Yes, Merry Christmas!!!!

[Rollercoastr]

...but not just Merry Christmas, but THANK-YOU!!! ...for my truly Trouble-Free/enjoyment-rich pool. It wouldn't have been this way without my new online TFP friends. Dave, Dave, Yip, , Woody, Splash, Swamp, Noise, Jet, Guy and everyone else who I missed after my 3rd Christmas Mimosa... (ok, fourth - stop judging)

THANK-YOU!!!

I'm honored to be a part of this community. This pic was from last year, but my 2nd Annual Christmas pool party begins in a few hours. I'll take more pics with the latest RC boats.

 

[kimkats]

LOVE it! No judging here! Drinks in hand makes the world grand! to you and your family!

Kim

 

[pooldv]

Glad to have you here and and thank you for your contributions to the TFP community. I love your house. I'm jealous of everything except the Michigan frozen tundra part. :-D

 

[Brentr]

Same to all from here

 

[Swampwoman]

Happy holidays, hope your party was awesome

Danny, someday we'll make a tundra lover of you Running a pool in winter helps on that front!

 

[Rollercoastr]

I guess I don't have a pic of my latest RC boat in the pool, but this shot is Christmas Day, 2017:

 

[pooldv]

That's great! I need to work on my indoor pool!

 

[Rollercoastr]

It takes the sting from being in the tundra! (until the gas bill arrives)

 

[Swampwoman]

Way fancier than mine

When my "outdoor" (domed) Michigan pool grows up, it wants to be your Michigan pool

 

[Rollercoastr]

oh - that is too cool! Not at all what I pictured. Is the dome inflatable/pressurized?

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and the furniture cushions match the dome!?

 

[Swampwoman]

Yes, a 3/4 hp blower with an automatic barometric pressure keeps her inflated. Most days, that is. A really fast snowfall in the 6-12" range can bring her down, slowly, but we've only had partial collapses (none this year, two last winter) so we'll see how quickly she gets back up in a really heavy event. I have a cover pump just in case the mfgs theory on the warm water melting then re inflating is wildly inaccurate At center, its 11' tall and standing height on all sides, so it feels spacious enough when you're in there.

It's quite fun on a snowy night with outdoor laser lights. When my existing pool light dies, I'm going to switch it out with a retrofit LED light show

 

[Rollercoastr]

I don't know why I imagined something more like a wedding tent. That dome is awesome! How often does the blower cycle? Is it single-speed?

 

[Swampwoman]

Yes, single speed blower. The frequency kinda depends on the footprint and how "sealed" your skirt flaps are, but in my case this year it pretty much cycles every minute or so. Probably adds about $50-ish to the electric bill.

But due to shape of some of my corner radii, I don't really try to get the apron flaps to seal as I like having fresh air cycling in anyway. No chloramines smell because no chloramines anyway using TFP specs

Its kind of amazing how much heat it can retain...eg during our subzero spell it would still hold high 30s-40s with pool cover closed and get up into 50s with cover open...which means a differential in excess of 40 degrees.