Need some help and advice

 Need some help and advice

My sister in the SF Bay Area CA  is buying a home with a pool.  She
doesn't have a clue about pools... how to maintain the pool / water
etc.

Some  people say buy some tablets, buy an automatic moving cleaner.
Others say get a pool service.
What should she do ?  What tablets are these ? Are these tablets
expensive ?
 is it easy to do by oneself ?

Are pools easy to maintain ?

Would any one with experience, pls shed some light on this.

Thanks
Linda

   lindagoldstein100@yahoo.com wrote:


It is very easy to mess up a pool and make it dangerous to use.
She should most certainly get a pool service to start with.  If
she is able to learn how to care for a pool at some later date,
then she can stop the pool service.  But she has to for-sure know
what she is doing before canceling the pool service.

-john-

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 lindagoldstein100@yahoo.com writes:


Yes, but she'll need to do some studying on it and have the time to do
it.  


It's not rocket science or derivative investing.   But it's also more
involved than vacuuming the living room carpet.  


If she has more money than time, I'd strongly suggest hiring a pool
service.  If she has more time than money, she should throw herself on
the mercy of a local store that sells pool chemicals and bring the
measurements (including depths) and picture of the pool to them.

Or you can get creative, call a pool service and see if they can't be
coaxed to come out and teach her what's needed and what to do for a
flat fee.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.  
http://www.toddh.net/

 On 19 Dec 2006 18:56:30 -0800, lindagoldstein100@yahoo.com

   Honestly, is the expense really all that much of an issue for someone
who is planning on purchasing a Bay area house with a pool?  That's like
worrying about whether it's too expensive to get a $200 vacuum cleaner
when you've just bought a $1.2M house.


   Pools are trivially easy to maintain yourself.

- Rich

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Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane
mittam.

 
The people who installed our pool (FL) taught us how to take care of
it, too.  We are retired with more time than money.  The tablets are
chloride tablets ... they go in the chlorinator, next to the pump and
filter for most pools.  It's a fairly simple thing.

The automatic robots are a good thing.  We did without one at first,
thinking we had plenty of time to vacuum pool....but we would get busy
and forget ... so we finally got one and really like it.  Watch for
specials at the pool store.  They will show her how to attach it, etc.

Pools are a lot of trouble .... if I had known how much, I never would
have gotten one....but if she really wants one she can take care of it
herself if she wants (needs) to save money.













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