Anyone else have a swimming pool in their back yard?

United States
November 22, 2006 11:25am CST
We have a 24ft round above ground pool. We dug out the middle so the liner stretched and its about 5 foot deep in the middle. We have pool parties every summer and have a blast doing it.
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@forfein (2507)
30 Nov 06
Oh! Lucky lucky lucky you!!! This is our dream!!!! But in England it is not warm enough!!!! However.... We DO have a shared pool in our holiday home in Turkey! And that is EXCELLENT!
@somctc (41)
• India
6 Dec 06
Yes.. London, thats not the place to enjoy a swim. How unfortunate..
• United States
1 Dec 06
thank you. Its really fun. I didn't realize that london was that cool
@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
22 Nov 06
We definitely have room for one in our backyard but I don't want to deal with the headaches of taking care of it.
• United States
30 Nov 06
Ours isn't to bad to take care of. Just put in the chemicals and vaccumn once a week or more depending on how dirty it gets.
• United States
30 Nov 06
Ours isn't to bad to take care of. Just put in the chemicals and vaccumn once a week or more depending on how dirty it gets.
@carmat (2849)
• Canada
6 Dec 06
The kids are getting one for christmas this year from their grandmother, too bad it's freezing out and they won't be able to use it until spring. I think it's 18' and 4 deep a little smaller than yours, they used her's last year and loved it.
• United States
8 Dec 06
They are going to love it. Keeps them busy.
@somctc (41)
• India
6 Dec 06
HAHA.. My swimmin pool is the river, its incredibly smooth surface makes it risk-free. We do swim everyday, have fun in the afternoons.. Its so nice to be in the water. We do have places where the water goes very deep. But, mostly the water is around 4-6ft deep. Thats a nice depth for learners..
• United States
8 Dec 06
you don't have a current in that river that your worried about. I wouldn't swim in a river. Lakes I do but not a river
@amy0214 (1513)
• United States
8 Dec 06
I dont but I really wish a could. I live in a mobile home so I dont have a back yard to put one in
• United States
8 Dec 06
I use to live in a mobile home to. Nope the yards aren't big enough. Just big enough for a kiddy pool
@katprice (805)
• United States
8 Dec 06
The Little Pool - This is Nemo trying to grab a tennis ball out of the little wading pool we put up for him this past summer when the weather got so hot.
We do not have a pool in the backyard of our current home, but the house I grew up in out in California has one now. The current owners put one in and it just looks fabulous! They say the trend is to buy back your childhood home, you know. I'm gonna need like a million dollars for that, but I'd love to have that pool, that's for sure. It takes up the whole backyard.
• United States
11 Dec 06
That's a large pool. I hope you win the lottery or something so you can buy the house back. That would really be neat
@DRoddy77 (1776)
• United States
30 Nov 06
I wish we had one but we dont unfortunately. i would love to be able to go swimming whenever i want to and have pool parties every summer!
• United States
8 Dec 06
It's really great. Easy to take care of. We just have a blast.
@em12ma (396)
• United States
30 Nov 06
Well that's good. I wish we could have a pool at our backyard but I'm worried about the safety since I got little kids around. Maybe we'll have when they're old enogu to be safe around the pool.
• United States
30 Nov 06
good idea you could put up a fence that way your little ones wouldn't be able to fall in.
@anup_cfa (899)
• India
30 Nov 06
no i hate swimming but still my dad likes to he has one in the garden
• United States
8 Dec 06
In his garden. He must have a lot of bees around.
@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
1 Dec 06
no but i sure wish we did. i was a swimmer back at school and i want my kids to learn to swim. by the way, love the cat. hahah
• United States
4 Dec 06
They are not hard to take care of and I taught my neice and nephew how to swim in ours. Thanks
@magusto (561)
• Portugal
30 Nov 06
no but i have a river that crosses my property :D very nice very clean very cool (not in winter)
• United States
8 Dec 06
No winter is not the time to swim unless you have an indoor pool. We want to heat ours so we can swim in the winter. The would be crazy
@tamanash (950)
• India
30 Nov 06
swimming pool - swimming pool
noway,actually my house size is little more than a swimming pool.now i can have either one of them.what u think what should i have,remember i am not a fish.
• United States
1 Dec 06
above ground works well if your not a fish. lol thanks
@somechic (354)
• United States
23 Nov 06
We do not have one because my husband's parents and my parent's both have swimming pools and they live within 2 miles of us! We are able to go swimming there anytime that we want to.
• United States
30 Nov 06
Cool Thanks for responding
@not4me (1711)
• United States
30 Nov 06
We just bought a house with an in-ground pool inside of the house. It's a roman-shaped pool that goes from 4-feet to 8-feet. We are gonna have a pool party as soon as we are finished with the renovations.
• United States
8 Dec 06
so does your home stay really humid with an indoor pool. I think it would feel like a rain forest. Maybe not
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
23 Nov 06
Swimming Pool - We don't have a swimming pool in our backyard, as a kid I would've given anything to have had one.
I've never had a swimming pool in my backyard...as a kid I would've given anything to have one. Now that I'm older I'm not really into swimming so I don't care that we don't have a pool.
• United States
30 Nov 06
That's what I said but now that I have one I'm in it all the time in the summer.
@rosebug23 (1906)
• Australia
23 Nov 06
automatic pool cleaning - pool cleaning equipment automatic
We have a 32 MT inground pool which is just about completed it should be ready in a week or two.I really miss having a pool as we had one in our other house so when we built this house we have had to build another pool.With summer coming it will be good although it is already hot here.We have a salt water pool with automatic cleaning or vac (barracuda)it is called and this and the filter are on timer.every month i take a water sample to have tested but usually it is fine. Rain is the worst it can really mess up the water . We swim every day of the year with the exception of about two Weeks in winter when it is too cold. We live in the tropics or sub tropics so all year is fairly hot.We we have visitors from down south they think we are silly wearing jumpers in winter as they think it is sill hot and war shorts and swim .Funny how you climatise
• United States
30 Nov 06
Wow I wish I had your pool. My back yard isn't big enough for one like yours. Thanks for sharing.
• United States
22 Nov 06
no not yet it,s too cold to put it up now.
• United States
30 Nov 06
Ours stays up all year round.
@ladysun (635)
• United States
22 Nov 06
We have an in-ground pool which my 5 yr old and I thouroughly enjoy (because of it being available he was an adept swimmer by age 4)
• United States
30 Nov 06
I would love an in ground pool but our town has to high of a water table to dig one.
@andysix (70)
• Malaysia
22 Nov 06
i have one, olympic size in my home...but i cant remember the last time i even passed newr by that pool...
• United States
30 Nov 06
wow I would be in it all the time
@jess368 (3368)
• United States
23 Nov 06
I wish. i live in an apartment, so i have a pool across the parking lot! i love having a pool, i only wish we has a hot tub as well
• United States
30 Nov 06
I would like to have a hot tub to but we have to build a deck first. It may take a few years