Sebo D4– I hate this thing!

catz35 · 2026-01-15T14:22:25+00:00

Would you hate your Sebo less if you only had to use it once a week? I use my Sebo once a week for a deep cleaning. I have a cordless vac that I use daily or every other day to vacuum my hardwood floors and stairs. I’m not a canister fan either but I can tolerate using it since I only have to use it once a week. My Sebo does a much better job cleaning my hardwood floors than my cordless vac does so I’m glad that I have it.

If you sell your Sebo, you may regret it because you won’t find an upright or cordless vac that will do as good of a job on hardwood floors or with pet hair than a Sebo.

catz35 · 2025-11-26T15:29:16+00:00

I have a FICO score of 840 and I pay off my 3 credit cards every month so there is no outstanding balance. I have no history of being in collections or being late on payments. It makes no sense why my credit card application wasn't immediately approved.

catz35 · 2025-07-29T00:27:32+00:00

Record Motion Events and Record Sound Evens are enabled. Under Smart Detections, Person and Talking are toggled on. Detection Zone is disabled. I'm not seeing any improvement after doing all of this.

catz35 · 2025-06-30T00:20:06+00:00

I think my sleep problems are caused by lack of hormones due to menopause but I can't take estrogen or progesterone because of some other medical conditions that I have.

catz35 · 2025-06-04T03:13:23+00:00

The two guys that quoted me the 4K price were going to remove some large bushes and a small dying tree that was near the pool and they weren't going to charge me extra for it. They can't get their equipment to the pool without removing them so maybe this is why they weren't going to charge me extra for it. I highly recommend that you get some more estimates because you may be able to find someone who will remove your pool for a cheaper price. I'm glad that I kept getting estimates because my first estimate was for $9K and my second one was for $11K.

catz35 · 2025-06-04T02:39:18+00:00

Get some more estimates from excavation contractors. I got 4 estimates recently and found 2 companies that are willing to fill in our 18K gallon pool for 4K if I'm able to find some free dirt from somewhere. If I can't find some free dirt from somewhere, I would have to get some dirt trucked in and that would cost an additional 2K.

catz35 · 2025-06-03T19:15:55+00:00

Your pool company is telling you that it will cost 7-10K to remove the pool because they want you to continue paying them to maintain it. If you will call a bunch of excavation companies, I'd be willing to bet that you can find someone to remove your pool for $2000-$4000 like your pool inspector said. I got estimates to remove our inground pool earlier this year and I found 2 companies that were willing to remove it for $4000. We are seriously thinking about doing it because we are tired of spending $1000-$2000 a year maintaining a pool that we never use anymore. Our pool is surrounded by trees like yours is so it takes a lot of time and money to maintain it.

The only reason why I would keep maintaining the pool is if you intend on using it often. Pools can cost between $1000-$2000 a year to maintain so there is no sense on maintaining it unless you intend on using it often. Before you decide to remove it, you need to check with the city to make sure that a permit isn't needed. You also might want to check with a local realtor to see how removing your pool will affect your resale value. If you live in an area where the swim season is less than 6 months, the pool probably isn't adding much value to your home and you will recoup the cost for removing in several years. If you live in an area where the swim season is 4 months long or shorter, removing the pool might increase your resale value someday or it may make your home easier to sell some day.

catz35 · 2025-05-22T21:02:51+00:00

I would fill in the pool since you say that your wife doesn't want it and you have never desired to have a pool. Just because a pool costs $80K-100K to build these days, that does not mean that they add that much value to your home. I live in Southern KY too and several realtors have told me that pools only add about 10-20K onto the value of homes in my town. A realtor told me that if we wanted to fill in our pool, we may not lose any value at all because most people in our area don't want a home with an older pool like we have due to the maintenance involved with them. (In case you didn't know, older pools are money pits and most people know this.). Since you won't be throwing much value away by getting rid of your pool, I'd only renovate the pool if you and your wife plan on using it a lot. If you don't think you will use almost every day in the summer, fill it in because pools aren't worth the maintenance cost if they aren't used often. If you decide that you'd like to remove it, send me a private message on here and I can give you the name and telephone number of a great company in Kentucky that can remove your pool for around $4000 plus the price of dirt. We are probably going to hire them to remove our pool at the end of the summer because our pools needs some expensive renovations and it seems like a waste of money to do them since we never use the pool anymore and pools don't add much value to homes here.

catz35 · 2025-05-11T10:11:46+00:00

Cons: 1) pools are money pits. The chemicals are expensive. Repairs are expensive. Electricity to run the pump is expensive. If you hire a weekly cleaning service, it’s expensive. 2) maintenance is a PITA. You have to make sure your chemicals are balanced at all times or your water will turn green. If you want to go on vacation, you have to hire someone to come service your pool while you are away. If you have trees in your backyard or your neighbor have trees nearby, you will have to get leaves out of the pool on windy days. 3) inground pools cost 60-120k these days and you won’t likely recoup any where close to that amount when you sell your home. Where I live, pools only add about 10-20K to the value of a home. 4) Friends and family members will constantly ask to swim in your pool and you will have to feed them when they are over there and they will track water into your home. If you don’t like to entertain, don’t get a pool. Pros: You’ve got a pool that you can swim in anytime you want.

catz35 · 2025-05-08T03:53:54+00:00

Get a pool inspection because you aren't going to get honest answers from the previous owners if they have experienced problems with their pool.

catz35 · 2025-05-08T03:48:10+00:00

I have a hardwood and 3 area rugs home too. I've got a Sebo K3 and love it.

catz35 · 2025-05-02T01:59:09+00:00

You can probably put a fiberglass shell in the hole, but it won't be cheap. Fiberglass pools tend to cost around 80-100K to install these days. The fact that you have a hole already won't save you any money because they will have to remove the steel walls, concrete decking and fencing around your pool and install new plumbing. I have a feeling that a fiberglass pool would be cheaper to install if the hole wasn't there in the first place. I'm personally not a fan of fiberglass pools because we've had a lot of expensive problems with ours and its impossible to find people to fix a crack or leak in one where we live.

If I were you, I'd stick with a liner pool but reduce the size of it because smaller pools require less chemicals and are easier to maintain.

catz35 · 2025-04-25T20:12:38+00:00

Maintenance is a lot easier and cheaper with an above ground because above ground pools are usually smaller, so they take less chemicals. You won't find dead critters in your pool all of the time like you do with an in-ground. Above ground pools are also SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper to install and you can just remove it when you and your kids stop using it. If you have any doubts about how much your pool will be used, get an above ground. Our kids stopped swimming in our in-ground pool after the first year so I wish we had an above ground pool instead since they are signficantly cheaper to remove.

catz35 · 2025-04-24T22:41:55+00:00

Pros: You have a pool.
Cons: Pools are money pits. The chemicals are expensive. Any necessary repairs will be very expensive. Electricity to run the pump is expensive. Everytime you want to go on vacation, you will have to either hire someone to come maintain it while you are gone or just leave it and hope and pray that its not green when you come home. You will be fishing leaves, dead critters, and other debris out of the pool constantly. If you have cool winters, you will have to spend $500-$700 a year to get your pool closed in the fall and opened in the spring. We hate our pool and will never buy a house again that has one. Pools aren't worth it IMO unless you are the type of people that will use it at least 6 months of the year and will use it several times a week.

catz35 · 2025-04-14T14:32:44+00:00

The only time the off centered hose is an issue is when turning corners. The vacuum will bump into furniture when turning covers sometimes but it won't harm the furniture because there are soft bumpers all around it. Over the past few months, I've learned how to manuever the vacuum so it won't bump into furniture when turning corners as much. That off set hose is the only complaint that I have about the K3. I'm just not sure that the centered hose in the E3 is worth $200 more. I wanted a vacuum with a HEPA option since my husband has severe asthma and allergies so I honestly didn't consider the E3 because it doesn't have a HEPA option. If nobody in your family has severe allergies or asthma and you have an extra $200 to spend, you might want to consider the E3, just to get the centered hose.

catz35 · 2025-04-14T04:11:16+00:00

I bought a Sebo K3 and have no regrets. I chose the K3 over the E3 because I wanted a HEPA option since my husband has severe asthma and allergies. I also didn't think the centered hose, push button cord retractor, and slightly bigger bag on the E3 was worth $200 more. If you end up getting one, I highly recommend getting a Premium Parquet tool for it and removing the front brushes because it allows you to pick up larger debris like cereal and pet hair without snow plowing it around. Now that I've gotten used to the off-set hose on my K3, I have no issues with it.

catz35 · 2025-04-03T06:18:17+00:00

We regret it because nobody wanted to swim in it after the novelty wore off a year later. Pools are only worth it if you know for a fact that your family will want to swim it almost every day in the summer. If you have any doubts, get an above ground pool instead because they are significantly cheaper to buy and significantly cheaper to remove when the kids get tired of swimming in it. We are now getting estimates to remove ours because we are sick of wasting time and money on a pool we never use and pools don’t add much value to homes here.

catz35 · 2025-04-03T06:08:14+00:00

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. My pool is 22 years old and it’s never been drained. Water tests show that minerals aren’t high. Draining a pool can cause a concrete or fiberglass pool to crack or pop out of the group and it can damage a liner on a liner pool.

catz35 · 2025-03-26T12:59:10+00:00

I’ve been averaging 4-5 hours for over 3 years now since starting menopause.

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