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In the south above ground pools get too warm. I'm talking water temps into the 90's unless you drain it and refill it with tap water. In ground pools get warm as well but maybe only max out at 87 or so in August. Nothing like going out at midnight in the summer and skinny dipping in bath like warm pool water (and this is unheated).
Believe it or not above ground pools sometimes get too warm here as well during heat waves.
My own in-ground is in full sun all day so I barely heat it in July and it stays around the mid to upper 80s F most of the month.
Believe it or not above ground pools sometimes get too warm here as well during heat waves.
My own in-ground is in full sun all day so I barely heat it in July and it stays around the mid to upper 80s F most of the month.
Mid to upper 80's is a very nice temp because you can go swimming at midnight and not be the least bit cool.
90's pool temps are a bit too warm and even in ground pools can get that hot here so some people have a misting system that basically cools it through evaporation.
The lake near me usually tops out around 87 although it's been to 91 before when the lake was low and we had a drought of 105+ for over a month. Never too hot to go to the nude beach though! It just means everyone will be in the water...
This is just a general comment, but I don't think your average, lifelong U.S. Southerner would feel short-changed out of summertime delights at all if he/she spent May to September where I live.
Being fit isn't so much about swimming laps and doing exercise, but rather being off one's ass and being active. In Quebec, I know that, regardless of the time of year, people spend significantly more time outdoors doing things (not just sitting around on the porch) than anywhere else I've been in the US/Canada.
Above-ground pools are also considered less classy in Quebec.
I would've gone for an above-ground myself but my wife thought that wasn't chic enough. So we have an in-ground.
Oh Acajack, you just don't have the right fashion taste, don't ya! In-ground is so outdated and Michelle Obamaesque. Moi, je suis avant-garde, I went for the future, I went for underground swimming pools and I am ahead of time and will go for upground swimming pools (that are high-level swimming pools in buidlings à la Melania Trump) soon.
I'd like to write a longer reply but I'll go outdoor now, see ya xoxo
This is just a general comment, but I don't think your average, lifelong U.S. Southerner would feel short-changed out of summertime delights at all if he/she spent May to September where I live.
For the same reason, we have skis, skates, snowshoes, even though we can't use them for 8-9 months of the year.
The equivalent is swimming trunks and bikinis not actual pools. To be proportional, you ask why dont everyone have a ski slope, and trails in their backyard.
Above-ground pools are also considered less classy in Quebec. But they're also way cheaper and easier to get rid of when you don't want it anymore. (A lot of people get rid of them when the kids leave the house.).
A factor that has not been brought up is that very few municipalities in Quebec bill homeowners for the actual amount of water that is used. As a result we are among the worst in the world in terms of water conservation, which probably contributes a little to the popularity of pools. This also applies to our cheap electricity.
A factor that has not been brought up is that very few municipalities in Quebec bill homeowners for the actual amount of water that is used. As a result we are among the worst in the world in terms of water conservation, which probably contributes a little to the popularity of pools. This also applies to our cheap electricity.
Yeah. Even the biggest municipalities in Quebec don't have residential water meters. (None of them AFAIK.) We've only very recently moved to mandatory water meters for industrial, commercial and institutional users in Quebec. Residential ones are probably a long way off.
I don't think it's a major one - I don't use that much tap water for my pool in a given year. Once I had to empty it for repairs and to refill it I got a truck with river water to fill it faster. It cost about 500 bucks.
But it's likely one of a number of things that makes the cost environment more pool-friendly in Quebec.
Do you have to drain pools in Canada? I'm sure you have to drain the above ground pools but do you drain the below ground pools? We didn't even have a drain on ours, but we had a cover, mainly to prevent leaves from getting in the pool.
Very, very few people drain their pools completely for the winter.
Generally you bring your water level down maybe six inches below the skimmer opening and jets. Then you remove all piping and movable equipment above that level, or vacuum and blow out, and then seal off any stuff above that level that needs to stay in place outside.
My pool water never freezes all the way to the bottom. There is a block of ice that forms at the surface and that varies in thickness throughout the winter. During milder periods it has the consistency of slush, but is rock hard during cold snaps.
Actually covering the pool for winter is probably 50-50. Some do, some don't. I do, to cut down the number of leaves I need to clean out of it in the spring.
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