This picture was taken from our bedroom balcony.Darlin Dan and I did this job by ourselves. We did it-and just in the nick of time. San Antonio will probably go to stage 2 water restriction sometime this weekend-that is what the urgency was about-once the city goes to stage 2 water restriction, we have to have 30% of the water trucked in at a much more expensive rate.
We started the draining process Thursday afternoon at 4:30. We were able to rent a pump at Home Depot for $36 for 24 hours.
By 10:30 pm we were in the pool taking the last 1-2 inches out by hand-very exhausting and filthy work! We hooked up our spot light and worked for 3 hours. At least it was somewhat cool in the middle of the night. We immediately began refilling, because above ground pools can not sit empty. It ruins the liner. The water ran from 1:30 am to 4:00 pm Friday. All the necessary start up chemicals have been added. We are totally and completly exhausted. Our bodies are screaming bloody murder!!
We did save a ton of money by doing this horrible job ourselves. My daughter got a quote of $500 for this type of job. We spent $35 on the pump, $36 for liquid conditioner and $10 for 2 bottles of muriatic acid. The water bill will be at least double- but we would still have to pay that if we had hired someone to do this.
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