Pity the fool who owns a pool. Its like having a large, delicate, expensive pet | Andrew Herrick

This back yard creature must be kept under constant chemical constraint, or it risks becoming more liability than assetGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIll call him Bruce. Hes any of the 3.1 million Australians living in a house with a pool or spa. Over my long career in hardware, listening to the woes of so many Bruces, Ive discovered that owning a pool is not all fun and bubbles at cocktail hour.In the beginning, it wasnt so bad. On first viewing his bayside property, Bruce already b...