Interesting. Why is that unusual? Just a little background. The PB built us an underground drain for our two gutters on that side of the house and tied in my basement sump pump drain tube and dehumidifier drain tube to the same underground drain pipe.
They use a submersible pump. You'll need one for the winters if you have a mesh cover. It's good to have even if not, kinda like a shop vac. You won't use it often but if you ever need it, its worth its weight in gold.
That was the greenest and thickest spot by far at the old place. At my new place up the block, it doesnt seem to care either way.My well balanced water wasted
It was the greenest because the ground is well watered?
Not that often to matter IMO (3 to 4 times a season) and the puddle was gone in 20 mins. But before the pool that area was nothing special.
Yup. I got a bigger one that takes a 1 inch or 1.5 inch hose because waiting hours and hours gets old. Now I only wait hours. Lol. Amazon has a 1.6 HP Lanchez pump for $83 which is cheaper than the 0.3 HP at the box stores. Kinda a no brainer.
Oh ok. I have three of those haha. Before I found the leaks in my basement and patched them I had some fun a. One seasons backNot that often to matter IMO (3 to 4 times a season) and the puddle was gone in 20 mins. But before the pool that area was nothing special.
Yup. I got a bigger one that takes a 1 inch or 1.5 inch hose because waiting hours and hours gets old. Now I only wait hours. Lol. Amazon has a 1.6 HP Lanchez pump for $83 which is cheaper than the 0.3 HP at the box stores. Kinda a no brainer.
So we get about 3ft of off season rain and it's your choice if you pump it from above or below the cover. But it'll need pumping. Solid covers are nice for leaving a pump on them to mostly be hands off, but will still need fiddling at times. I drain mine 1ft at a time 2 or 3 times depending on the year, when I was already around all day anyway. It takes 10 mins to setup/breakdown and occasional checking every once in a while, but you're mostly free to do whatever else while it drains so that time doesnt count IMO.
Sweet. Disregard.
That all makes sense. Thanks. Yeah I want to get a price quote for both from my PB. He originally quoted us $4500 for the mesh installed from GLI safety covers. But, we don’t need to purchase it yet obviously.So we get about 3ft of off season rain and it's your choice if you pump it from above or below the cover. But it'll need pumping. Solid covers are nice for leaving a pump on them to mostly be hands off, but will still need fiddling at times. I drain mine 1ft at a time 2 or 3 times depending on the year, when I was already around all day anyway. It takes 10 mins to setup/breakdown and occasional checking every once in a while, but you're mostly free to do whatever else while it drains so that time doesnt count IMO.
Either way would make me appreciate the drain to waste during the season.
Solid covers can handle more stress, my Basset was digging in for traction and ripping the 'dense mesh'. Not to say he couldn't with a solid cover, but it'd be less likely.
I put my mesh on/off by myself and would need help with a 800 sq ft solid cover because its much heavier.
Mesh is tradionally 1/4 to 1/3 less expensive but not cheap.
That's all I got for now, hang tight for other thoughts.
Sweet. Disregard.
You can shop around because the PB is months gone in the fall. I used a different pool company.
That's a major player. So is Looploc, Merlin, Latham and Meyco. I wouldn't blink to buy a liner/cover from any of the national brands. All the PBs will have their preferred company but there are no wrong choices of the above IMO.
That’s all good to know. Thanks.
Ahh that sucks. Our PB only hires family and friends it seems. Close knit crew. Brother and law was the guy digging, cousins and other relatives working as well. All good guys it seems. So we will see.
