Top Ten Reasons to Have a Swimming Pool
February 08, 2012 at 7:00am by Karen Rogers S.
- To swim in. Let’s get that one out of the way right off the top. If you don’t swim, perhaps you should learn. Not only is it fun, but it is a good survival skill.
- Less grass to cut and gravel to rake. Pools take up space. Although they aren’t maintenance-free, they are less work than a lawn.
- Water is soothing to look at. The oasis-effect is undeniably peaceful.
- Use it for testing in the “float or sink?” game.
- It’s easier to explain the pool boy.
- To exercise in. Water is an excellent medium to exercise in. Swimming lengths is excellent cardio and there are all sorts of resistance exercises to do in a pool. Water aerobics are excellent for perinatal women and for anyone who wants to be kind to their joints.
- To cool off in. There’s nothing like it at the end of a sweltering day. If the heat is a hot temper and not the mercury in the thermometer, immersion is calming and cooling.
- It stores water for emergencies. It can be used to douse a fire or to flush toilets during a power failure.
- To remember your chemistry lessons. What pH is neutral? At what level of hardness does your chlorine become less effective? Why chlorine? Why salt?
- To watch your own personal solar powered robotic pool cleaner at work in. It is fun to watch a Solar-Breeze at work, knowing that it is saving you time, money and energy while keeping your pool sparkling clean.
