r/swimmingpools 18h ago

Boxer briefs under swim trunks?

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I have a question. I have swimming class tomorrow at school and I'm wondering if I should or should wear underwear under my swim trunks. Almost all of my friends do it to hide their erections, or because it's more comfortable, or because the net in the swim trunks gives them chafing.
Thanks for any response


r/swimmingpools 23h ago

What’s the one small thing you always forget when closing the pool?

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After a few years of doing my own closing, I've got the big stuff pretty much down. It's always some stupid little thing that gets me.

A missing plug, an O-ring I swear I put somewhere safe, a random cover piece I can't find when I need it. One year I made a Lowe's run halfway through because I was one threaded plug short. Last year I found out the hard way I'd left water sitting in my utility pump over the winter. Fired it up in the fall and it was seized solid.

So this year I'm laying everything out the night before: hoses and adapters in one bin, plugs and O-rings bagged up. Already ordered a replacement pump online, just so I'm not scrambling that weekend. Here's hoping I don't discover some brand new thing I'm missing.

What's the one that always gets you?


r/swimmingpools 17h ago

How to keep wild animals from drowning in my pool

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So I have had a string of animals drown in my pool. When I got the pool after buying the house, the previous owner had let it go to swamp. I ended up emptying it and replacing the liner but before I did I found over a dozen animals varying from baby bunnies, chipmunks, mice, etc. After I finally got the pool repaired and opened up, I thought the chlorine would discourage this. I haven’t been putting the cover on because I live in Kentucky and without the thermal cover the pool is above 85 degrees. But today I found a dead bunny. So how can I keep animals from falling in the pool and dying?


r/swimmingpools 17h ago

How to keep wild animals from drowning in my pool

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So I have had a string of animals drown in my pool. When I got the pool after buying the house, the previous owner had let it go to swamp. I ended up emptying it and replacing the liner but before I did I found over a dozen animals varying from baby bunnies, chipmunks, mice, etc. After I finally got the pool repaired and opened up, I thought the chlorine would discourage this. I haven’t been putting the cover on because I live in Kentucky and without the thermal cover the pool is above 85 degrees. But today I found a dead bunny. So how can I keep animals from falling in the pool and dying? There is a gap under my fence that lets them get in. I’m just trying not to murder all the wild animals.


r/swimmingpools 22h ago

Undissolved white tablet in villa pool for 24+ hrs - safe to swim (pregnant wife)?

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r/swimmingpools 12h ago

Help!

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r/swimmingpools 18h ago

I’d forgotten how much I hate this thing.

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While my Beatbot is on the fritz awaiting a part, I had to haul out the old Polaris. Already it’s in knots. Hurry up FedEx, I need that part!


r/swimmingpools 11h ago

Beware of glitter-filled pool floats! 😆

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No, I didn't have a pool party for strippers. My daughter's large pool float was torn open, releasing "glitter" throughout the pool. We didn't give that purchase enough thought.
Too bad I cleaned the filter a couple of days ago.