Some people with more money than sense decided they wanted a pool in their back yard near us. Reality set in once they were provided with options for different depths of the pool and excavation methods and cost. The deeper pool would have required blasting through underlying limestone. They ended up with a waist high wading pool which just looks dumb.
Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Some people with more money than sense decided they wanted a pool in their back yard near us. Reality set in once they were provided with options for different depths of the pool and excavation methods and cost. The deeper pool would have required blasting through underlying limestone. They ended up with a waist high wading pool which just looks dumb.
A guy I met put in an in-ground pool five feet deep everywhere and built a shelter over it. He firmly stated it was a SWIMMING pool, all or nothing. Not for posers.
He let some local lifeguard types use it to teach swimming not wading.
Mad Mike
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Under paver heating coils don’t work when the ground is wet - very trick to get right. If the cables are wet, they evaporate moisture instead of transferring heat to pavers - evaporating water is an incredible heat sink.
Best method is pex/glycol. Much cheaper to install, much cheaper to operate.
If you’re really creative, you can also use the driveway as a solar pool heater in the summer - simple thermostat and diverter valve.
If I ever built a pool/deck (which is incredibly unlikely at this point), I would do that. Mainly to cool off the stones around the pool. On a full sun day, I need to hose down the stones as they are screaming hot. Once kids start splashing and running around, they keep the stones wet enough to keep temp down.
I would love to figure out a way to do that with the Trex as well constantly hosing it down but it is only the surface that is hot
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How hot is the back side of the trex? If it's above pool temp, you could install pipe like a glycol heated floor and use it for cooling.
New market idea. Trex cast like precast concrete with internal passages. Attach fittings and your heated/cooled deck is done.
Have a look at the new Trex Suncomfortable , it’s a solar reflective product in the transcend line that is designed for pool areas and sun decks . Yes it works , it’s in my backyard . Yes it’s really expensive. As a former lumber trader you will never convince me to install a wooden deck again , I’ll stand on mud first .
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I had a Trex deck once, I wouldn’t do it again.
It’s hot, 3 kids and a dog roughed it up quickly. It got yanked up after sustaining terminal damage from high heels at one of my kids graduation parties.
I built a deck with tamarack last year, it’s my new favorite. I don’t mind spraying it once a rear.
Not going to change it until it is done and hopefully I wont live here than it is in great shape just gets hot.
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Back is not warm enough to get any heat from I have had the same idea as you before. Water cooled decking would be a great solar heater and keep the deck cool.
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Heating cables need a bit of moisture to keep from overheating. Too much isn’t good.
I actually developed the underpaver system 40 years ago. It made millions. For the company. I got a clock radio for the idea.
First world problems. You can afford to live inside a house, have a pool, deck and shoes but want to use them selectively whenever you please.
Re Trex, what size are the grooves on this type. Big enough to stuff piping into fed from headers on both ends. ~ $10 SF
Re Trex, what size are the grooves on this type. Big enough to stuff piping into fed from headers on both ends. ~ $10 SF
The boards are too good of a insulator for that to work it is just the top skin that gets really hot.
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High end Trex is vinyl encapsulation manufacture . Middle is as Steve said a pretty good insulator . The new solar reflective product is pretty amazing .
My original Trex deck from thirty years ago was total crap and grew mildew by the pound . It’s gotten better with every generation. I installed another last fall at this house , I like doing zero maintenance beyond a mop wash twice a summer
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My original Trex deck from thirty years ago was total crap and grew mildew by the pound . It’s gotten better with every generation. I installed another last fall at this house , I like doing zero maintenance beyond a mop wash twice a summer
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