs to add more cool water, since it would not be the same as emptying and refilling one of the large pools would be. I am shocked at how much the price on these shallow pools has gone up this year ! They used to be around $30, and now they are more like $130, when I looked on Amazon. I have actually been thinking about getting one like Hal is looking at, because I wanted to be able to add Epsom salts and soak in it; but when I saw how much they cost, I decided that they are way out of my budget .
Uh, Yvonne was pretty much on the money with one exception. Clear water by itself doesn’t absorb a lot of heat from the sun but the convection and absorption rates created by the container by which the water is held is much faster because the volume of water is less. In other words, you’ll have near air temp in no time.
Don’t worry yourself about it John. You’re new and still feeling your way around and it won’t be long before Hal will drive you as crazy as he has the rest of us. All that said, Hal’s a good guy and just be glad the thread is about a pool and not his computer.
Now I feel bad. The guy's gonna be out on his lawn surrounded by inflatable pool toys saying "Brunner...Brunner" in a Donald Duck voice. I should at least buy him a sprinkler.
My new one cost me $150.84 including tax and shipping from Amazon. I don't think that's outrageous at all! Harold
John John...I never had my past pools set up on grass, because we have very little grass on our 3/4 acre Desert plot....mostly landscaping gravel. I set them up on my concrete astronomical viewing pad. In all my past pools, I've always had a floating thermometer, and noticed that even when the water temp was 90 degrees, it still felt comparatively cool to my skin! If it gets into the 100's outside, as it has recently, I'll resort to that time-honored way to fight it: I just won't go outside! Rum & Cokes are just as delicious indoors! Harold
That pool table looks like it doesn't have enough clearance to actually play. How far is it from the walls?
That's a spatial illusion, Beth! I assure you that when I planned and built my model railroad benchwork, I provided sufficient room around that billiard table! It's 5 feet from the 3 walls of the room, and 2 feet from the benchwork, but the shot can be aimed from above or below the benchwork! Hal
DEFECTIVE POOL: After inflating the 3 rings, I began to fill the pool. In a short time, water began to spread out from under the floor of the pool, so I stopped filling and began draining. I'll pack this pool in the box it came in, and either give it or throw it away. So Long $150.84. I'll go back to the previous pool I had, an Intex 10' x 30" metal-frame pool. (shown) Hal
You can return it to amazon and get your money back, @Hal Pollner . Go to your orders, find the one for the pool, and there should be a link that says to return the item, and you can choose that, and say it was defective. Most of the time, you do not even have to send the item back if it is broke or arrives ruined, and they just credit the money back to your bank account for you. Even if you do have to send it back, they will pay for the shipping, so it costs nothing for you to return it, but I am guessing that they won’t want you to do that.
Yvonne...I must re-state my case comparing the pros and cons of inflatable pools vs metal-framed pools. I complained about the constant maintenance of the 3 metal-framed pools I had previously owned, and how the inflatable pool would be much less chore-intensive. But according to owner reports of the inflatables, they had to drain and refill every few days to insure clean water...I wish I had known that before ordering my new, leaky inflatable pool! As I think back to my 14', 12', and 10' metal-framed pools, I recall that I had to fill them as soon as they were erected at the beginning of the season, and drain them only once, at the end of the season. In between times, their pumps would keep the water circulated and the filters would trap the impurities, requiring replacement only every month or so. The water would thus be self-renewed constantly, by running the pump for a few hours daily, and keeping the pool surface skimmed and the walls swept occasionally. If I agree to these small chores without complaining, then I'll continue to use metal-framed above ground pools, like the 10-footer which I ordered today! Hal