Anyone else like to find their home on google maps and compare how blue your pool is compared to others in the neighborhood? In my "research" I discovered that a few of my neighbors would really benefit from this site.
Anyone check out how blue their pool is on Google Maps?
- Thread starter spinPHD
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HAHAHA!!! That's hilarious. Ours are all covered by cages, making them difficult to see, or I would try that.
- Jun 12, 2011
- 3,767
- Pool Size
- 19500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pureline Crystal Pure 60,000
The color of the plaster or liner is the primary determinant of the color you see from above, that is unless that color is bright green.
There are a few that look greenish. Also, there is one house that looks like they gave up on their pool and have it drained.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,454
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I wish I could say my pool (TFP pool) looked different than my neighbors' pools (five non-TFP pools) from "space"....but they don't. We all have nice little blue ponds in our yards....of course, I bet mine "feels" and "smells" a lot better than theirs....
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Oh....and, unlike my neighbors' pools, mine does not require the weekly service trip from a pool "professional" charging upwards of $1,200/year....I spend about $300/year on mine.
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Oh....and, unlike my neighbors' pools, mine does not require the weekly service trip from a pool "professional" charging upwards of $1,200/year....I spend about $300/year on mine.
- Jun 12, 2011
- 3,767
- Pool Size
- 19500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pureline Crystal Pure 60,000
Mine does look different from most of my neighbor's, but it's primarily because most have Tahoe or Caribbean blue pebble tec vs my Pearl White. That makes mine a cool light blue color.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,454
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
When I finally pull the trigger on AquaBright (many years form now likely
), I'm going with a darker blue - Mediterranean Blue.
I like using the history function... when we left our old house, pool was blue as blue could be. Three months later it was green. To be honest, it was kind of sad since I've never had anything but a blue pool.
One of of my favorite things is looking at real estate listings! We had this one in our neighborhood listed as a sparkling pebbletec pool that was green in the pictures.
One of of my favorite things is looking at real estate listings! We had this one in our neighborhood listed as a sparkling pebbletec pool that was green in the pictures.
Aaahhh yes.... that wonderful hickory smoke aroma all over you after swimming in Matt's pool...how does he get it in the water?
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Haha! Yes. Unfortunately, Google caught us at a bad time. It was just before we replaced our pool. The old AGP had a wall failure and we were using what remained to hold brush until we replaced it. I keep checking to see when it updates.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,454
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Dude, do that guy next to a solid and fill in his dirt-patch backyard with a pool!! Shzeesh, what a eye-sore ...
Don't get me going on them. They told me they were going to build a pool.... And addition.... And Casita.... And a balcony....
The only they they actually have done is make me wish the wall was 6' taller.
The only they they actually have done is make me wish the wall was 6' taller.
Google maps has a photo of my pool right before the liner was replaced... water only in the deep end, and that had a decent green tint. Terrible timing! I'm sure in time it will be replaced.
I haven't figured out how to find the history function on google maps that Captain mentioned. Anyone know how? I would love to see what it looked like before I owned home.
The iPhone app doesn't show history that I'm aware of, but while viewing google earth from a computer, there is a button on top that looks like a clock that enables a slider.
I used google maps in a web browser. At the bottom right it says when the image was taken. This is from June 2013, my first pool opening ever and it looks pretty good!
