I have both a pool and a hot tub and there are days I use the hot tub twice a day... I wouldn't have a house without one.

The pool is a social magnet and has created a lot of enjoyable days with friends and family as the pool leads to food and drink etc. It's a great gathering place on nice days. If you have to calculate what it's going to cost... then you're just stupid. Things with water in them or around them - are costly. Doesn't matter how much actual use it gets - the pumps run the heater runs - there's chemicals - there's repairs.... People on a budget should not own one. Sorry... not trying to be an ass -- it's just being factual.

I never look at the water or do anything with the hot tub or the pool -- there's services that do this all for you. It should just be part of the drill. 52 weeks a year - weekly service. In the long run -- it's cheaper because they keep the stuff in tip top shape - and the chemical balance is critical. Get it wrong and it eats stuff up... Working on that stuff would take all the fun out of ownership.

Sixty bucks a month for that hotel pool. :headscratch: That's a bro deal! I'm paying $150 a month for my pool and separate water fall which is a debris collector. Worth every stinking penny. Includes filter cleaning twice a year.

Hot tubs are less work due to size.

I was thinking the same "all inclusive resort pool" . it sure is nice with all them Palm trees.

It's my back yard boys, don't hate me.

With all those trees come a pretty sore back.

LOL . I hear ya just finished mine.

My wife has been after me for 14 years to put a pool in our backyard...I'm pointing her towards this thread for further evidence as to why we still don't have one. :D

Personally, I have a creek.........

No maintenance.
I can fish in it.
It attracts wildlife that I can shoot/trap and eat (they don't have a nasty chlorine aftertaste either).
It makes free ice all winter long.

I'll trade ya'...

Now we're talkin!

Thanks for all the responses. Unfortunately I have had any free time to mess with this pool. Tomorrow is the day though. I'm going to figure out where its leaking from and get it fixed.

With the amount of sand that's in the pool, it has to be a decent sized rip/break/etc. At least that's what I'm telling myself haha.