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Pool Cover Recommendations
Asked by R.B. from Chico
on June 25, 2010
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We're buying a new house which has a pool. We have two super active and athletic kids ages 2 and 4 and have our third coming in September. So, of course, the pool sa...
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- Another good company is Pool Covers Inc. They have a website. I don't know the cost. Many of our pool service customers have had their automatic covers installed b...
- We have a katch a kid net. It is pretty easy to put on/take off. I can do it by myself. It takes me about 15min to take off and 10-15 to put on. I LOVE IT. My kid...
- Hi! I don't know anything about the Katch a Kid nets but when we did our pool several years ago, we installed an automatic retracting pool cover. In our previous h...
Pool or Not?
Asked by L.C. from Chicago
on July 5, 2010
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We are thinking if getting a pool installed but i really worry about the safety. We have a 2 yo and 4yo and one on the way. They dont know how to swim yet, but we ar...
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- We have a 4 year old and a 20 m old and we're planning to get a pool next year. I wish we had it this year! ALL kids need to learn to swim early on, and there are plen...
- i think u should get it and put a gate around it thats what my friend did
- I grew up with a pool. It was completely fenced, gated and locked. It was great; the only thing I hated was that EVERYONE wanted to come to my house to play, and I w...
Automatic Flushing Toilets ...help!!
Asked by E.S. from Chicago
on March 30, 2009
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Posting this for a friend of mine who just reached out for help on a problem she's having. She has a 3 year old who has a fear of all public toilets because of the au...
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- My daughter is almost 10 and has kind of extreme fears for her age. When she sees a toilet is automatic she says she can wait! I usually don't allow that and how we d...
- My daughter had the exact same fear up until last year (she is 7 now). She learned how to tell the difference by looking for the handle, so that helped in bathrooms t...
- My daughter went through this same issue between 2 and 2.5. She was already poop trained and we were going through the pee training. At some point, she would just ho...
Pool Vacuum Question for Pool Owners
Asked by ☆.A. from Pittsburgh
on April 12, 2012
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We're getting a pool installed.
If you have a pool, have you/do you use one of those automatic cleaners that rides on the bottom of the pool?
Which one do you recomm...
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- depends on your pool type. Plus what type you get will very. You should be discussing this with your builder, if they are not going through this with you get a new b...
- Yes, we have one. Yes, we use it daily. Yes, we would recommend one. It stirs up debris on the bottom and vacuums up trash. A must all around in our opinion. Expe...
- Polaris. You will not be happy without one. Having it installed when everything else is being done is the way to go, too. You don't want to have to go back later ...
Pool Safety? How Do Moms "CLOSE" the Pool off Season?
Asked by M.D. from San Diego
on December 28, 2008
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Dear pool owning Moms...I am preparing a presentation on "pool safety" and I'd like an informal reality check from Mamasource moms. If you own a pool, and have childr...
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- When we had our pool built we also had a 5 foot wrough iron fence put up to block access to the pool. It is self closing and it remains locked with a combo lock at al...
- I don't own a pool, but I just wanted to say that I think what you're doing is wonderful, and wish you good luck gathering much helpful information to pass on to other...
- I know this may sound like I'm a horrible mother (I'm not!) I don't have any safety devices outside. No fence or safety net or anything of the sort. We normally keep a...
Swimming Pool Owner Safety
Asked by N.B. from Minneapolis
on June 1, 2010
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Hi Ladies,
I'm looking for advice and pool safety. I bought my house 6 years ago, and it came with an in-ground pool. I love it, and knew someday I wanted childr...
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- we don't have a pool alarm or a gate/fence around the pool. our 3 kids are 7, 4, and 1 - we do have a doorknob cover on the backdoor, but we have taught our kids from...
- We lived in a house with an inground pool for years....but we never has a pool alarm ( Of course our youngest is now 27 so they probably didn't exist back then...lol)....
- Ideas (we do not have a pool so these are just my thoughts): -- Put an alarm on the door leading to the backyard (it is a magnetic sensor that you put on part on th...
Pool Covers Are They like Trampolines
Asked by V.M. from Cleveland
on September 13, 2011
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A neighborhood lady invited my son to play at her house and mentioned that their inground pool was closed for the winter and had the cover on it, and she made it soun...
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- The pool cover we are getting is like a trampoline material, but I highly doubt it is actually meant to jump on! The material is exactly like that of a trampline and ...
- There are many types of pool covers, one looks like a trampoline. No you cannot jump on them. If you walk on them you will get wet, my kids have proved that time and...
- God no!!! I can't not envision any situation where a company would endorse it for that purpose and no way would I be okay with that!!!!!!! It may be "safe" to walk o...
Removing a Pool from Backyard
Asked by L.F. from Los Angeles
on June 17, 2010
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Hi guys! We are in the process of looking for a home to buy and it seems that a lot of the houses that we look at have pools in the back yard. we have 2 young kids and...
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- I know my mom paid a ton to fill a hole that had a built in trampoline. I'm sure to fill a pool would be way more. I would consider keeping it. It's only about $160...
- You should do some research about pools. There are TONS of safety items you can buy for pools -alarms, etc. plus all kids need to learn to swim at an early age. Mainte...
- L., What about making it into the biggest planter box ever? Blessings......
Installation of New Pool
Asked by L.C. from Tampa
on May 13, 2008
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It's been 7 years since we've purchased our home. This year I asked my husband to put in a pool. He said let's get some estimates, info and possibly referrals from p...
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- Call around to all the pool places. You will find all kinds of prices. Make sure you actually go and look at other pools that have been put in by who ever you choose. ...
- We had one done in October. We used a Better Built Pool in Cape Coral. I hardly have any maintenance, occasional vacuum and very little chemicals. We went with the ...
- Hi L., I would recommend checking out a pool place. We use True Blue pool service in Punta Gorda. They may be able to have Install pool places that they work wit...
Pool, Pros and Cons
Asked by A.K. from Dallas
on June 10, 2011
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We are hunting for a home for the first time this weekend, yeah! (Renting for years, five kids later it's about time!)
Anyway, I am interested in a home with a poo...
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- My parents got a pool shortly after I moved out for college - I was so upset with them - I had begged for one all my life! Anyway, it was great for awhile (I went to a...
- If you can afford a pool, and somebody to maintain it, then why not. Salt water is great! and get a layout ledge. I really love the pools that have a hotub attached...
- I had a pool at my first house and I MISS it terribly!!! I would put one in at my current house, but we can't afford to right now. When we did have a pool I didn't t...
