[Proveone]

Originally Posted by Denverdame

I have a question about filling our pool....We live in Marsh Bend and are putting a pool in. Can we fill the pool from the hose or would this be non potable water? Thanks in advance for info.

The only source for your pool is water from your hose.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Wivillager

You fill the pool with your hose.....but you have to call the municipalities and notify them what you are doing as then they will charge you a much lower rate than your normal water bill.

???

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by BigDawgInLakeDenham

Thank you! We will eventually look beyond T&D but want their input to start. I'm well versed in building pools in the Mid-Atlantic but no experience in the Sunshine State. I will be in heaven now that I can access natural gas piped into my heaters if I want to. My concern with solar is overhead and overheating. Don't want all that on my roof materials and mostly don't want to overheat the pool. To me about 86 is getting too warm in the pool and the gentleman said solar had his pool up in the 90's.....scared me lol

Don’t be scared of overheating with solar. I had the pool covered and the solar temperature set at 96 and it did what it’s supposed to do. You can set the controls to not run the solar above any maximum temperature you desire. Ours is set so when the solar gets to 6 degrees above the pool water the valve opens up to the solar system and the pump speed increases to push the water through the system. I had the max solar set at 96 with the pool covered before the heat wave because it was relatively cold and cloudy. When it warms up and is sunny up I set the max solar to 86 and keep the pool uncovered. During the summer I turn the solar off, but run it periodically just to flush chlorinated water through the system. I wouldn’t put solar on an older roof, the systems are typically warrantied for 12 years, but wouldn’t hesitate to put it on a new roof. Jacks solar is significantly less expensive that T& D and they use a higher quality solar panel and attachment system.

Just to give you an idea of how a heat pump, pool cover, and solar work. When we got to our Villages home in early January our pool was uncovered, the heater was off, the solar was set at 80, and the pool water was 66. At about 10 PM I covered the pool, turned on the heat pump, and turned up the solar to 96. Two evenings later the pool was at 91 and we were swimming. As loneg as I kept the pool covered when not using it, the solar maintained the heat after that except on cold cloudy days when I had to run the heat pump for a few hours per day. We use the pool every night, even when it was in the 40’s with steam coming off the 91 - 93 degree water. I only had to turn the solar down yesterday when it got to 80 degrees outside and was sunny. Hope that helps.

[ron32162]

Unless your building the pool yourself the builder takes care of that you don't have to fill your pool.

[Glorantha]

We had a couple of tiles come up a year after install. T&D responded promptly, drained pool, made repairs, refilled pool. Water costs for medium sized pool was <$100, which was fully covered by T&D. VERY pleased with T&D.

[LeRoySmith]

Regarding the cost, nowadays people spend $100k plus on a pool.

I'm afraid they are a little more than that now. We start construction in a few weeks and our best estimate was 150k, the highest was 185....

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by ron32162

Unless your building the pool yourself the builder takes care of that you don't have to fill your pool.

None of the three companies filled the water. Only one offered name of water delivery, other two said use hose.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by asianthree

We were given the option of a trunk fill or outside hose. 12-18’ wide 28’ length 3.5 to 5.5 deep. Took 23.6 hours with standard hose. Water was only cloudy when brush down side from acid wash, then cleared within an hour.

Hope this summer is as hot as last year, can’t wait to kick in the chiller

We found out last summer the Villages pools are unusable in summer due to having no chillers. 95° water temp is not refreshing on a hot day. It was our first summer, and a huge disappointment. Wish now we’d bought a pool sized lot.

[Just jimmy]

Originally Posted by BigDawgInLakeDenham

Thank you! We will eventually look beyond T&D but want their input to start. I'm well versed in building pools in the Mid-Atlantic but no experience in the Sunshine State. I will be in heaven now that I can access natural gas piped into my heaters if I want to. My concern with solar is overhead and overheating. Don't want all that on my roof materials and mostly don't want to overheat the pool. To me about 86 is getting too warm in the pool and the gentleman said solar had his pool up in the 90's.....scared me lol

. Solar heat is run with a thermostat just like a regular heater. You set it how high you want it. Never an issue

[Wawruck]

You can fill the pool with a hose from the house. We did when our pool was put in. We used Fiesta pools and we have been very satisfied with the results

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

I'm afraid they are a little more than that now. We start construction in a few weeks and our best estimate was 150k, the highest was 185....

We put in a small pool with waterfall 28’ length 12’ width at steps 18’ width at deep end. Depth 3.5 to 5.5. Salt water System has normal heater and chiller for water cool down in summer, WiFi connection. Pool total was $81,750. 2,000sf bird cage $25,000. Then again it’s a small pool.

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by photo1902

They won't do that here, nor should they. Not to mention the fact that water from a hydrant isn't "free", so why would a homeowner get a free pool fill?

Regarding the cost, nowadays people spend $100k plus on a pool. Hardly will anyone balk at spending another $200-$300 for a one time fill.

I've not heard of anyone here getting pool water delivered by tanker, only by garden hose. I know that's what we did as it was the most cost effective way. Fill time for 15k gallons was about 16 hours, give or take

“Up North “ where we lived , it was common practice to do what Village Tinker suggested.

However , the fire department would put a meter in line and you would be required to pay for the water used from the hydrant.

Right or wrong, I don’t know . But I do know you can quickly fill a pool using the hydrant.

My pool was 16x35 ….

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by jarodrig

“Up North “ where we lived , it was common practice to do what Village Tinker suggested.

However , the fire department would put a meter in line and you would be required to pay for the water used from the hydrant.

Right or wrong, I don’t know . But I do know you can quickly fill a pool using the hydrant.

My pool was 16x35 ….

The OP asked how pools are filled here. We’re not up north.

Use the hose

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

I'm afraid they are a little more than that now. We start construction in a few weeks and our best estimate was 150k, the highest was 185....

Which is the reason I said $100k plus.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by photo1902

The OP asked how pools are filled here. We’re not up north.

Use the hose

Wonder if I could borrow my neighbors.