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Old 10-04-2014, 10:09 PM
 
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Just curious how late into winter you swim until it is too cold for you. Also note if your pool is heated or not.
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Old 10-04-2014, 11:06 PM
 
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We have a heater, but had the propane tanke removed. We just did not like to go in a pool if it is not hot out. Plus it can be pricey to heat.

Our pool season usually ends in October. This year it actually ended a little early, due to many days of clouds and rain at the end.
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Old 10-05-2014, 12:43 AM
 
Location: Florida
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You can heat a pool and go in in the winter, but you still have to get out afterward and that can be unpleasant. As most folks live in FL for a few years, they get acclimated and their swim season gets shorter. A few polar bear types are the exception.

For us it is May through Sept, no heat.
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Old 10-05-2014, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Spring Hill, Florida
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I agree. I don't think I'll be in my pool again anytime soon. My dog, however, keeps going in.
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Old 10-05-2014, 09:21 AM
 
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I agree. I am looking at my pool with forlorned eyes. But I may go in the community heated pool at times. It is cold getting out though
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Old 10-05-2014, 11:24 AM
 
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Just curious how late into winter you swim until it is too cold for you. Also note if your pool is heated or not.
Late May til August...it gets way to cold outside for us to want to be in a pool. We had a heated one(solar heated), and it wasn't getting all that warm either...but being that it was cold "before & after" getting in, it wasn't appealing at all. If you have electric heating, plan on very high electric bills.
It spent more time being a "water feature/view" than being used actually.(Oddly enough). Not the same when we lived in Miami, we used it far longer there.
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Old 10-05-2014, 04:10 PM
 
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We are still swimming...but maybe tomorrow...not too sure!!!
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Old 10-06-2014, 07:39 AM
 
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Usually from late May to Late September in our house (no heater). Once the water temp drops to 80, it just is not enjoyable for me, the kids don't seem to mind though. We are saving for an electric heater, it should be able to extend the season by at least a month on each end.

From what I understand, the solar heaters don't warm the pool enough (and I don't want to punch any holes in the new roof for mounting), the gas heaters are more expensive to install but cheaper to run, and the electric heaters are cheaper to install and more expensive to run.
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Old 10-06-2014, 10:07 AM
 
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I swapped out propane for heat pump and use the pool all year now; it's very cost effective. It's a salt pool so the pump has to run a certain number of hours per day regardless and that's sufficient to keep it heated.
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Old 10-06-2014, 10:18 AM
 
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I live in GA. My pool is not heated, and I just got in it this weekend. We never cover our pool; we keep running it all year. It's not that expensive to just run the pump at its lowest setting and clean the leaves out in the fall, then as it gets warmer we have to start using more chemicals to keep the algae out. That way we don't have some two-week-long marathon of cleaning leaves and junk out of the pool and water-testing to let people into the pool. We get in it when we want to, year round.
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