So I bought a nice little house with a walkout basement perfect for pinball. It also comes with an above ground swimming pool.

I love to swim but I know nothing about pool maintenance. I also don’t know how much money I want to dump into maintaining it. But I love the idea of swimming after work in the summertime or having a pool party.

So undecided on what to do. Any swimming pool owners here? Should I go for it or hire a crew to knock it all down and reclaim a pretty big chunk of yard? How much of a time investment? How much of a financial investment? Where do I even start as far as cleaning and stuff? How did you fill it?! Lol. I’m told the liner is fairly new.

I love working on projects out in the yard and I’m hoping this will tap into that... but just wondering if I’ll be getting in over my head.

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UPDATE

Pool is crystal clear now. Really enjoying it and glad I kept it

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Hah, nope. It is a pretty big pool... but there will be no diving.