Pool Cleaning Question

eBob.com said:

Does anyone here know how difficult/expensive it is to
vacuum the bottom of a pool? I swim at the local YMCA and
it looks like they vacuum the bottom of the pool very
seldom. I know that the Y is short of money, so if there is
a significant expensive involved then I can understand.
(But I sort of expect that they just don't bother.)

There are automatic crawlers that do it overnight that don't
look terribly expensive to me. And there is the manual
version, which is less expensive, but not much, but which
requires a pool guy to push it around. If they don't vacuum,
then they pay for it in increased filtration system
maintenance costs, so there is no excuse.

The vacumm of the bottom of a pool is not expensive, the
only thing you need is to buy a manual crawler and move
it all around the pool every night, may be you can take
the iniciative and help, probably they cannot afford it
as you said.

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Martin W. Smith said:

eBob.com said:

Does anyone here know how difficult/expensive it is to
vacuum the bottom of a pool? I swim at the local YMCA and
it looks like they vacuum the bottom of the pool very
seldom. I know that the Y is short of money, so if there
is a significant expensive involved then I can
understand. (But I sort of expect that they just don't
bother.)

There are automatic crawlers that do it overnight that
don't look terribly expensive to me. And there is the
manual version, which is less expensive, but not much, but
which requires a pool guy to push it around. If they don't
vacuum, then they pay for it in increased filtration
system maintenance costs, so there is no excuse.

A manual version is cheap, around 10-20 dollars, and uses
your pump system to vacuum out stuff. Simple to setup, not
too heavy, even for a woman 🙂

Takes about 20 minutes. I do mine once a week, or as needed.

Lawrence

Lawrence said:

Martin W. Smith said:

eBob.com said:

Does anyone here know how difficult/expensive it is to
vacuum the bottom of a pool? I swim at the local YMCA
and it looks like they vacuum the bottom of the pool
very seldom. I know that the Y is short of money, so if
there is a significant expensive involved then I can
understand. (But I sort of expect that they just don't
bother.)

There are automatic crawlers that do it overnight that
don't look terribly expensive to me. And there is the
manual version, which is less expensive, but not much,
but which requires a pool guy to push it around. If they
don't vacuum, then they pay for it in increased
filtration system maintenance costs, so there is no
excuse.

A manual version is cheap, around 10-20 dollars, and uses
your pump system to vacuum out stuff. Simple to setup, not
too heavy, even for a woman 🙂

Takes about 20 minutes. I do mine once a week, or as
needed.

I think he means either a 25 meter or a 50 meter pool - with
a deep end. For his pool it will take more than 20 minutes,
and it should be done it done more than once a week.

They sell automated machines. They are the viable option.

Martin W. Smith said:

Lawrence said:

Martin W. Smith said:

"eBob.com" <[email hidden]> wrote:

>Does anyone here know how difficult/expensive it is to
>vacuum the bottom of a pool? I swim at the local YMCA
>and it looks like they vacuum the bottom of the pool
>very seldom. I know that the Y is short of money, so if
>there is a significant expensive involved then I can
>understand. (But I sort of expect that they just don't
>bother.)
>
>
There are automatic crawlers that do it overnight that
don't look terribly expensive to me. And there is the
manual version, which is less expensive, but not much,
but which requires a pool guy to push it around. If they
don't vacuum, then they pay for it in increased
filtration system maintenance costs, so there is no
excuse.

A manual version is cheap, around 10-20 dollars, and uses
your pump system to vacuum out stuff. Simple to setup, not
too heavy, even for a woman 🙂

Takes about 20 minutes. I do mine once a week, or as
needed.

I think he means either a 25 meter or a 50 meter pool
- with a deep end. For his pool it will take more than
20 minutes, and it should be done it done more than
once a week.

Martin W. Smith said:

Lawrence said:

Martin W. Smith said:

"eBob.com" <[email hidden]> wrote:

>Does anyone here know how difficult/expensive it is to
>vacuum the bottom of a pool? I swim at the local YMCA
>and it looks like they vacuum the bottom of the pool
>very seldom. I know that the Y is short of money, so
>if there is a significant expensive involved then I
>can understand. (But I sort of expect that they just
>don't bother.)

There are automatic crawlers that do it overnight that
don't look terribly expensive to me. And there is the
manual version, which is less expensive, but not much,
but which requires a pool guy to push it around. If
they don't vacuum, then they pay for it in increased
filtration system maintenance costs, so there is no
excuse.

A manual version is cheap, around 10-20 dollars, and uses
your pump system to vacuum out stuff. Simple to setup,
not too heavy, even for a woman 🙂

Takes about 20 minutes. I do mine once a week, or as
needed.

I think he means either a 25 meter or a 50 meter pool
- with a deep end. For his pool it will take more than
20 minutes, and it should be done it done more than
once a week.

Sure, you are correct, mostly. Not all pools require
vacuuming more than once a week, but in his case, it does
seem that his YMCA needs to do it more often than they
do...Maybe he can volunteer his own labour once a week? 🙂