Recent content by alram97

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    Is there a "best time of year" to buy pool?

    We bought ours in middle March. It was a "last years" model. The only difference to what was on the floor and in the "clearance" was the graphics on the outside part. We paid $2K less with doing that. :goodjob:
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    Pump

    No. its not a 2 speed. This is our second season with the pool and this may sound a little crazy but last year we ran the pump virtually 24/7 (yes I know didn't need to run that much, now we don't) but we didn't have this holy cow sticker shock of an electric bill through the summer. We are...
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    What does everyone use to heat their pool?

    We use the solar sun rings. We don't have a deck on yet and it is really hard to move around a 30ft solar cover so we thought we would try them. They aren't as good as a cover itself, but they do heat our pool and I think they also reduce evaporation. The only pain is bugs and Crud get between...
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    Pump

    wow. ours is about a 24,000 gallon pool and we have a 2hp pump. Pool store said we had to have a min of 1 1/2hp. We went a little bigger.