Jan 2025 IG pool build in Georgia, need liner re set!!!!

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Make sure to check your fence codes. Some don't allow privacy fence with the "back side" towards the pool side as the horizontal pieces can be used to climb over :roll: just something to think about while you are in planning stage.
 
suzook said:
If someone wants to get in they will
Click to expand...
It more about the small child who can figure out how to get in without understanding or respecting the dangers of the pool.

But then again, the 4 ft chain link at my old house was plenty climbable, especially for a small kid with little feet.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Mdragger88 and suzook
Typical hoa busting chops about my placement for the equipment. Wanna place it in back side of house. They say no, can't see it from street. I tell them to take a hike, that I see multiple houses with exactly what I wanna do. They seem to be backing down, just requesting I place some landscaping around it to hide it. Yeah, ok, let's see how long that takes. I'll do it maybe, right before they fine me. I bet they forget it's supposed to be done.
 
The others could be grandfathered and also the reason for the current requirements.
 
Speaking as an officer in our small HOA, that is a very reasonable rule, especially if there are no fences or the fences are open to make it visible from the street. We have block walls but there are restrictions of what can be viewed over the top of those walls. For us it's always what is within reason and we often get neighbors to sign off on variances. Hey, at least yours won't be like the member from the Northeast where the equipment is on the side of the house where there were no fences at all. In that neighborhood anyone could come up and mess with the equipment. I would fence the equipment just to keep it separate from your own yard and handle it that way. My equipment is behind a wall and some landscaping in the corner of my yard behind the pool, totally out of sight.
 
  • Like
Reactions: suzook
You want the equipment to be conveniently located … which isn’t always far away and out of sight. If you push it far off from the house then the service runs are a lot longer. Variable speed pool pumps are incredibly quiet nowadays so noise isn’t as much of a factor. Heat pumps can be noisy but no worse than the AC that’s already next your house. Making the equipment pad accessible and easy to work on avoids a lot of headaches later on. Fencing and hedging are cheap accommodations to the nosey HOA stasi that roam neighborhoods measuring the grass length and searching for weeds 😂
 
  • Like
  • Haha
Reactions: setsailsoon, StuartBound, JamesW and 2 others

Enjoying this content?

Support TFP with a donation.

Give Support
I knew moving into an HOA neighborhood would be annoying. My biggest issue is how lax they are with everyone, EXCEPT me...LOL. The pics I sent of other pool owners, has them considering the original placement. I will either fence it in, or place some arborvitaes or something to conceal it
 
TinFoilHat said:
Speaking as an officer in our small HOA, that is a very reasonable rule, especially if there are no fences or the fences are open to make it visible from the street. We have block walls but there are restrictions of what can be viewed over the top of those walls. For us it's always what is within reason and we often get neighbors to sign off on variances. Hey, at least yours won't be like the member from the Northeast where the equipment is on the side of the house where there were no fences at all. In that neighborhood anyone could come up and mess with the equipment. I would fence the equipment just to keep it separate from your own yard and handle it that way. My equipment is behind a wall and some landscaping in the corner of my yard behind the pool, totally out of sight.
Click to expand...
My biggest issue, is there are other homes, with exactly what I want to do. The equipment is on the side of the house right next to the 2 giant ac compressors, the gas meter, and Electric meter. It looks like it belongs there with all the house equipment.
 
suzook said:
I knew moving into an HOA neighborhood would be annoying. My biggest issue is how lax they are with everyone, EXCEPT me...LOL. The pics I sent of other pool owners, has them considering the original placement. I will either fence it in, or place some arborvitaes or something to conceal it
Click to expand...
Cuz you’re the new guy!
 
  • Haha
Reactions: suzook
suzook said:
Welp, HOA approved placement of equipment on back corner of the house with landscape screen. Still hoping for end of Jan build.
Click to expand...
Glad to hear this. Your placement seems perfectly reasonable to me. I'm currently leading the ARB for my community, past HOA board member, and past HOA president. It's a thankless job that somebody has to do. So I did it. Unfortunately there are not any requirements that make for an effective HOA board or leadership. It's just luck of the draw and often barely staffed with the few willing to do it. Many participate for all the wrong reasons and this makes it worse. So many (most?) make a lot of mistakes. The only way to change it is to get involved. Most people don't want to do this. Maybe you should give it a whirl... I bet you can make it better.

This is only tangentially related to pools so I don't want to make this into a long gripy thread and I won't respond any more to this one. I do hope this is helpful though.

Chris
 
  • Like
Reactions: Mdragger88 and suzook
UPDATE. Builder called, wants to start the dig Jan6!!!!! WooHoo!!! Not looking forward to the yard being destroyed though. I've been through a build before, so know what to expect. I should be swimming by April, if I can make a decision on the heater. Still debating gas or HP. Had a HP up north, because gas wasn't an option. It worked fine, but I am leaning towards its, because I like how quickly it can bring the temp up.
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Mdragger88, kimkats and Newdude
suzook said:
UPDATE. Builder called, wants to start the dig Jan6!!!!! WooHoo!!! Not looking forward to the yard being destroyed though. I've been through a build before, so know what to expect. I should be swimming by April, if I can make a decision on the heater. Still debating gas or HP. Had a HP up north, because gas wasn't an option. It worked fine, but I am leaning towards its, because I like how quickly it can bring the temp up.
Click to expand...

Is the heater just going to heat the pool or is there an attached spa with the pool? What are your goals for heating - swimming earlier and later, making the pool warmer in the summers, etc, etc?

Depending on what you’re trying to achieve, you could go either way …
 
JoyfulNoise said:
Is the heater just going to heat the pool or is there an attached spa with the pool? What are your goals for heating - swimming earlier and later, making the pool warmer in the summers, etc, etc?

Depending on what you’re trying to achieve, you could go either way …
Click to expand...
No spas, just the pool. Using it to extend season in beginning, and end. July and August, it wont be used for the most part due to how warm it is here. I also will be using a solar cover to keep heat in overnight.
 
suzook said:
No spas, just the pool. Using it to extend season in beginning, and end. July and August, it wont be used for the most part due to how warm it is here. I also will be using a solar cover to keep heat in overnight.
Click to expand...

I think a heat pump might be better. One of the downsides of a gas heater is that you should really never let them sit idle for months on end. That’s a good way for them to corrode and fail. A high quality heat pump might be a good fit. Also depends a lot on utility costs - how much do your electrons cost versus your methane molecules ($/kWh versus $/therm)?
 

Enjoying this content?

Support TFP with a donation.

Give Support
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back
Jump to latest Follow Reply