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Topspinmo 02-25-2016 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CassieInVa (Post 1189499)
I think the lack of lights on Pickleball Courts is perhaps because those that live close enough to hear the "pop, pop, pop" would not want to hear it during the evening while dining outside, sleeping or entertaining.

We rented a home here before buying that was not even that close to the courts, but we could hear it when the windows were open - all day long. So when we purchased, we made sure our new home was far enough away. I like to nap with the windows open. :)

IMO there are two places not close to housing right off 441 that traffic noise would muffle the courts noise. Two courts at paridise and across the street at la hacienda. No housing close plus the noise at the square. I agree 9 or 10 PM lights out like on th paridise tennis courts which are pay for play.

joldnol 02-25-2016 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1190968)
I thought there were only two pools open after dark or sunset. paradise and Chula Vista?

southside and hilltop too

CFrance 02-25-2016 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1189962)
I go through the Mallory gate and Odell gate at Morse Blvd. regularly. My gate pass opens both of those gates without having to open my window. I just pull close enough to the pad and put my gate pass up to the window. Both gates open every time without having to roll down the window.

We've talked about this before. Not everyone's pass opens gates from inside the car. Ours doesn't open any gate we use the most, but our friends' does. Their pass is much older than ours, so maybe they were made differently.

And oddly, ours opened the Belvedere gate from inside the car for two years, and then stopped.

Jim 9922 02-25-2016 10:57 PM

For all you lighted pool buffs; retrofitting an existing pool is probably not fiscally feasible. Night lighted pools are lit with underwater lights which means you have to drain the pool, knock holes in the existing structure, reinforce the breached areas for strength and to reinstate overall structural integrity, and finally, tear up the pool deck to lay in the electrical cables.
If another lighted pool shows up in The Villages I will guess that it will be a new one in a developing area or a complete replacement of a pool which has gone bad for some reason.

Topspinmo 02-25-2016 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by joldnol (Post 1190977)
southside and hilltop too

I frogot the name of hilltop, I called it paradise. So, that three that were the older pools? I thing the rest was made only for daylight hours?

golfing eagles 02-26-2016 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim 9922 (Post 1190997)
For all you lighted pool buffs; retrofitting an existing pool is probably not fiscally feasible. Night lighted pools are lit with underwater lights which means you have to drain the pool, knock holes in the existing structure, reinforce the breached areas for strength and to reinstate overall structural integrity, and finally, tear up the pool deck to lay in the electrical cables.
If another lighted pool shows up in The Villages I will guess that it will be a new one in a developing area or a complete replacement of a pool which has gone bad for some reason.

Would it really require all that? I'm not sure that those advocating "lighted" pools are talking about underwater lights inside the pool, wouldn't just overhead lighting be adequate? If the pool perimeter needs to be better defined at night, could fiberoptic LEDs be drilled in above the water line and accomplish that goal at minimum cost? I don't even know what the pool construction is, so just throwing it out there.

photo1902 02-26-2016 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1191025)
Would it really require all that? I'm not sure that those advocating "lighted" pools are talking about underwater lights inside the pool, wouldn't just overhead lighting be adequate? If the pool perimeter needs to be better defined at night, could fiberoptic LEDs be drilled in above the water line and accomplish that goal at minimum cost? I don't even know what the pool construction is, so just throwing it out there.

I believe code requires lighting inside the pool, to include illuminating the bottom, so I don't think lighting only the deck would ever suffice.

golfing eagles 02-26-2016 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by photo1902 (Post 1191027)
I believe code requires lighting inside the pool, to include illuminating the bottom, so I don't think lighting only the deck would ever suffice.

Good point. Could fiberoptic lights above the water line illuminate the bottom, which would probably be the biggest safety issue? These lights are "inside" the pool, but whether code regulations consider them to be so is a different question

dmorhome 02-26-2016 08:25 AM

Just put a sensor on gate pillar to open ,after you stop.we are not a full gated community.

Jim 9922 02-26-2016 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by photo1902 (Post 1191027)
I believe code requires lighting inside the pool, to include illuminating the bottom, so I don't think lighting only the deck would ever suffice.



That is correct in all states I know of. Most states have the same requirement for true indoor pools.

marianne237 02-26-2016 02:58 PM

Well, it seemed this posting was for the survey and suggestions about what we might like to see here....yes, the Michaels, Sams's Clubs, etc., etc. are great, and needed. Glad too to see a few more restaurants, but we still could use a few more. And with rte. 44 being improved, I hope some good spots go in that area.
Personally, I'd like to see a Boston Market and an outlet store for Omaha Steaks.

Barefoot 02-26-2016 04:17 PM

Good idea
 
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Originally Posted by dmorhome (Post 1191092)
Just put a sensor on gate pillar to open ,after you stop.we are not a full gated community.

In my humble opinion, that is a great idea.
It would allow for both traffic control, and for the camera to take a picture.
I don't think I've seen this idea mentioned previously.
Maybe not the correct thread to suggest new ideas about gate control, but nevertheless a good idea.

xNYer 02-26-2016 05:40 PM

Handouts
 
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Originally Posted by Bosoxfan (Post 1189460)
How about lighted pickleball courts for those of us that work during the day. Also lighted softball fields.

More big brother handouts. - lighted pickleball courts and softball fields.

joldnol 02-26-2016 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1191006)
I frogot the name of hilltop, I called it paradise. So, that three that were the older pools? I thing the rest was made only for daylight hours?

you were correct because the paradise pool is lit too. Paradise, hilltop, southside and chula vista

RErmer 02-26-2016 05:49 PM

Say what you want (as we all do on this forum), but this is the only place I have ever lived where there actually is an annual survey. It's hard to point at concrete results from survey comments, yet we do have more shopping and restaurants at what I imagine were frequently-mentioned establishments in they survey. Was it the survey, or did those vendors realize the opportunity here? Who cares! I think everyone should take the survey by responding honestly and thoughtfully.


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